Making the shift from found footage to regular old cinema, Lineage takes a risk right from the get-go. I can see a sea of pissed off horror fans (well known for being a completely reasonable and forgiving lot) foaming at the mouth because of the abandonment of the series groundwork. I understand it and I think it worked in my favor that I had that sudden drop of first-person presentation spoiled for me. Now, the series up to now has had its issues but redeemed itself (which doesn’t feel correct to say because it never really shat the bed) with the last entry. Here, we follow Vanessa Sheppard suffering from nightmares and morbid visions years after a near-death experience (surviving the third entry which I was sure was the actual finale of the series) who now resides in the town of Abaddon. She would like to find her way out of the town where so much pain festers like a cancer but for some reason, Abaddon has a mysterious hold on her. She is gonna need to unravel that mystery as soon as she can because the people around her are beginning to die and it all has to do with her connection to the infamous Abaddon Hotel and the equally infamous Carmichael Manor. She teams up with a woman digging into the events of the last outing which of course has opened up a whole hornets nest of misfortune and supernatural spookiness. Creator Stephen Cognetti has claimed this will be his last outing in the series and manages to tie up a few loose threads but he has expressed his hope that someone else may pick up the ball which sets us up for a completely unsatisfying ending. Maybe he’s just outright lying, I hope that’s the case because if not he gave a big ol’ middle finger to his franchise fans and not in the insanely fun Jason X way. It’s a shame because he builds an intriguing story behind how the evil within Abaddon and its starting point has poisoned so many along with some memorable bits of terror. Just ignore a therapist who really shouldn’t hold a license to practice because I can’t fathom anyone with any training in the field spitting in the face of confidentiality like this to other patients and dialogue that doesn’t sound like it should exist outside of novel by some blowhard with a background in theatrics.
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