Hell House LLC: Lineage: reviews

What the critics say average 3.8 from 21 outlets

• 7.5 Assignment XAbbie Bernstein The jump scares and creepiness are as solid as ever. Vermilyea is persuasive as someone who is attempting to recover from major trauma even while having more inflicted on her. Read
• 7.0 GizmodoCheryl Eddy Lineage answers lingering questions, poses new ones, and widens the mystery in ways that feel completely earned, rather than retconned. Also, just to make sure this is clear: it’s got some excellent scares. Read
• 6.0 ColliderLuna Guthrie Hell House LLC: Lineage has its moments of quality, with a few sequences and visuals that work well and deliver that same gut punch of dread that the first one is so fondly remembered for. Read
• 6.0 Dread CentralMary Beth McAndrews ‘Hell House LLC: Lineage’ opens up Stephen Cognetti’s lo-fi cult nightmare into more epic cosmic horror with mixed results. Read
• 5.0 SlashfilmChris Evangelista Still, if you've stuck with the "Hell House LLC" franchise this long, you might be interested in the answers "Lineage" provides. Whatever the flaws in his design, Cognetti deserves credit for trying to expand on such a simple idea with such a modest budget. And there are some moments here — mostly involving those damn clowns — that invoke the right amount of dread. Read
• 5.0 J.B. SpinsJoe Bendel Overall, the results are just okay, but we’ve all seen a lot worse. Read
• 4.0 El Ojo del HorrorAlex Hdz Hell House LLC: Lineage is disappointing. A film that tries to squeeze more than it should out of its own mythology and fails in the attempt. Read
• 4.0 48 HillsDennis Harvey Hell House LLC: Lineage is an overlong letdown, with effective stand-alone setpieces (involving the animate clown statues that wreaked havoc previously), but too much somber, plodding, and low-energy content between. Read
• 4.0 The Wolfman ComethPatrick Cavanaugh Even having seen multiple of these films, the mythology and characters are so uninteresting and so convoluted, it’s hard to keep track of anything. Read
• 4.0 Heaven of HorrorKarina Adelgaard And as someone who liked the first one from 2016 for what it managed on a minimal budget, I don’t think this latest Lineage installation lives up to that. Read
• 4.0 Daily DeadMatt Donato Hell House LLC: Lineage is an overcomplicated, heavy-footed, and all-around clunky addition to a franchise on its last legs. Read
• 3.8 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico Ultimately, it feels like Cognetti has lost sight of what people loved about the first movie. Read
• 3.0 AIPTNathaniel Muir The change from found footage takes away all tension, while the decision to add more lore to the already convoluted backstory is frustrating. Read
• 3.0 DarkSkyLady ReviewsDarkSkyLady Despite a promising start, Hell House LLC: Lineage squanders its horror goodwill, opting for a clunky, uncertain plot and abrupt ending that leaves viewers floundering in incredulity. Read
• 3.0 Next Best PictureCody Dericks Ideally, the “Hell House LLC” series will be resurrected with a better entry in the future because if not, it will forever be known as yet another horror series that couldn’t stick the landing. Read
• 3.0 Bloody DisgustingMeagan Navarro Hell House LLC: Lineage makes its transition into traditional narrative filmmaking, emphasizing and expanding the increasingly dense and convoluted Abaddon lore in a way that’s unwelcoming to newcomers. In the process, it loses its atmospheric edge and ability to scare. Read
• 2.5 Blood BrothersMatt Malpica Reifschneider It has moments - fleeting ones or thematic tidbits that indicate what Hell House LLC: Lineage could have been, but the final product is one that is certainly a wild misfire. Read
• 2.0 Daily RecordIan Bunting If Lineage is actually the Hell House LLC finale then I can’t think of a horror series with a more infuriating, uninspiring, going-against-what-came-before climax. Read
• 1.0 Culture MixCarla Hay Hell House LLC: Lineage should be called Hell House LLC: Garbage. This lethargic sequel wallows in the muck of bad acting, a disjointed plot that copies ideas from the Final Destination franchise, and scenes that are a snoozefest instead of a scarefest. Read
• 1.0 Sunshine State CineplexAlan French Sadly, Hell House LLC: Lineage is a massive misstep in the franchise in every conceivable way. Abandoning the found footage conceit could have been possible, but when the screenplay is this atrocious, there’s not much that can save a movie. Read
• 1.0 FandomWireCole Groth Hell House LLC: Lineage deviates from the typical formula, and not only is it the worst of the franchise, but it might also be one of the worst horror films ever made. Read