As the author of House of Psychotic Women, director of Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, and acquisitions executive for Severin Films, Kier-La Janisse is a staple of the horror community.
Now she’s making her narrative directorial debut with The Occupant of the Room, which just wrapped principal photography in Canada.
Adapted by Janisse from the 1909 short story by Algernon Blackwood, the film is described as a special in the tradition of the BBC’s “A Ghost Story for Christmas.”
It’s about a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest — leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences.
Don McKellar stars alongside Ben Petrie (BlackBerry) and Delphine Roussel (ABCs of Death 2). Karim Hussain serves as cinematographer.
Janisse’s Spectacular Optical...
Now she’s making her narrative directorial debut with The Occupant of the Room, which just wrapped principal photography in Canada.
Adapted by Janisse from the 1909 short story by Algernon Blackwood, the film is described as a special in the tradition of the BBC’s “A Ghost Story for Christmas.”
It’s about a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest — leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences.
Don McKellar stars alongside Ben Petrie (BlackBerry) and Delphine Roussel (ABCs of Death 2). Karim Hussain serves as cinematographer.
Janisse’s Spectacular Optical...
- 7/21/2025
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Principal photography has wrapped in the Ontario city of Mississauga on The Occupant Of The Room, the narrative feature debut of Canadian author and film programmer Kier-La Janisse.
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The...
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The...
- 7/18/2025
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has wrapped in the Ontario city of Mississauga on The Occupant Of The Room, the narrative feature debut of Canadian author and film programmer Kier-La Janisse.
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The project...
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The project...
- 7/18/2025
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has wrapped in the Ontario city of Mississauga on The Occupant Of The Room, the narrative feature debut of Canadian author and film programmer Kier-La Janisse.
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The project...
Set to be ready for markets and festivals this autumn, the film is based on the classic ghost story by English author Algernon Blackwood, adapted for the screen by Janisse. Don McKellar stars as a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.
Also in the cast are Ben Petrie and Delphine Roussell, and cinematography is by Karim Hussain.
The project...
- 7/18/2025
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Darya Ekamasova, Yura Borisov, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington, Emily Weider, Luna Sofía Miranda, Vincent Radwinsky, Brittney Rodriguez, Sophia Carnabuci | Written and Directed by Sean Baker
Since releasing his first feature in 2000, writer/director Sean Baker has built himself a name as an exciting voice in independent cinema. As his works have gotten more attention, from Tangerine being shot on multiple iPhones, to Willem Dafoe’s Oscar nomination for The Florida Project, Baker has grown in stature as a director. This leads us to Anora, the writer/director’s eighth feature which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, and manages to be another exemplary piece of cinema from the creative.
British viewers may find themselves surprised in this film’s opening moments, as a remix of Take That’s ‘Greatest Day’ plays while a line of exotic dancers perform for paying customers.
Since releasing his first feature in 2000, writer/director Sean Baker has built himself a name as an exciting voice in independent cinema. As his works have gotten more attention, from Tangerine being shot on multiple iPhones, to Willem Dafoe’s Oscar nomination for The Florida Project, Baker has grown in stature as a director. This leads us to Anora, the writer/director’s eighth feature which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, and manages to be another exemplary piece of cinema from the creative.
British viewers may find themselves surprised in this film’s opening moments, as a remix of Take That’s ‘Greatest Day’ plays while a line of exotic dancers perform for paying customers.
- 5/5/2025
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Anora, Spine #1259, will release in the Criterion Collection on April 29th, 2025.
Mikey Madison is a star, delivering a mesmerizing performance in the titular role of Sean Baker’s Oscar winning film. The role of Ani is a complicated and layered one that allows Madison to showcase the full extent of her acting abilities. Sean Baker — acting as the director, writer and editor — delivers his most compelling and finely crafted film to date. Anora is — in my opinion — the best film of 2024, and it is an absolute gift to have this gorgeous new edition join the Criterion Collection.
Anora plot
Anora (Mikey Madison) — or “Ani” as she likes to be called — is an exotic dancer and sex worker. She spends her nights buttering up clients and enticing them to spend their cash on her in the club’s VIP section. One of those clients winds up being Ivan, a wealthy young...
