Kier-La Janisse
@kierlajanisse.bsky.social
Author, House of Psychotic Women / Cockfight
Writer/Director/Producer, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Acquisitions/Producer @severinfilms.bsky.social
Owner @spectacularoptical.bsky.social
https://www.kier-lajanisse.com
Writer/Director/Producer, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Acquisitions/Producer @severinfilms.bsky.social
Owner @spectacularoptical.bsky.social
https://www.kier-lajanisse.com
Udo took a chance on my rinky-dink festival in Vancouver back in 2000 - he went on TV interviews with me, carried 35mm film prints up stairs, went to get me coffee and even live-dubbed Giancarlo Giannini's voice when BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA showed up without subs. RIP Udo, you were a star 🌟
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Udo took a chance on my rinky-dink festival in Vancouver back in 2000 - he went on TV interviews with me, carried 35mm film prints up stairs, went to get me coffee and even live-dubbed Giancarlo Giannini's voice when BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA showed up without subs. RIP Udo, you were a star 🌟
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The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
One of two @severinfilms.bsky.social Black Friday titles I produced, featuring a new interview with author Michael Moorcock, the original UK hardcover book art by Mal Dean as a limited edition slipcase, and new art by Jacob Rolfe (illustrator and TRAILER PARK BOYS star) for the wrap!
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One of two @severinfilms.bsky.social Black Friday titles I produced, featuring a new interview with author Michael Moorcock, the original UK hardcover book art by Mal Dean as a limited edition slipcase, and new art by Jacob Rolfe (illustrator and TRAILER PARK BOYS star) for the wrap!
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Guess where we spent the night courtesy of @kierlajanisse.bsky.social ‘s kind wedding gift 🎁 ? clue is it’s a famous mansion from a great old horror movie!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Guess where we spent the night courtesy of @kierlajanisse.bsky.social ‘s kind wedding gift 🎁 ? clue is it’s a famous mansion from a great old horror movie!!
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CHICAGO! Here's a chance to see my short film THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM on the big screen, in support of the gorgeous, snowy sequel THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. What an inspired pairing!
Sunday Dec 7th at 6:45pm at the historic @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
Sunday Dec 7th at 6:45pm at the historic @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
CHICAGO! Here's a chance to see my short film THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM on the big screen, in support of the gorgeous, snowy sequel THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. What an inspired pairing!
Sunday Dec 7th at 6:45pm at the historic @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
Sunday Dec 7th at 6:45pm at the historic @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
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Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” https://ow.ly/3vzw50XvRhn
Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” - Rue Morgue
Christmas fear comes a little early to the streamer.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” https://ow.ly/3vzw50XvRhn
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM at Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival ! Screening Nov 26th at 7pm before the feature film MARAMA. You can also catch our co-star Ben Petrie elsewhere in the festival in DEAD LOVER which is also playing!
Tix at www.skfilmfest.com
Tix at www.skfilmfest.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM at Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival ! Screening Nov 26th at 7pm before the feature film MARAMA. You can also catch our co-star Ben Petrie elsewhere in the festival in DEAD LOVER which is also playing!
Tix at www.skfilmfest.com
Tix at www.skfilmfest.com
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Catch @kierlajanisse.bsky.social’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM along with THEATRE OF HORRORS on 12/1 at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social. Come early for thr @severinfilms.bsky.social Pop-up shop before the screening. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/mj69u5ep
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Catch @kierlajanisse.bsky.social’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM along with THEATRE OF HORRORS on 12/1 at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social. Come early for thr @severinfilms.bsky.social Pop-up shop before the screening. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/mj69u5ep
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THE VANITY PROJECT PODCAST: TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE STORY BEHIND STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL!
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
THE VANITY PROJECT PODCAST: TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE STORY BEHIND STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL!
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Toronto's @bloodinthesnow.ca - a festival exclusively focused on Canadian genre work - has begun! It runs Nov 17-22. See my picks for this year's festival here: spectacularoptical.com/articles/blo...
BLOOD IN THE SNOW 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.
spectacularoptical.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Toronto's @bloodinthesnow.ca - a festival exclusively focused on Canadian genre work - has begun! It runs Nov 17-22. See my picks for this year's festival here: spectacularoptical.com/articles/blo...
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I'm gradually moving articles and interviews over from the old website, and here's a piece I wrote in 2013 about one of my favourite films, Gene Kearney's stark, eerie adaptation of Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow." spectacularoptical.com/articles/gen...
GENE KEARNEY’S SILENT SNOW, SECRET SNOW (1964)
Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.
spectacularoptical.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm gradually moving articles and interviews over from the old website, and here's a piece I wrote in 2013 about one of my favourite films, Gene Kearney's stark, eerie adaptation of Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow." spectacularoptical.com/articles/gen...
This morning I got an email that Hark Bohm, the director of NORDSEE IST MORDSEE (NORTH SEA IS DEATH SEA), has just passed away. We announced only days ago that @severinfilms.bsky.social would be releasing a new collectors' edition of the film, and it makes me very sad that he won't get to see it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This morning I got an email that Hark Bohm, the director of NORDSEE IST MORDSEE (NORTH SEA IS DEATH SEA), has just passed away. We announced only days ago that @severinfilms.bsky.social would be releasing a new collectors' edition of the film, and it makes me very sad that he won't get to see it.
