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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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After 3 years of production (and almost 20 years i

After 3 years of production (and almost 20 years in the making), this glorious @mondonews book is finally here! I edited and oversaw this complete history of the @drafthouseaustin’s Weird Wednesday film series and the 35mm exploitation film haul that became @agfa - including all the original programming blurbs by Weird Wednesday's longtime programmer @larsnilsenzzz (supplemented by some new ones by Jazmyne Moreno), an oral history of the series, including interviews I did with dozens of people including print collectors @garagehouse_pictures , @anttimpson , Scott Moffett, Lisa Petrucci and more, essays on some of Weird Wednesday's screen heroes by Stephen Thrower, Tim Lucas, Kat Ellinger, Heidi Honeycutt, Rodney Perkins, Chris Poggiali, Maitland McDonagh, @robinbougieman , Pete Tombs, Mike Malloy, Zack Carlson, Bryan Connolly, and Gary Kent (who is both the subject of such an essay and the writer of one!) - all wrapped up in eye-popping design by Luke Insect - full color, 416 pages! Pre-order it now!! (I also picked all the images on the cover, who can identify them all?)
#weirdwednesday #agfa #americangenrefilmarchive #larsnilsen #mondo

A good friend of mine died yesterday. Not only was

A good friend of mine died yesterday. Not only was Dave Barber one of cinema-going's tireless champions through his nearly 40 years at the Winnipeg Cinematheque, he was possibly the most kind-hearted person I ever met in my life. He was so encouraging and impacted so many lives, more than he could ever know. Here's us in 2007 when I first met him, right after he told me how much he loved fried Klik. Who loves KLIK?? Dave Barber does. Love you Dave 💔

Late night reading, from @glennheadcomics #chartw

Late night reading, from @glennheadcomics
#chartwellmanor #glennhead #comics #fantagraphics

UK folk horror fans - we can FINALLY announce our

UK folk horror fans - we can FINALLY announce our UK Premiere of @woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched will be
happening this August at
@frightfestuk - See the festival page here (happy to see they gave a special
shout-out to the film's inclusion of BAGPUSS):
https://www.frightfest.co.uk/holdingfolder3/WoodlandsDarkAndDaysBewitched.ht
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#frightfest #folkhorror #woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched #kierlajanisse #severinfilms

Florida! @woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched is coming

Florida! @woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched is coming your way this August
via @popcornfrights - See the full festival
lineup here: https://www.popcornfrights.com/film/woodlands-dark/

(Image from Carter Lord's THE ENCHANTED, Florida 1983)
#folkhorror #woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched #theenchanted #florida #floridahorror #popcornfrights

Thanks to @michelinepitt at @vixen_by_micheline_pi

Thanks to @michelinepitt at @vixen_by_micheline_pitt for the new tops!! 🖤

#nowplaying #earthrecordings

#nowplaying #earthrecordings

Just Announced! @woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched wil

Just Announced! @woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched will have its Australian Premiere at the @melbfilmfest this August! And they're also playing a late-night double feature of PSYCHOMANIA and LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (as well as GAIA and IN THE EARTH and other films of the folk horror persuasion). Check out their lovely writeup for the film and get tix below. https://miff.com.au/program/film/woodlands-dark-and-days-bewitched-a-history-of-folk-horror
(Image: ALISON’S BIRTHDAY, Australia 1981)
#folkhorror #woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched #severinfilms #melbourneinternationalfilmfestival #alisonsbirthday

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