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HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN

Kier-La Janisse's acclaimed 2012 film criticism/memoir exploring female neurosis in horror and exploitation films…

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KIER-LA JANISSE is an author, critic, film programmer, podcaster, publisher and producer with an emphasis on genre cinema.

Video Watchdog’s Tim Lucas referred to her book House of Psychotic Women as one of the 10 “most vital” horror film books of all time, and Ian MacAllister-McDonald of the LA Review of Books called it “the next step in genre theory, as well as the most frightening and heart-rending memoir I’ve read in years.”

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COCKFIGHT book tour roadtrip Day 1: EXORCIST steps

COCKFIGHT book tour roadtrip Day 1: EXORCIST steps and house; EXORCIST III church; Bar from ST ELMO'S FIRE (this one goes out to @tod_corman ); and @av.geeks 16mm storage shed (one of many!!!)
Special thanks to my pal, driver and fellow film locations nerd @oneofthemanybillackermans and everyone who came out to the 50th Anniversary COCKFIGHTER screening at @alamoraleigh !

At long last here is the mixtape I promised in my

At long last here is the mixtape I promised in my COCKFIGHT indiegogo campaign (supporting my book about Monte Hellman's 1974 adaptation of Charles Willeford's COCKFIGHTER) featuring some of my favourite vocal tunes from the Southern cycle of the 70s (welll, and one instrumental track by a composer who is definitely NOT John Philip Sousa). Perfect listening in the lead-up to the 50th Anniversary COCKFIGHTER screenings in @alamoraleigh Sept 15, @plazaatlanta @videodrome_atl Sept 19, and @austinfilm Sept 20!
Many of these have never been released on a proper soundtrack and so they are ripped straight from the films themselves, so please bear with the fluctuations in sound quality.
https://www.mixcloud.com/kierlajanisse/southern-fried-mixtape/

#soundtracks #southernfilm #driveinmovie #cockfighter

I forgot to post this pic of me and Vincenzo Natal

I forgot to post this pic of me and Vincenzo Natali standing by our respective posters at @fantasiafestival this summer!
NEXT STOP: @alamoraleigh (Raleigh, NC) for a COCKFIGHTER 50th Anniversary screening this Sunday Sept 15th at 7pm! Tix here: https://drafthouse.com/raleigh/event/cockfighter-with-kier-la-janisse

#cockfighter #cockfighter50th

Zacherley in sock drawer

Zacherley in sock drawer

New! Somehow I never get tired of reading about th

New! Somehow I never get tired of reading about the same films. The same era, the same people. What can I say? They sure inspire a lot of great writing (all of it better than my own!) #dirtyreal

My haul from LA (@deafcrocodile @bibliomancers @pa

My haul from LA (@deafcrocodile @bibliomancers @pamscoffy @tailothepup @honeycuttheidi ), San Francisco (@kayobooks @moviesformaniacs ) and Seattle (@something_weird_video swap meet @marcjpalm @scarecrow.video.official !). Special thanks to @ladyphibes and @lil_lisa_petrucci for feeding my nurse novel addiction 🩺
Oh yeah and all you folks clamoring for LEMORA, while you wait for its blu ray release how about supporting the director by buying his new novel, the paranoid commie thriller I LED 4 LIVES !

William Finley's glasses from De Palma's SISTERS -

William Finley's glasses from De Palma's SISTERS - on my face. Yes the ACTUAL glasses he wore in the film, which are now mine 🖤 Note how the extremely thick lenses make my eyes look further apart! I had considered swapping out the lenses for my prescription, but Finley's prescription was intense (he must have been blind as a bat!) so I'm gonna keep them as they are.

Just arrived in Seattle for tonight's 50th Anniver

Just arrived in Seattle for tonight's 50th Anniversary screening of COCKFIGHTER at @thebeaconsea at 7pm - I only have a handful of books left so be first in line like Riff Randall if you want a chance to get one! BUT I will have some COCKFIGHTER playing cards (also limited!) Tix here: https://thebeacon.film/calendar/movie/cockfighter-w-kier-la-janisse

I'll be at the COCKFIGHTER 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREEN

I'll be at the COCKFIGHTER 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING TONIGHT at 7pm @4startheater in San Francisco presented by @jesse.hawthorne.ficks @moviesformaniacs

I've collected many new books on this trip but thi

I've collected many new books on this trip but this has to be the strangest. And nearly 400 pages!

