Stephen Cognetti

Stephen Cognetti is an American director and writer known for the Hell House LLC series of found footage films.

Stephen Cognetti
Born	Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Temple University
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Hell House LLC Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor 825 Forest Road

Cognetti was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He attended Temple University, where he studied film.^[1] He released the first Hell House LLC film in 2015 with the intention of making a trilogy of movies, as he saw the initial three films as a single story split into three parts.^[2] Cognetti would later expand the original story with a fourth film that served as both a sequel and prequel, Hell House LLC Origins, in 2023. In 2025 Cognetti released his first non-found footage film, 825 Forest Road.^[3] A fifth and final entry in the series, Hell House LLC: Lineage, is slated to release in 2025.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer/Screenplay	Producer
2015	Hell House LLC	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel[5]
2019	Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire[6]
2023	Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor
2025	825 Forest Road
	Hell House LLC: Lineage

Short films

Year	Title
2009	Caravia Nights
	Bernie Waldoff Investment Securities IOU Capital
2011	Thomas Jefferson Lives