Mikey Madison is a star, delivering a mesmerizing performance in the titular role of Sean Baker’s Oscar winning film. The role of Ani is a complicated and layered one that allows Madison to showcase the full extent of her acting abilities. Sean Baker — acting as the director, writer and editor — delivers his most compelling and finely crafted film to date. Anora is — in my opinion — the best film of 2024, and it is an absolute gift to have this gorgeous new edition join the Criterion Collection.
Anora plot
Anora (Mikey Madison) — or “Ani” as she likes to be called — is an exotic dancer and sex worker. She spends her nights buttering up clients and enticing them to spend their cash on her in the club’s VIP section. One of those clients winds up being Ivan, a wealthy young...
- 4/21/2025
- by Joshua Ryan
- FandomWire
Irish Filmmaker Aislinn Clarke returns with another dose of eerie Irish Horror in her sophomore feature Frewaka, a story about family, and marriage….and monsters that want to eat your children. Clarke’s debut feature, a 16mm Found Footage chiller entitled The Devil’s Doorway (2018) introduced the horror community to her ability to craft a good scare, but it’s her short film Childer (2017) (still one of my personal favourites) that I think really sets the scene for the atmospheric dread of Frewaka. Which is to say that if you’re a fan of brooding unsettling Horror, creepy shadows whispering from the recess of the crawl space, or ominous goats(!), you might want to invest in a bright night light before braving the rural superstitious nightmare that is Frewaka.
Clare Monnelly stars as Shoo, a care giver sent to a remote village to look after the elderly Peig, played by Brid Ni Neachtain...
Clare Monnelly stars as Shoo, a care giver sent to a remote village to look after the elderly Peig, played by Brid Ni Neachtain...
- 4/2/2025
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Back in 2021, writer-director Kier-La Janisse released Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, a great 3-hours-(and-14-minutes)-long documentary about witchcraft and mysticism around the world, especially as seen in films. That documentary didn't just get a special release on Blu-ray, it basically got The Most Special release on Blu-ray: a magnificent boxset with not just the documentary, but also 19 other films about folk magic, and tons and tons of extras. All curated by Kier-La herself. It was called All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror, won "Best Boxset" awards all over the place for being awesome, and I called it "Objectively speaking, the best boxset of the year..." in my 2021 overview. Well, guess what? Last year she was back with a second...
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- 3/9/2025
- Screen Anarchy
Through her remarkable work as an author (House of Psychotic Women) and documentarian (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror), Kier-La Janisse has consistently been one of the most vital voices in preserving and celebrating the history of horror, and now she's helping to add new cinematic nightmares to the genre's storied catalogue with The Haunted Season.
Rekindling the tradition of telling ghost stories around the fire in the cold winter nights of the holidays, The Haunted Season will feature a new episode each December on Shudder (in collaboration with Severin Films) in the coming years.
Written and directed by Sean Hogan, the first episode of The Haunted Season, "To Fire You Come At Last," is now streaming on Shudder, and we caught up with showrunner and creator Kier-La Janisse to discuss the launch of the seasonal new series, including collaborating with Sean Hogan, continuing the history of holiday ghost stories,...
Rekindling the tradition of telling ghost stories around the fire in the cold winter nights of the holidays, The Haunted Season will feature a new episode each December on Shudder (in collaboration with Severin Films) in the coming years.
Written and directed by Sean Hogan, the first episode of The Haunted Season, "To Fire You Come At Last," is now streaming on Shudder, and we caught up with showrunner and creator Kier-La Janisse to discuss the launch of the seasonal new series, including collaborating with Sean Hogan, continuing the history of holiday ghost stories,...
- 12/29/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Any opportunity to talk to Kier-La Janisse makes me happy. The chance to help celebrate a new project of hers is a cause for celebration. I hereby nominate for Blu-ray box set of the year All the Haunts Be Ours Vol. 2., a new 24-film box set, containing roughly 55 hours of special features and a 252-page book of new folk horror-inspired short fiction from, among others, Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman. This labor of love is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Janisse and the Severin staff have curated an amazing number of true folk horror rarities from around the globe. There are few hats Janisse hasn't worn. Her work as a curator helped mold the Alamo Drafthouse into a mecca for genre lovers. Her work...
