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Bloody Disgusting caught up with Hell House LLC creator Stephen Cognetti at Midnight Fest in Boston to learn about his next film, A Body in the Woods.
“I’m thrilled to get into something original and terrifying,” Cognetti tells me. “A Body in the Woods is something I wrote right after I finished the edit for Hell House Origins and was in a great horror mindset.”
He continues, “I can’t say much about the scripts details other than it’s super spooky and I can’t wait to begin filming, which will hopefully be sometime soon.”
A traditionally shot narrative horror film, A Body in the Woods will be Cognetti’s biggest effort to date.
Cognetti made his feature debut with Hell House in 2015 and returned to write and direct all four sequels: 2018’s Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel, 2019’s Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire, 2023’s Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, and this year’s Hell House LLC: Lineage, which hits Shudder on October 30.
He also helmed 825 Forest Road, which arrived on Shudder earlier this year.
With Hell House and found footage behind him, it will be interesting to see where Cognetti’s career takes him next.
Stephen Cognetti at Midnight Fest