The @severinfilms team. This December it'll be 7 y

The @severinfilms team. This December it'll be 7 years I've worked for Severin - best job I ever had. 🖤

Nelvana OGs @clivealivo and @michaelhirshanimation

Nelvana OGs @clivealivo and @michaelhirshanimation are appearing side by side at @fanexpocanada this weekend ! Anyone who follows me on here likely knows that I think THE DEVIL AND DANIEL MOUSE is the greatest Canadian film ever made and ROCK AND RULE was a game-changer (and that Marvin in A COSMIC CHRISTMAS is the coolest and most handsome of all cartoon bullies). If people ever credit me for having a strong sense of integrity it is due to the values instilled in me by these early Nelvana films.
Go pick up their new books and shake the hands of these history-makers!!!
(and listen to my interview with Clive on my podcast, A SONG FROM THE HEART BEATS THE DEVIL EVERY TIME)

#nelvana #canadiananimation

This is what I've been working on over at @severin

This is what I've been working on over at @severinfilms for the last 3 years - we knew right away we were gonna need a volume two and some of these films took literally years to secure rights to, not to mention painstaking restoration in many cases! We have many international collaborators who made this all possible (including some like @kani.releasing @carlotta.films and @matchbox_cineclub without whose guidance we literally wouldn't have been able to make the deals) not to mention all the experts, scholars, editors, cultural workers who participated in ways both big and small. Huge thanks to @tod_corman as always for believing in me, @madefortvmayhem for assisting me in pretty much every aspect of this, @ladyphibes for reading my mind and doublechecking everything, the tireless @andrewfurtaco who is one of the greatest heroes of our industry, and the whole excellent Severin team!!!

#severinfilms #folkhorror

Thanks to @cinematicvoid for getting me on the bil

Thanks to @cinematicvoid for getting me on the bill for the @am_cinematheque 's 50th Anniversary screening of Monte Hellman's COCKFIGHTER - screening at the Los Feliz 3 this coming Monday night!
I'll be there with a limited number of COCKFIGHT books, playing cards, medals, copies of the new HOPW paperback (featuring future Cinematic Void selection STARRY EYES on the cover!)
Tix at : www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/cinematic-void-presents-cockfighter-8-26-24/

On August 22, all will be revealed...

On August 22, all will be revealed...

Thursday Sept 19th I'll be at @plazaatlanta for a

Thursday Sept 19th I'll be at @plazaatlanta for a 35mm screening of COCKFIGHTER presented by @videodrome_atl - this is a special one as it was the homebase for the production so I'm hoping some people come out who worked on the film in any capacity!
I'll have a very limited supply of COCKFIGHT books with me but also happy to sign other things I've worked on.

Just teased from @severinfilms - what could it be?

Just teased from @severinfilms - what could it be??

Well look. 8 copies of the long OOP Jean Rollin bo

Well look. 8 copies of the long OOP Jean Rollin book LOST GIRLS have been unearthed in @stephtrep 's storage (thank you Stephanie!!!)- must have been leftovers from the very first book launch! I've put them for sale on the website but the steep price reflects their rarity. Buy here if you dare!: https://www.spectacularoptical.ca/store

(literally my entire share of the revenue from these go towards COCKFIGHT book expenses, for what that's worth!)

#jeanrollin #lostgirls

See you there? #cockfight #cockfighter50th

See you there?
#cockfight #cockfighter50th

I want to extend some long overdue thanks to two p

I want to extend some long overdue thanks to two people who helped tremendously with my COCKFIGHTER book: author/screenwriter/dramaturge/director Sean Hogan and author/screenwriter Naben Ruthnum. Both of them read a very early, half-written/half stream-of-consciousness mess and gave me really detailed feedback that helped me to know where to pull things out more, what was beyond my capacity to get into, and even made some important connections for me that I wasn't quite articulating that ended up becoming super important to the book. And then once it was fully written, Sean dropped everything (in the middle of his OWN book deadline!) to do a detailed copy edit on it with very little time (the reason he's only credited as 'additional editor' is because I was manually adding the changes and also added a bunch of text last minute and I didn't want him to be blamed for any of my errors!) These guys really came through for me and they are also both brilliant writers so buy their books!!!!

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