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 in my living room circa 2001, holding the blow-up doll from Jorg Buttgereit's SCHRAMM (that's Ant Timpson on his right) Thanks to my friend Dave Pikker for unearthing the pic
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Udo in my living room circa 2001, holding the blow-up doll from Jorg Buttgereit's SCHRAMM (that's Ant Timpson on his right) Thanks to my friend Dave Pikker for unearthing the pic
THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED! Check out this cool bundle you can get with the @severinfilms.bsky.social blu ray/UHD of THE FINAL PROGRAMME plus @pulpcurry.bsky.social + Iain McIntyre's essential Radical SF lit companion DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS - Black Friday at severinfilms.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED! Check out this cool bundle you can get with the @severinfilms.bsky.social blu ray/UHD of THE FINAL PROGRAMME plus @pulpcurry.bsky.social + Iain McIntyre's essential Radical SF lit companion DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS - Black Friday at severinfilms.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 🌟
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!
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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))
THE WAR GAME, PUNISHMENT PARK and PRIVILEGE especially were staples in my film programming days, here's PUNISHMENT PARK on the cover of the first Gimme Some Truth festival program.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
THE WAR GAME, PUNISHMENT PARK and PRIVILEGE especially were staples in my film programming days, here's PUNISHMENT PARK on the cover of the first Gimme Some Truth festival program.
I'm relaunching my little imprint with a new website, new social media presence, and a new varied slate of projects - follow the official bluesky account at @spectacularoptical.bsky.social - books, films, screenings + more!
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm relaunching my little imprint with a new website, new social media presence, and a new varied slate of projects - follow the official bluesky account at @spectacularoptical.bsky.social - books, films, screenings + more!
So amazing to see the festival poster for my film blown up and displayed at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social !!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
So amazing to see the festival poster for my film blown up and displayed at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social !!!
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM today at @brooklynhorror.bsky.social !!
4pm at the @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social as part of the "Re-Animators" short film program alongside dark new fairytales by Mattie Do, Adam Egypt Mortimer and Justin Benson + Aaron Moorhead !
Don't miss it!!!
4pm at the @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social as part of the "Re-Animators" short film program alongside dark new fairytales by Mattie Do, Adam Egypt Mortimer and Justin Benson + Aaron Moorhead !
Don't miss it!!!
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM today at @brooklynhorror.bsky.social !!
4pm at the @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social as part of the "Re-Animators" short film program alongside dark new fairytales by Mattie Do, Adam Egypt Mortimer and Justin Benson + Aaron Moorhead !
Don't miss it!!!
4pm at the @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social as part of the "Re-Animators" short film program alongside dark new fairytales by Mattie Do, Adam Egypt Mortimer and Justin Benson + Aaron Moorhead !
Don't miss it!!!
Some fave reviews out of @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social "The best ghost story for Christmas since Stigma - absolutely stunning" (Stigma may be my favourite so this is high praise indeed!)
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Some fave reviews out of @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social "The best ghost story for Christmas since Stigma - absolutely stunning" (Stigma may be my favourite so this is high praise indeed!)
Festival screenings for OCCUPANT so far: Just after the premiere at Sitges w/ producers David Gregory + Liane Cunje and pals Mariano Baino + Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni; DP Karim Hussain speaking at Toronto After Dark w/ actor Ben Petrie + producer Liane Cunje; UK premiere at Mayhem FF in Nottingham
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Festival screenings for OCCUPANT so far: Just after the premiere at Sitges w/ producers David Gregory + Liane Cunje and pals Mariano Baino + Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni; DP Karim Hussain speaking at Toronto After Dark w/ actor Ben Petrie + producer Liane Cunje; UK premiere at Mayhem FF in Nottingham
Canadian Premiere TODAY!
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM will be at Toronto After Dark FF in the 'Canada After Dark' short film showcase at 3:45pm, with some of the cast and crew in person! Would love to see any reviews out of the fest!
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM will be at Toronto After Dark FF in the 'Canada After Dark' short film showcase at 3:45pm, with some of the cast and crew in person! Would love to see any reviews out of the fest!
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Canadian Premiere TODAY!
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM will be at Toronto After Dark FF in the 'Canada After Dark' short film showcase at 3:45pm, with some of the cast and crew in person! Would love to see any reviews out of the fest!
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM will be at Toronto After Dark FF in the 'Canada After Dark' short film showcase at 3:45pm, with some of the cast and crew in person! Would love to see any reviews out of the fest!
World Premiere of THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM tomorrow at @sitgesfilmfestival.bsky.social followed by Toronto After Dark, @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social @celluloidscreams.bsky.social @brooklynhorror.bsky.social and @imaginefff.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
World Premiere of THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM tomorrow at @sitgesfilmfestival.bsky.social followed by Toronto After Dark, @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social @celluloidscreams.bsky.social @brooklynhorror.bsky.social and @imaginefff.bsky.social
Poster for @shelaghrowanleggscreenanarchy's short film DANS LES PINS (IN THE PINES) 🖤 read more here: screenanarchy.com/2025/10/frid...
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Poster for @shelaghrowanleggscreenanarchy's short film DANS LES PINS (IN THE PINES) 🖤 read more here: screenanarchy.com/2025/10/frid...
Just landed in Sitges to find @severinfilms.bsky.social newest epic boxed set has been announced! EXORCISMO: DEFYING A DICTATOR AND RAISING HELL IN POST-FRANCO SPAIN - 19 films including Alberto Sedano's Severin-produced feature documentary narrated by Iggy Pop, 168 pg book + more! Severinfilms.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just landed in Sitges to find @severinfilms.bsky.social newest epic boxed set has been announced! EXORCISMO: DEFYING A DICTATOR AND RAISING HELL IN POST-FRANCO SPAIN - 19 films including Alberto Sedano's Severin-produced feature documentary narrated by Iggy Pop, 168 pg book + more! Severinfilms.com
Visiting my producer friend Andy Starke and got to wear one of the actual masks from KILL LIST
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Visiting my producer friend Andy Starke and got to wear one of the actual masks from KILL LIST