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- 12/16/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Severin Launches New Seasonal Ghost Story Series On Shudder This December: "From boutique label Severin Films and renowned author, producer and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse comes new annual series The Haunted Season.
Created by Janisse and executive produced by Severin Films, new episodes of The Haunted Season will arrive on Shudder each December with chilling short form horror tales in the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas. Future episodes will be announced each year as the holiday season approaches.
The first of these original commissioned productions comes from director Sean Hogan, called To Fire You Come at Last.
In 17th century England, near a rural village where unquiet spirits gather, a grieving Squire hires three local men to help carry his son’s coffin to a graveyard across the countryside. But as darkness descends upon their journey, disturbing secrets will be revealed. Violence will rise to the surface. And as...
Created by Janisse and executive produced by Severin Films, new episodes of The Haunted Season will arrive on Shudder each December with chilling short form horror tales in the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas. Future episodes will be announced each year as the holiday season approaches.
The first of these original commissioned productions comes from director Sean Hogan, called To Fire You Come at Last.
In 17th century England, near a rural village where unquiet spirits gather, a grieving Squire hires three local men to help carry his son’s coffin to a graveyard across the countryside. But as darkness descends upon their journey, disturbing secrets will be revealed. Violence will rise to the surface. And as...
- 12/12/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The second volume of Severin’s All the Haunts Be Ours brings together a dizzying variety of folk horror titles—some recognized cult favorites, others hitherto obscure—that constitute a fabulist bestiary replete with witches, werewolves, and all manner of vengeful spirits. These 24 films included in the set are spread across 13 discs housed in a hardcover book, accompanied by a booklet with synopses and other information on each film, as well as an attractively illustrated 250-page “Little Severin Book” that collects 10 newly commissioned examples of folk horror fiction from authors like Kim Newman and Ramsey Campbell.
Where the first volume, also curated by author Kier-La Janisse, leaned heavily on Anglophone contributions to the subgenre, with a smattering of titles from Eastern Europe and Italy, the second casts its net wider to include a number of films from East and Southeast Asia. These include Sisworo Gautama Putra’s batshit Sundelbolong, from...
Where the first volume, also curated by author Kier-La Janisse, leaned heavily on Anglophone contributions to the subgenre, with a smattering of titles from Eastern Europe and Italy, the second casts its net wider to include a number of films from East and Southeast Asia. These include Sisworo Gautama Putra’s batshit Sundelbolong, from...
- 12/4/2024
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
How thankful I am for the dedication of Kier-La Janisse and the team at Severin films! Not only did we get one incredibly comprehensive box set dedicated to folk horror from around the world (along with the must-see Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched documentary), but a second volume has been recently released, with 24 films, dozens of hours of special features, and a brand-new book of folk horror fiction. With countless hours dedicated to the meticulous restoration and preservation of these films, I caught up with Kier-La Janisse to discuss the work that went into the creation of the All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Volume 2:
The first volume was a monumental undertaking, and I can only imagine how much blood, sweat, and tears went into Volume 2. When did you know that you were going to release a second volume? Was it organically, as you were...
The first volume was a monumental undertaking, and I can only imagine how much blood, sweat, and tears went into Volume 2. When did you know that you were going to release a second volume? Was it organically, as you were...
- 11/29/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The all-horror streaming service Shudder has announced its full December 2024 lineup this week, with new originals, exclusives and catalogue titles headed our way next month.
Get ready to spend the ho-ho-horror days with new holiday special “Job Bob’s Christmas Carnage” and “The Haunted Season” from renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Read on for the full December 2024 lineup from Shudder…
Last Straw
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Alan Scott Neal
Streaming On Shudder December 20
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control,...
Get ready to spend the ho-ho-horror days with new holiday special “Job Bob’s Christmas Carnage” and “The Haunted Season” from renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Read on for the full December 2024 lineup from Shudder…
Last Straw
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Alan Scott Neal
Streaming On Shudder December 20
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control,...
