Kier-La Janisse

Kier-La Janisse


in Winnipeg, Canada
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.

Movies for Kier-La Janisse...

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress
Title: A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress
Character: Narrator
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
A video tribute to actress Karin Schubert.
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The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
Title: The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
Character: Narrator
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
A poignant ode to the star of the Black Emanuelle series and the real-life love story at its core, written, directed and narrated by Kier-La Janisse based on an interview with longtime Italian journalist Manlio Gomarasca.
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The Devil Down Under: Satanic Panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's Birthday
Title: The Devil Down Under: Satanic Panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's Birthday
Character: Narrator
Released: December 7, 2021
Type: Movie
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".
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Title: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Tales of the Uncanny
Title: Tales of the Uncanny
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
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Title: Eli Roth's History of Horror
Released: October 14, 2018
Type: TV
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
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Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
Title: Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
Character: Herself
Released: February 16, 2015
Type: Movie
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.
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Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Title: Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2014
Type: Movie
"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.
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
Title: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
Character: Self
Released: August 24, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
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Celluloid Horror
Title: Celluloid Horror
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Celluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run international film festival.