Hell House LLC: Lineage ditches the found footage style, unveils first images and CinemaCon poster (2025)

Stephen Cognettihas written and directed every entry in theHell House LLCfound footage horror franchise, which began in 2015 and currently consists ofHell House LLC,Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel,Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire, and the recently releasedHell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor. In an interviewlast year, Cognetti said that while he wants to make moreHell Housemovies, he’s hoping to secure higher budgets and move away about from the found footage style for future installments…Now, he’s working on a new entry in theHell Housefranchise,Hell House LLC: Lineage, which he has said might be the final (but scariest) chapter for this series, and our friends at Bloody Disgusting have learned that this film has indeed ditched the found footage approach. They also got their hands on the first images from the film, and those can be seen at the bottom of this article. (UPDATE: JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray spotted a Hell House LLC: Lineage poster at the CinemaCon event, and that can now be seen at the bottom of this article as well.)

Coming our way from Terror Films,Hell House LLC: Lineageis expected to reach the Shudder streaming service inOctober of 2025.No plot or cast details have been revealed.

Terror Films referred toHell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manoras “the first chapter of what will become known as theHell House LLC OriginFilms”. That one was set in 2021 and showed what happens whena group of internet sleuths travel to the remote Carmichael Manor. Located deep in the woods of Rockland County, New York, the estate is the site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders that have gone unsolved to this day. What they discover are secrets that have been hidden away for decades and a terror that has been lurking in the shadows long before Hell House.It was produced by Joe Bandelli, with Joe Dain and Jim Klock executive producing for Terror Films Releasing.

TheHell House LLCfranchise began in 2015, andHell House LLCquickly gained a reputation as one of the best found footage movies out there. I’m not usually a fan of the found footage style, but I have to admit thatHell House LLCwas actually pretty good. I wasn’t so impressed by the 2018 sequelHell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel, and still haven’t seen the 2019 entryHell House LLC III: Lake of FireorHell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor. But I will eventually.

Are you a fan of this franchise, and are you looking forward to seeingHell House LLC: Lineagenext year? What do you think of it ditching the found footage style? Take a look at the images and the CinemaCon poster, then let us know by leaving a comment below.