Kier-La Janisse
Directing
Winnipeg, Canada
Kier-La Janisse (born 1972) is a Canadian film producer, programmer, founder of international horror school The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi and House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films. Her feature directorial debut, the documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, was released in 2021.
Known For
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Self
Celluloid Horror
Herself
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
1000 Women in Horror
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Self
Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
Herself
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
Narrator
Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter
The Stone Forest
Narrator
Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll
Self
Behind the Scenes
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Producer
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Writer
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Director
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Producer
Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita
Producer
Tales of the Uncanny
Producer
The Naked Eye: Sex and the Mondo Film
Producer
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
Director
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
Writer
Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon
Producer
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Director
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Producer