| Haunted Hotel | |
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| Created by | Matt Roller |
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| Music by | Ryan Elder Joshua Moshier |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Editor | Benjamin Morse |
| Running time | 24–25 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) – present |
Haunted Hotel is an Americanadult animatedsupernaturalsitcom created by Matt Roller (a writer onRick and Morty) that premiered on September 19, 2025. It is produced byNetflix Animation Studios.[1] The series follows a woman struggling to run a hotel that is also haunted, but soon gets help from her estranged brother who happens to be a ghost. The voice cast featuresWill Forte,Eliza Coupe,Skyler Gisondo,Natalie Palamides, andJimmi Simpson.[2] In September 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.[3]
Katherine Freeling, along with her children Ben and Esther, move into the Undervale Hotel inUpstate New York, which was owned by her deceased brother Nathan. However, it is soon revealed that the place is haunted by the quirky restless spirits of the previous residents, including Nathan, who offers to help Katherine make the hotel's business successful. They later meet an immortal demon named Abaddon, who is trapped in the body of a young boy from the 1700s and offers to help the family fend off evil demons, murderers and other entities who come to the Undervale.
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| 1 | "Welcome to the Undervale" | Erica Hayes Christopher Nance | Matt Roller | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
The ghosts at the Undervale Hotel are scaring away potential guests, much to Katherine's frustration. After failing to convince the ghosts to stay away from the guest rooms, she enlists the aid of an exorcist to remove them permanently. Esther is looking for the necklace of a ghost named Annabelle who died in the 1930s, and whose remains are hidden somewhere in the hotel. She convinces Ben to hook up with Annabelle in the hope that she will reveal the location to him. Ben meets Annabelle, and immediately form a soul bond with her upon touching her hand, the reason for this is that he is a conduit to the netherworld. The exorcist Jezmeralda arrives at the hotel, who immediately starts banishing the ghosts to the netherworld, including Nathan, explaining that the hotel is actually a portal to hell. It is revealed her true motive for banishing the ghosts was to summon the demon Mortoth from hell and unleash him onto the earth. Mortoth immediately turns on Jezmeralda and attacks her. Before he kills her, she tells Katherine that they can stop him by opening a conduit to the netherworld to bring back the ghosts. Since Ben is a conduit, Esther places a bone necklace from her stash of occult items onto Ben, opening the connection to the netherworld. Nathan and the other ghosts return after Katherine promises them free rein of the hotel, they defeat Mortoth and send him back to hell. | |||||
| 2 | "Unfinished Business" | Christopher Nance | Matt Roller | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
Katherine becomes concerned when Esther spends time with Phoebe, a ghost who she deems a bad influence. After Esther is initiated into Phoebe's 'gang' of delinquent ghosts, she resolves to rid the hotel of the ghost by completing her unfinished business- the only way to permanently send a ghost to the afterlife. When Esther discovers her mother in the middle of fulfilling Phoebe's desires, she angrily accuses her mother of stopping her from having friends. Guilty, Katherine tries to make peace with Phoebe, who lures her onto the roof of the hotel in revenge. Before Katherine can fall, Esther saves her, then proceeds to expel Phoebe to the afterlife by returning a stolen shawl to her. Katherine and Esther reconcile, and Esther agrees to give friendship with her school peers another chance. In a subplot, Nathan, Ben, and Abbadon are tasked with restoring electricity to the hotel, the source being an old haunted mill deep in the woods. | |||||
| 3 | "Randy Slasher" | Christopher Nance | Avital Ash | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
In an attempt to impress his peers, Ben invites several classmates from school for a party at the hotel. Unfortunately it is the same night that, anually, the mysterious Pillowcase Killer stalks the grounds, in search of horny couples to kill. When he is spotted, Nathan tries his best to dissuade the serial killer from harming the teens, but cannot physically stop him. Ben helps his classmates flee with the help of Esther and Randy, the ghost of a teenage boy who died encountering the killer (ironically, the killer had stopped chasing him when Randy confessed to being a virgin, and then he proceeded to fall and fatally break his neck). Meanwhile, Katherine anxiously goes on a blind date, expecting it to go badly, but finds herself having a good time with her date, Joel. They return to the hotel together to have sex, immediately becoming the Pillowcase Killer's next targets. In the chaos to rescue the couple from the killer, Esther bursts in on her mother having sex, and is horrified. Seeing his own childhood trauma in Esther, the Pillowcase Killer relinquishes his weapon to her and leaves into the woods. Esther tells Katherine she is forever traumatized, but acquieses to a bedtime story. | |||||
| 4 | "How to Train Your Demon" | Bob Suarez | Sam Nulman | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
| 5 | "Rollyfluffs" | Bob Suarez | Carrie Rosen | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
| 6 | "Ghost Hunters!" | Meg Waldow | Greg Gallant | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
| 7 | "Seven Deadly Bens" | Christopher Nance | Siena East | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
| 8 | "Aunt Rose" | Bob Suarez | Kevin Arrieta Dan Guterman | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
| 9 | "The Esthercist" | Meg Waldow | Alix Bloom | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
Nathan prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of his death like a birthday, while Katherine avoids discussing it with him. Nathan cannot remember his death beyond Katherine having told him he died when he choked on a grape while watchingCon Air. Esther accidentally breaks a magic snowglobe, summoning a group of demons, the Spawn of Rabisu. She leads everyone into the fortified parlor room, which is protected by salt circles, and attempts to figure out a plan. Ben attempts to contact the Vatican for help, but is repeatedly left on hold or transferred. Abbadon agrees to find ingredients for anti-possession talismen before the demons can break in, but keeps returning with useless items. Katherine accidentally breaks the salt ring during an argument with Nathan, allowing a demon to enter and possess Esther. The demon begins revealing the family's personal secrets to each other, causing more arguments between Nathan and Katherine, and eventually they are forced to flee into a closet. Inside, Katherine finally reveals to Nathan the tragic truth behind his death: He committed suicide. Shattered, Nathan admonishes Katherine for suggesting his not knowing didn't matter, but before they can resolve the issue, the demon destroys Abbadon's failed talisman, and possesses the whole family, sans Nathan and Abbadon. The demon proceeds to walk the family to the lake to drown them, while Nathan follows, spilling his own secrets to the family, and telling Katherine he loves her, and won't leave her again. Abbadon manages to fix the snowglobe before the family can drown, banishing the demons back to hell, and freeing them from possession. Katherine and Nathan reconcile, with Katherine lamenting that she wished Nathan had called her before he died. The two agree that they have a lot to talk through with each other. | |||||
| 10 | "The Acolytes of Abaddon" | Meg Waldow | Joshua Corey Brian Kratz | September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19) | |
Haunted Hotel is created by Matt Roller. Roller executive produces the series alongsideChris McKenna,Dan Harmon, Steve Levy,Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski,Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina. The main voice cast includesWill Forte,Eliza Coupe,Skyler Gisondo,Natalie Palamides, andJimmi Simpson.[2] On September 26, 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.[3]
The series premiered onNetflix on September 19, 2025.[2]
OnRotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 77% based on 13 reviews.[6]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 54 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average".[7]
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