Kier-La Janisse

Biography

Kier-La Janisse is a Canadian film producer and writer born in 1972. She is the founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and author of influential books on horror and exploitation films, including "House of Psychotic Women". Her debut feature documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, premiered at SXSW 2021 to critical acclaim, winning the Midnighters Audience Award.