- 11/20/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service next month. The Shudder December 2024 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.
The December schedule includes the films A Creature Was Stirring and Last Straw, the series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 6, The Creep Tapes, The Haunted Season: To Fire You Come at Last, and Horror’s Greatest Season 2, and specials Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage and Just Joe Bob.
Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Last Straw Shudder December 2024 Highlights
Coming Home in the Dark – Streaming on December 1
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip. Directed by James Ashcroft.
A Creature Was Stirring...
The December schedule includes the films A Creature Was Stirring and Last Straw, the series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 6, The Creep Tapes, The Haunted Season: To Fire You Come at Last, and Horror’s Greatest Season 2, and specials Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage and Just Joe Bob.
Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Last Straw Shudder December 2024 Highlights
Coming Home in the Dark – Streaming on December 1
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip. Directed by James Ashcroft.
A Creature Was Stirring...
- 11/20/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Writers/Executive producers/Showrunners Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman (The Orville) blend horror, humor, and heart in “Hysteria!” Peacock’s coming-of-age series mines its drama and horror from America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic.
The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity, and it boasts a tremendous cast that ensures these characters will worm their way into your heart before the horror ensues.
Garret Dillahunt (The Last House on the Left), Nolan North (Pretty Little Liars), Elijah Richardson (Fantasy Football), Milly Shapiro (Hereditary), Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13), and Jessica Treska (Alex & Me) star alongside Bruce Campbell, Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis, and Nikki Hahn.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with Kane and Goodman ahead of the series’ debut, where the pair revealed how...
The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity, and it boasts a tremendous cast that ensures these characters will worm their way into your heart before the horror ensues.
Garret Dillahunt (The Last House on the Left), Nolan North (Pretty Little Liars), Elijah Richardson (Fantasy Football), Milly Shapiro (Hereditary), Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13), and Jessica Treska (Alex & Me) star alongside Bruce Campbell, Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis, and Nikki Hahn.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with Kane and Goodman ahead of the series’ debut, where the pair revealed how...
- 10/22/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Severin Films Announces the Follow-up to the Most Successful Boxed Set in Company History with All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Volume 2: "Unquiet spirits have gathered once again: All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Volume Two brings together 24 films representing 18 countries for more of the best-loved, rarely seen, thought-lost and brand-new classics of folk horror, most making their disc debuts including the North American Disc Premieres of the Severin Films Original Productions To Fire You Come At Last directed by Sean Hogan and the documentary Suzzanna: The Queen Of Black Magic directed by David Gregory, which will have its World Premiere at the Sitges Film Festival on October 12th. The set also features 55+ combined hours of new and archival Special Features including trailers, interviews, audio commentaries, short films, video essays, historical analyses and bonus feature-length films; a 252-page hardcover of newly...
- 8/23/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
There’s a bigger, bolder, more fascinating, and most importantly, a complete movie stuck somewhere inside Warren Fischer’s short film The Serena Variation. There’s no doubt that the twenty-eight minute short is one of a kind, and Fischer has tried to pull off something truly remarkable here. Unfortunately, he is constrained by the short film format, and the man has too much to tell. Never have I ever imagined a short film would dare to attempt breaking its narrative into six chapters, like what someone like Tarantino does. Full marks to Fischer for attempting to do something like this, but the result is not quite convincing, sadly. Imagine you’re served a ten-course meal, from starter to main course to dessert, but on a tiny plate, and you’ve got to polish it off in half an hour. That’s what watching The Serena Variation feels like. It’s way too much narration,...
- 8/17/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
A mere few years ago, the notion that a subgenre as strange and specific as folk horror becoming overexposed seemed unlikely. But with the one-two punch of Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2016) and Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) – films that brought more modern concerns surrounding gender dynamics and romantic/familial relationships into the genre – and the work and dedication of film scholar Kier-La Janisse (whose 2021 documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror might well be the final word on the subject), stories of pagan cult sacrifice and shape-shifting bog witches have become practically mainstream in a world as technologically detached from its primeval roots as its ever been. Enter Starve Acre, an adaptation of the book by Andrew Michael Hurley which started as a bogus “lost novel” supposedly written in 1972 and originally published by Dead Ink Books attributed to a “Jonathan Buckley.” Hurley himself has been a force...
