In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to Kier-La Janisse, director of Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror about 5 Great Folk Horror Films, which includes: Il Demonio (1963) Eye of the Devil (1966) Legend of Hillbilly John (1972) As Filhas do Fogo (1978) Clearcut (1991) Powered by […]
Features: Robert Eggers, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Piers Haggard, Alice Lowe, Jonathan Rigby | Written and Directed by Kier-La Janisse After watching Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror you certainly can’t accuse writer/director Kier-La Janisse (Eurocrime! the Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s) of just skimming the topic’s surface. […]
For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told […]
Australia’s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic, Monster Fest have announced the appointment of its new Festival Director, renowned Canadian film programmer and author Kier-La Janisse (pictured above). Acclaimed author of the autobiographical House of Psychotic Women, Janisse arrives at Monster Fest after nearly two decades of experience on the genre festival circuit, […]
