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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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Today I officially start a two-month hiatus from n

Today I officially start a two-month hiatus from normal life/work to write the new, expanded 10th Anniversary edition of HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN. I’m aiming to add around 100 new capsules to the appendix to cover films that have come out since the book was first published in 2012, as well as older films I missed the first time around. If you have any recommendations for candidates for the new edition please list/post them below!
#houseofpsychoticwomen

Dressing for a test shoot at @rachellenkowski 's x

Dressing for a test shoot at @rachellenkowski 's xmas photo studio

THE SAVAGE EYE (1959) Been wanting to see this for

THE SAVAGE EYE (1959)
Been wanting to see this forever. What a knockout of a movie.
#thesavageeye 👁

New sweater arrived from @poltergeistsandparamours

New sweater arrived from @poltergeistsandparamours 🖤🌲
#blackchristmas #hohohoshit

The best part of @severinfilms releasing Jose Larr

The best part of @severinfilms releasing Jose Larraz’ BLACK CANDLES on blu ray for Black Friday is that you can get it with this amazing, sturdy replica of the Devil’s Paw necklace from the film (thanks to production manager extraordinaire @ladyphibes ). Get your paws poised on that keyboard because you won’t want to miss out on it!
#severinfilms #blackcandles #joseramonlarraz #devilspaw

Thanks to @jakeisgar for sending me this #houseof

Thanks to @jakeisgar for sending me this
#houseofpsychoticwomen #thisistheebookferyew

Thank you to @thedenverfilm Festival for hosting m

Thank you to @thedenverfilm Festival for hosting me and to Keith Garcia who drove me an hour out of town to see the school from OVER THE EDGE only to discover it was torn down 6 YEARS ago!! Here's me looking disappointed in the empty lot. And then after a talk moderated by @scream.screen we went to the Nob Hill Inn which had this great clown painting.
#denverfilmfestival #overtheedge #clownpainting #screamscreen

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is on North Amer

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is on North American VOD today! Available on Vudu, Google, iTunes and Vimeo on Demand.
@severinfilms 🖤
#woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched #folkhorror #horrorstreaming

I made a new mixtape in tribute to Mike Stax' incr

I made a new mixtape in tribute to Mike Stax' incredibly affecting book SWIM THROUGH THE DARKNESS, about the many incarnations of sunshine pop singer/songwriter/acid casualty Craig Smith AKA Maitreya Kali. Find it at mixcloud.com/kierlajanisse
The mix contains music by Craig Smith and his various acts but also music from his immediate milieu - his collaborators, associates, artists who covered his work etc. The book is more than a biography, it is a musical mystery with Ugly Things editor Mike Stax as detective and disciple. And more. The last chapter killed me. Get it from Feral House publishing here: https://feralhouse.com/swim-through-the-darkness/
#craigsmith #maitreyakali #mikestax #uglythings #feralhouse #sunshinepop #folk #acid

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