- 7/26/2024
- by Rocco T. Thompson
- DailyDead
Summer time is approaching, which means it is, of course, Belarusian folk-horror season. As part of Deaf Crocodile Films’ new collaboration with DiabolikDVD, the largest independent online distributor of specialized home video releases, their first release will be Valeri Rubinchik’s ultra-rare 1980 feature The Savage Hunt of King Stakh, based on the novel by Belarusian writer Uladzimir Karatkievich. Newly restored by Craig Rogers, Deaf Crocodile Co-Founder and Head of Post-Production and Restoration, this will mark the first-ever North American Blu-ray release of the two-hour Director’s Cut version. Ahead of the July 1 release, we’re pleased to exclusively share the restoration trailer.
Here’s the synopsis: “‘We have more ghosts than live people,’ murmurs the pale, haunted mistress of the mansion of Marsh Firs (Elena Dimitrova) to a scholar of ancient folklore (Boris Plotnikov) who has arrived at her castle to research the bloody legend of King Stakh, a murdered...
Here’s the synopsis: “‘We have more ghosts than live people,’ murmurs the pale, haunted mistress of the mansion of Marsh Firs (Elena Dimitrova) to a scholar of ancient folklore (Boris Plotnikov) who has arrived at her castle to research the bloody legend of King Stakh, a murdered...
- 5/31/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It was announced today that Severin Films has optioned the adaptation rights to Killing For Culture, the cult classic nonfiction exploration of death on film written by David Kerekes and David Slater. Slated to adapt and direct the feature is Kier-La Janisse, whose Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror won the SXSW Midnighters award in 2021 and remains one of the greatest documentaries about film of the last couple of decades. A tireless researcher with a unique point of view that lends itself to deep readings, Janisse's involvement in this project seems like a perfect fit. Her work compiling Severin's The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle is a high water mark for home video, which follows on her impressive publishing work including...
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- 2/5/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Severin Films is bringing Sean Hogan’s (The Devil’s Business) new mid-length film To Fire You Come at Last to Fright Fest on Saturday, August 26th at 6:00Pm, the film described as “an atmospheric homage to the great tradition of British supernatural television from the 1970s.”
This morning, Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the film’s trailer.
Severin teases, “Eerie, haunting and stunningly shot – To Fire You Come At Last will take you on a journey that you might not be expecting, a must-watch.”
Watch the trailer below and read on for everything you need to know…
“In rural 17th century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. A great deal of ancient folklore and superstition surrounds the route to the church, and several of the men are afraid to walk it after dark. Squire Marlow,...
This morning, Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the film’s trailer.
Severin teases, “Eerie, haunting and stunningly shot – To Fire You Come At Last will take you on a journey that you might not be expecting, a must-watch.”
Watch the trailer below and read on for everything you need to know…
“In rural 17th century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. A great deal of ancient folklore and superstition surrounds the route to the church, and several of the men are afraid to walk it after dark. Squire Marlow,...
- 8/9/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Having impressed with Peter Hengl’s “Family Dinner,” a 2022 Tribeca world premiere, Vienna-based Capra Film is developing an ever expanding slate of movies and series which establishes it as a growing genre force to keep track of in Europe.
Founded in 2015 by producer Lola Basara and writer-director Hengl, Capra Film was the only production-house to have two titles at October’s Sitges Fanpitch, where Hengl’s “Krampusnacht” won a Fantasia-Frontières Award, consisting of an invitation to Frontières, Fantasia’s vibrant industry platform, running July 26-29.
As a potential follow-up, Hengl is developing “Bug Boy,” a teenage body horror creature feature. Also in the Capra hopper are period horror film “Dracu,” from Schlegel, horror film “In the Moorland,” by Michael Winiecki, TV series “Newfall,” from Stefano Nurra, and vampire film “Thirst,” by Paul Ertl.
“Krampusnacht”
“We are a young Austrian production company committed to creating high quality genre feature films with...
