Kier-La Janisse
DirectingPlace of Birth: Winnipeg, Canada
Biography
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
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self
1000 Women in Horror
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Self
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Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films
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Celluloid Horror
Herself
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
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Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
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A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress
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