Kier-La Janisse
Directing
Winnipeg, Canada
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.
Known For
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
August 24, 2014
Eli Roth's History of Horror
October 14, 2018
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
September 09, 2021
Tales of the Uncanny
October 31, 2020
1000 Women in Horror
August 21, 2025
Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
February 16, 2015
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
October 13, 2014
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
September 22, 2023
Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter
October 25, 2024
Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll
October 19, 2025