Tag: kierlajanisse

Any opportunity to talk to Kier-La Janisse makes me happy. The chance to help celebrate a new project of hers is a cause for celebration. I hereby nominate for Blu-ray box set of the year All the Haunts Be Ours...

Kier-La Janisse has long been a fixture in the genre film world, as a programmer, publisher, writer, film scholar, and more. She founded the press Spectacular Optical Publications, as well as the internationally known The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. ...

With a little more than a month to go until Fantasia returns in person in Montreal (July 14th - August 3rd), North America's biggest genre film festival has unveiled their second wave of titles and events and there are plenty...

New series from Abe Forsythe and James Gunn, and a documentary by Kier-La Janisse.

Not gonna lie, not being able to go to Morbido two years in row is really hitting us in the feels. We're going to try to make up for it this week by going to our favorite, local taquiras for...

The SLASH Filmfestival, Austria's biggest and most popular destination for fantastic cinema, has announced the full lineup of its 12th edition, which is bookended by Julia Ducournau’s Titane on opening night and Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb on closing night. For eleven days...

Author Kier-La Janisse is preparing to release her new book, Cockfight, an in-depth study of Monte Hellman's 1974 film Cockfighter. Screen Anarchy is very pleased to be the first to share with you the cover for her new book. We...

New York horror fans are in for some fantastic times this fall --- The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is open for enrollment! In 2010, I attended the Montreal Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli master class on adapting Lovecraft to...

I will be very envious of Australians this coming November, when Monster Fest is unleashed upon Melbourne. Under the guide of the new festival director, Kier-la Janisse (author of House of Psychotic Women, founder of the amazing Miskatonic Institute of...

If you're a film festival programmer or follower, you know the name Kier-La Janisse. For the past twenty years, she's had a hand in programming some incredible film festivals, namely Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, and her own CineMuerte. She's also a...