Kier-La Janisse

Kier-La Janisse

Directing

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

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

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

2012

Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

Celluloid Horror

Celluloid Horror

2004

1000 Women in Horror

1000 Women in Horror

2025

We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea

We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea

2017

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

2015

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

Directing10

The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

2025

Director

The Art of the Calendar

The Art of the Calendar

2024

Director

The Haunted Season

The Haunted Season

2024

Director

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

2023

Director

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

2023

Director

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Director

Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

2021

Director

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

2019

Director

Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema

Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema

Director

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Director

Production17

The War Game at Cinecity

The War Game at Cinecity

2026

Executive Producer

The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

2025

Producer

Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon

Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon

2023

Producer

The Naked Eye: Sex and the Mondo Film

The Naked Eye: Sex and the Mondo Film

2023

Producer

I'm Not a Guru

2023

Executive Producer

To Fire You Come at Last

To Fire You Come at Last

2023

Executive Producer

The Kid from a Kibbutz: Daliah Lavi and the Road to Il Demonio

The Kid from a Kibbutz: Daliah Lavi and the Road to Il Demonio

2021

Producer

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Producer

Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

2021

Producer

Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

Producer

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

2019

Producer

Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita

Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita

2019

Producer

We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea

We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea

2017

Executive Producer

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

2012

Producer

Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the Blue

Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the Blue

Producer

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Producer

The Fated Hour

Executive Producer

Acting14

Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films

Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films

2026

Herself

1000 Women in Horror

1000 Women in Horror

2025

Self

The Stone Forest

The Stone Forest

2025

Narrator

Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

2024

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

2023

Narrator

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress

2023

Narrator

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

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018

Self

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix

2015

Herself

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

Self

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

Celluloid Horror

Celluloid Horror

2004

Herself

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Self

Writing6

The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

2025

Screenplay

The Haunted Season

The Haunted Season

2024

Writer

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser

2023

Writer

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Writer

Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the Blue

Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the Blue

Writer

Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema

Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema

Adaptation

Editing3

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Additional Editor

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film

2019

Editor

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll

Editor

Crew2

CAMP

CAMP

2026

Thanks

A Folk Horror Tale

A Folk Horror Tale

2021

Script