Kier-La Janisse

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Kier-La Janisse

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Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter
0h 15m
Movie 2024

Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

The author of Cockfight: A Fable of Failure recounts her long history with Monte Hellman’s Cockfighter (1974), which is effectively illegal to screen in the UK due to staged scenes of the titular blood sport.

The Devil Down Under: Satanic Panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's Birthday
0h 17m
Movie 2021

The Devil Down Under: Satanic Panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's Birthday

A video essay about satanic panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's birthday,based on Alexandra Heller- Nicholas's chapter of the same name from the book "Satanic Panic : pop cultural Paronia in the 1980s".

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
3h 13m
Movie 2021

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

Tales of the Uncanny
1h 44m
Movie 2020

Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
0h 15m
Movie 2015

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

A featurette looking back at the early years of the celebrated Canadian production company, including interviews with author Kier-La Janisse and special make-up artist Joe Blasco.

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
0h 43m
Movie 2014

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist Joe Blasco, actresses Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele, actor Allan Kolman, and Canadian critic Kier La-Janisse.

Biography

Kier-La Janisse (1972-) is a Canadian film writer, programmer and producer, founder of international horror school The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (FAB Press, 2007) and House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (FAB Press, 2012). Her first feature film as director/producer, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror is due out from Severin Films in 2021.

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