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Pleased to announce I've partnered with Kraken Underground to put on the first WINTER'S WAKE - a celebration of the seasonal ghost story - Dec 21 on Pender Island, BC, Canada - tix available now at winterswake.ca
All attendees get a collectible event poster by @seenstudio.bsky.social
All attendees get a collectible event poster by @seenstudio.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Pleased to announce I've partnered with Kraken Underground to put on the first WINTER'S WAKE - a celebration of the seasonal ghost story - Dec 21 on Pender Island, BC, Canada - tix available now at winterswake.ca
All attendees get a collectible event poster by @seenstudio.bsky.social
All attendees get a collectible event poster by @seenstudio.bsky.social
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NEW on Spectacular Optical: NORTHERN LIGHT - a monthly video essay series on the classics, hits and misfits of Canadian cinema hosted by @blackzerodisc.bsky.social 's Stephen Broomer. First episode "The Invasion Will Be Televised" now online at spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NEW on Spectacular Optical: NORTHERN LIGHT - a monthly video essay series on the classics, hits and misfits of Canadian cinema hosted by @blackzerodisc.bsky.social 's Stephen Broomer. First episode "The Invasion Will Be Televised" now online at spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
Been working on this release a looooong time. '70s German JD classic NORDSEE IST MORDSEE on North American disc for the first time with amazing new extras including director Hark Bohm, and tributes from Fatih Akin and Jorg Buttgereit! Available this Black Friday from Severin Films!
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Been working on this release a looooong time. '70s German JD classic NORDSEE IST MORDSEE on North American disc for the first time with amazing new extras including director Hark Bohm, and tributes from Fatih Akin and Jorg Buttgereit! Available this Black Friday from Severin Films!
Oh look what has been officially announced!
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Oh look what has been officially announced!
TONIGHT! A YEAR IN A FIELD screens at Winnipeg's Dave Barber Cinematheque at 5:15pm as part of the Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival. See the trailer below:
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
A YEAR IN A FIELD - Teaser
YouTube video by Spectacular Optical
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November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TONIGHT! A YEAR IN A FIELD screens at Winnipeg's Dave Barber Cinematheque at 5:15pm as part of the Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival. See the trailer below:
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
A YEAR IN A FIELD plays at Winnipeg's Gimme Some Truth documentary festival Sunday at 5:15pm. Thanks to @freepking.bsky.social for including it in his article today!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A YEAR IN A FIELD plays at Winnipeg's Gimme Some Truth documentary festival Sunday at 5:15pm. Thanks to @freepking.bsky.social for including it in his article today!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
LOS ANGELES!! Catch my film on the big screen supporting David Gregory's latest doc THEATRE OF HORRORS on Dec 1 with David in person and a @severinfilms.bsky.social pop-up shop ! Presented by @cinematicvoid.bsky.social at American Cinematheque LF3. Tix: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
LOS ANGELES!! Catch my film on the big screen supporting David Gregory's latest doc THEATRE OF HORRORS on Dec 1 with David in person and a @severinfilms.bsky.social pop-up shop ! Presented by @cinematicvoid.bsky.social at American Cinematheque LF3. Tix: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
I figure if I'm gonna see @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN anywhere, this is the theatre to do it in.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I figure if I'm gonna see @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN anywhere, this is the theatre to do it in.
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YULETIDE TERROR paperback back in stock - but only 80 copies remain, get them before they're gone!
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
YULETIDE TERROR paperback back in stock - but only 80 copies remain, get them before they're gone!
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE! Get the latest book I co-edited with Clint Enns, TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER for a special price through Dec 10th.
23 essays, 332 pages, designed by Luke Insect in full colour!
ONLY AT www.spectacularoptical.com
23 essays, 332 pages, designed by Luke Insect in full colour!
ONLY AT www.spectacularoptical.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE! Get the latest book I co-edited with Clint Enns, TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER for a special price through Dec 10th.
23 essays, 332 pages, designed by Luke Insect in full colour!
ONLY AT www.spectacularoptical.com
23 essays, 332 pages, designed by Luke Insect in full colour!
ONLY AT www.spectacularoptical.com
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"an Alpine traveler possessed by a previous hotel guest’s dark despair": @kierlajanisse.bsky.social's 'Ghost story for Christmas' THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM (2025) screens 11.40am today at @imaginefff.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/10/23/t...
The Occupant of the Room (2025) - Projected Figures
Kier-La Janisse's haunting longish short THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM sees an Alpine traveler possessed by a previous hotel guest's dark despair
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November 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"an Alpine traveler possessed by a previous hotel guest’s dark despair": @kierlajanisse.bsky.social's 'Ghost story for Christmas' THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM (2025) screens 11.40am today at @imaginefff.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/10/23/t...
First day at @imaginefff.bsky.social was wonderful, REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, THE ICE TOWER (both stunning), a career talk with Ben Wheatley (and even managed to squeeze in an off-festival screening of the DOWNTON movie + eat at FEBO (twice))
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
First day at @imaginefff.bsky.social was wonderful, REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, THE ICE TOWER (both stunning), a career talk with Ben Wheatley (and even managed to squeeze in an off-festival screening of the DOWNTON movie + eat at FEBO (twice))
Oh no!!! www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh no!!! www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...