Founded in 2015 by producer Lola Basara and writer-director Hengl, Capra Film was the only production-house to have two titles at October’s Sitges Fanpitch, where Hengl’s “Krampusnacht” won a Fantasia-Frontières Award, consisting of an invitation to Frontières, Fantasia’s vibrant industry platform, running July 26-29.
As a potential follow-up, Hengl is developing “Bug Boy,” a teenage body horror creature feature. Also in the Capra hopper are period horror film “Dracu,” from Schlegel, horror film “In the Moorland,” by Michael Winiecki, TV series “Newfall,” from Stefano Nurra, and vampire film “Thirst,” by Paul Ertl.
“Krampusnacht”
“We are a young Austrian production company committed to creating high quality genre feature films with...
- 7/17/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Severin Films has announced the UK Premiere of Sean Hogan’s (The Devil’s Business) new mid-length film To Fire You Come at Last at Fright Fest on Saturday, August 26th at 6:00Pm. The film has already been called “A satisfyingly wicked slice of British folk horror” (HorrorFuel) after its World Premiere at Bifan in South Korea earlier this month.
Exclusively check out the official poster for To Fire You Come at Last below, which comes courtesy of acclaimed artist Candice Tripp. And read on for everything you need to know.
“In rural 17th century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. A great deal of ancient folklore and superstition surrounds the route to the church, and several of the men are afraid to walk it after dark. Squire Marlow, the grieving father of the dead man,...
Exclusively check out the official poster for To Fire You Come at Last below, which comes courtesy of acclaimed artist Candice Tripp. And read on for everything you need to know.
“In rural 17th century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. A great deal of ancient folklore and superstition surrounds the route to the church, and several of the men are afraid to walk it after dark. Squire Marlow, the grieving father of the dead man,...
- 7/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Our friends over at Severin Films just kicked off their epic Summer Sale with prices slashed by 50% on most catalogue releases, along with a handful of brand new offerings.
One of the standout new arrivals this week is the controversial 1981 horror movie Nightmare – also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain – now available on 4K Ultra HD from Severin. The 1980s horror film has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version Ever assembled.
The film’s 4K Uhd debut comes complete with a brand new roster of extras, including the first time Tom Savini has gone on camera about his controversial involvement!
Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.
Nightmare was famously named one of the “Video Nasties” back in the 1980s, a...
One of the standout new arrivals this week is the controversial 1981 horror movie Nightmare – also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain – now available on 4K Ultra HD from Severin. The 1980s horror film has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version Ever assembled.
The film’s 4K Uhd debut comes complete with a brand new roster of extras, including the first time Tom Savini has gone on camera about his controversial involvement!
Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.
Nightmare was famously named one of the “Video Nasties” back in the 1980s, a...
- 6/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Torrential rain could not dampen spirits at the opening ceremony.
Old Boy star Choi Min Sik and Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster helped open the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea this evening (June 29), where Netflix K-drama D.P. received the Series Film Award.
Leading Korean actor Choi, who is also known for roles in I Saw the Devil, Shiri, Luc Besson’s Lucy and box office record holder The Admiral: Roaring Currents, is being feted with screenings of 12 features selected by the actor himself.
At the opening ceremony, the veteran actor said looking back...
Old Boy star Choi Min Sik and Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster helped open the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea this evening (June 29), where Netflix K-drama D.P. received the Series Film Award.
Leading Korean actor Choi, who is also known for roles in I Saw the Devil, Shiri, Luc Besson’s Lucy and box office record holder The Admiral: Roaring Currents, is being feted with screenings of 12 features selected by the actor himself.
At the opening ceremony, the veteran actor said looking back...
- 6/29/2023
- by Matt Schley
- ScreenDaily
Salem, Massachusetts brews up more Halloween activities than you can shake a broom at each October, so it was logical for Salem Horror Fest to take place during the spookiest month of the year. For its sixth installment, however, the festivities have moved to the spring, making it much easier to attend without throngs of tourists.
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Following the exciting announcement that Tony Todd will be a guest of honor at this year's Salem Horror Fest, the full lineup for the anticipated festival has now been revealed, including the new documentary Satan Wants You and retrospective screenings of Fright Night: Part II, The Fog (1980), The Blood on Satan's Claw, and more!
