Kier-La Janisse

Birthplace: 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

CAMP
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Tales of the Uncanny
1000 Women in Horror
I'm Not a Guru
The Fated Hour
Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

Top Movie Credits

CAMP Thanks
I'm Not a Guru Executive Producer
The Fated Hour Executive Producer