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Stephen Cognetti

Stephen Cognetti

Director and writer · Pennsylvania - USA

Stephen Cognetti is an American filmmaker best known as the creator, writer, and director of the Hell House LLC franchise. His found footage horror films have earned a dedicated following for their effective scares, realistic presentation, and creative use of haunted-house settings. Cognetti has become one of the most recognizable contemporary voices in independent found footage horror.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Pennsylvania - USA
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 16% in 30 days

What are Stephen Cognetti's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
59%
Ideas
29%
Bonds
6%
Self
6%
Trauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
6
Tense
6
Melancholic
2
Cold
1
Thrilling
1

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Stephen Cognetti's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Stephen Cognetti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2010 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Hell House LLC: Lineage (2025)

$747K worldwide

Highest rated

Hell House LLC (2015)

Midcredits 59th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 8: 0 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score19thWriting7 of 8: 0 only writing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score19thEditing1 of 8: 1 only editing, 0 with another role

8 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Stephen Cognetti's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most loved · director, writer

Hell House LLC (2015)

Midcredits 59th · 55% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Stephen Cognetti's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 12 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 68 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Stephen Cognetti work with?

People who share at least 2 of Stephen Cognetti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Bandelli shares the most, 6.

Actors

Producers