Known for Production
Steven Jay Schneider (born January 25, 1974) is an American film producer, author and former critic best known for his work in the horror genre. He is the founder of Room 101, Inc. and co-founded Spooky Pictures with producer Roy Lee. He is best known for his involvement in the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises, as well as producing the films Blair Witch (2016), Pet Sematary (2019), Watcher (2022), Late Night with the Devil (2023), Strange Darling (2023), The Plague (2025), The Long Walk (2025) and Hokum (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Schneider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
January 25, 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
82 films, 1 show
showing 33 of 34 films


V/H/S/Mixtape
2026 · 1h 38m
country: United States
V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the volume on horror with a blood-soaked collection of cursed music videos, terrifying performances, and found footage. Press play. Pray it stops.


What Happened to Doris?
2026 · 1h 32m
country: United States
In 1974 LA suburbs, a single mom faces violent attacks by an invisible entity. When no one believes her, she seeks help from paranormal investigators, sparking a notorious documented supernatural case.


Pathetic Fallacy
2026 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A young widower arrives in a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal. Instead, he finds an outlandish murderer and a forest of demonic spirits who offer a horrific bargain: the power to cheat death at a nightmarish cost.


River
2026 · 1h 32m
country: United States
After being stranded in a boat on a country river, three siblings are stalked by a faceless killer.


Company
2026 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A mysterious traveler tells a story that spans generations, drawing together the lives of three wounded souls struggling to choose between vengeance and forgiveness.


Hokum
2026 · 1h 48m
country: United States
When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.


The Plague
2025 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.


The Vile
2025 · 1h 37m
country: United Arab Emirates
Devoted wife and mother Amani, whose life begins to unravel when her husband returns home with a second wife and an unseen darkness infiltrates her life.


V/H/S/Halloween
2025 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.


The Long Walk
2025 · 1h 48m
country: United States
In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.


Ick
2025 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Science teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.


Strange Darling
2024 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.


Late Night with the Devil
2024 · 1h 33m
country: Australia
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.


Desert Road
2024 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A young woman crashes her car and walks down the road seeking help, only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her car. As night falls, she realizes she’s going to die in this endless loop... unless she can find a way to escape.


Watcher
2022 · 1h 36m
country: United Arab Emirates
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.


Masquerade
2021 · 1h 20m
country: United States
A young girl struggles to survive after a group of home invaders break into her house to steal her family's priceless artwork.


Pet Sematary
2019 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.


Mara
2018 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.


The Houses October Built 2
2017 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Recovering from the trauma of being kidnapped last Halloween by the Blue Skeleton - a group who take "extreme haunt" to another level - five friends decide they must face their fears in order to move on. Heading back out on the road to visit more haunted house attractions, signs of the Blue Skeleton start appearing again and a new terror begins.


The Tank
2017 · 1h 25m
country: United States
On April 26, 2012, six people entered an Isolated Confined Environment with the mission to simulate a trip to Mars. Their mission was a catastrophic failure.


The Worthy
2016 · 1h 35m
country: United Arab Emirates
In this dystopian thriller, with civilization a thing of the past, a man puts his family in peril when he reluctantly lets outsiders into his compound.


Blair Witch
2016 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.


Intruders
2015 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.


Lady of Csejte
2015 · 1h 50m
country: Czech Republic
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.


Cooties
2014 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.


The Houses October Built
2014 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…


Acid Girls
2014 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Every man's dream becomes every man's nightmare when a recently-single 20-something picks up three cam girls at a bar and welcomes them into his home.


Haunt
2014 · 1h 26m
country: United States
An introverted teen sparks with his new neighbor, and together the couple begins to explore the haunted house that his family has unknowingly just purchased.


Wer
2013 · 1h 29m
country: Romania
A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye.


Sx_Tape
2013 · 1h 25m
country: United States
From the director of CANDYMAN and the producers of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY comes a found-footage nightmare of lust, possession, and destruction. Jill's an artist. Ian's a filmmaker. And their love life is off the chain. There's no experience too wild, no dare too dangerous—not even when Jill lets Ian strap her to a gurney in the abandoned hospital they're scoping out for their next art show. But he shouldn't have left her alone. Not even as a joke. Now, Jill's hookup with horror has awakened something in that place. Something with a lust for more than flesh.


The Bay
2012 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.


Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · 1h 23m
country: United States
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.


Insidious
2011 · 1h 42m
country: Canada
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.