Kier-La Janisse

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

13

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Winnipeg, Canada

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.

Known For

  • Eli Roth's History of Horror

    Eli Roth's History of Horror

  • Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

    Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

  • Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

  • Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

    Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

  • Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

  • The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

    The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

  • Celluloid Horror

    Celluloid Horror

  • Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

  • Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

    Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

  • The Stone Forest

    The Stone Forest

  • A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

    A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

  • 1000 Women in Horror

    1000 Women in Horror

  • Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

    Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter