Kier-La Janisse
Kier-La Janisse
Person

Kier-La Janisse

Director 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

FILMOGRAPHY
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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

2014 · Self

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018 · Self

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021 · Self

Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

2020 · Self

Celluloid Horror

Celluloid Horror

2004 · Self

1000 Women in Horror

1000 Women in Horror

2025 · Self

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014 · Self

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

2015 · Herself

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

2023 · Narrator

Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

2024 · Movie

The Stone Forest

The Stone Forest

2025 · Narrator

Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films

2026 · Herself

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

2023 · Narrator