While the specific events of the Abaddon Hotel are made up, the film taps into real-world fears and urban legends:

Here’s where fact bleeds into the legend of Hell House in a way that surprises most people.

The short answer is no. But the longer answer is far more interesting. While the specific tragedy at the Abaddon Hotel is fictional, Hell House, LLC. taps into very real fears, real tragedies in the haunt industry, and a filmmaking style that blurs the line between fiction and reality so effectively that it has created its own urban legend.

Yes, completely. The church, the pastor (Rev. Keenan Roberts), the teenage actors, and the terrified visitors are all real. The documentary captures actual rehearsals, real conflicts (like whether to depict a girl dying from a back-alley abortion or a boy getting AIDS), and the raw, unscripted emotions of the congregation. That film is a 100% nonfiction snapshot of a genuine American evangelical phenomenon.