Kier-La Janisse
Kier-La Janisse is a writer and film programmer based in Montreal. She is the editor of Fangoria.com, co-founded the Blue Sunshine Psychotronic Film Centre and The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and is a film programmer for POP Montreal, Fantastic Fest and SF Indie. She has been a programmer for the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, founded the CineMuerte Horror Film Festival and the Big Smash! Music-on-Film Festival (both in Vancouver) and was the subject of the documentary Celluloid Horror (2005). She has written for Shindig!, Filmmaker, Rue Morgue and Fangoria magazines, has contributed to The Scarecrow Movie Guide (Sasquatch Books, 2004) and Destroy All Movies!! The Complete Guide to Punk on Film (Fantagraphics, 2010), and is the author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (FAB Press, 2007) and House of Psychotic Women (FAB Press, 2012).
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
 | INTRODUCTION TO HORROR FILM CRITICISM FOR TEENS Tue. Oct. 5, 2010 - Tue. Oct. 12, 2010 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
 | ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK: THE ITALIAN GIALLO FILM Tue. Feb. 15, 2011 - Tue. Mar. 1, 2011 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
 | GETTING EVEN: A HISTORY OF THE RAPE REVENGE FILM Mon. Jun. 6, 2011 - Mon. Jun. 13, 2011 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
 | SCHOOL OF SHOCK: PAIN AND PLEASURE IN THE CLASSROOM SAFETY FILM Mon. Oct. 15, 2012 - Mon. Oct. 22, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | FRAGMENTS OF THE MONSTER: RECOVERING FORTIES HORROR Mon. Oct. 29, 2012 - Mon. Dec. 3, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS: A BRITISH HOLIDAY HORROR TRADITION Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | SMALL SCREENS, BIG CHILLS: CLASSIC AMERICAN TV HORROR Tue. Jan. 22, 2013 - Tue. Feb. 26, 2013 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