Exclusively announced on Fangoria, you can check out the full lineup of films and events for this year's Salem Horror Fest on their official website, and we also have the official press release with additional details:
Press Release: Salem Ma - March 13, 2023 - Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest has announced the full lineup for their sixth annual presentation, which kicks off on Thursday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, April 30.
The official program begins with a featured showcase of Satan Wants You, a new documentary...
Exclusively announced on Fangoria, you can check out the full lineup of films and events for this year's Salem Horror Fest on their official website, and we also have the official press release with additional details:
Press Release: Salem Ma - March 13, 2023 - Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest has announced the full lineup for their sixth annual presentation, which kicks off on Thursday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, April 30.
The official program begins with a featured showcase of Satan Wants You, a new documentary...
- 3/20/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We are so excited for the return of Salem Horror Fest this April and they have announced that Tony Todd will be honored during the event, which will include a keynote speech from Kier-La Janisse, a screening of Candyman, and a Qa hosted by Andrea Subissati!
"Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest has announced the kickoff to their sixth edition with an opening night program to be held at the Peabody Essex Museum on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The event will honor Hollywood legend Tony Todd for his groundbreaking performance originating the iconic role of Candyman from the 1992 film, subsequent sequels in addition to his towering filmography of more than 250 credits including Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, Final Destination with recurring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Flash, 24, Stargate Sg-1, Scream: The TV Series.
"Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest has announced the kickoff to their sixth edition with an opening night program to be held at the Peabody Essex Museum on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The event will honor Hollywood legend Tony Todd for his groundbreaking performance originating the iconic role of Candyman from the 1992 film, subsequent sequels in addition to his towering filmography of more than 250 credits including Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, Final Destination with recurring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Flash, 24, Stargate Sg-1, Scream: The TV Series.
- 2/15/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” Salem Horror Fest is back in 2023, and the fest has announced this week that their sixth edition will be kicking off at the Peabody Essex Museum on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The event will honor Hollywood legend Tony Todd for his groundbreaking performance originating the iconic role of Candyman from the 1992 film, plus that film’s subsequent sequels in addition to his towering filmography of more than 250 credits including Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, and Final Destination with recurring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Flash, 24, Stargate Sg-1, Scream: The TV Series, and more.
Additionally, author and film critic Kier-La Janisse will provide a keynote speech about the role of folklore in our history and culture followed by a special screening of the original Candyman and Q&a with Tony Todd...
The event will honor Hollywood legend Tony Todd for his groundbreaking performance originating the iconic role of Candyman from the 1992 film, plus that film’s subsequent sequels in addition to his towering filmography of more than 250 credits including Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, and Final Destination with recurring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Flash, 24, Stargate Sg-1, Scream: The TV Series, and more.
Additionally, author and film critic Kier-La Janisse will provide a keynote speech about the role of folklore in our history and culture followed by a special screening of the original Candyman and Q&a with Tony Todd...
- 2/15/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin, from here on simply Orchestrator of Storms, is a long overdue examination of the works of French filmmaker Jean Rollin, a man who has been labelled everything from an auteur to a pornographer and a hack.
Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on several previous documentary shorts about genre films and filmmakers such as The Tale of Mr. Corman and Mr. Poe and The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves as well as on individual projects. However, coming in at an hour and fifty-two minutes Orchestrator of Storms is anything but short.
Orchestrator of Storms picks up almost from the moment of Rollin’s birth to a father who worked in the theatre and a mother who had been an artist’s model. It was his mother who raised him after his father left. The film explores how...
Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on several previous documentary shorts about genre films and filmmakers such as The Tale of Mr. Corman and Mr. Poe and The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves as well as on individual projects. However, coming in at an hour and fifty-two minutes Orchestrator of Storms is anything but short.
Orchestrator of Storms picks up almost from the moment of Rollin’s birth to a father who worked in the theatre and a mother who had been an artist’s model. It was his mother who raised him after his father left. The film explores how...
- 2/14/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Winnie Cheung’s “Residency,” which has its world premiere in the Bright Future section of Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam, has debuted its trailer (below). Alief is selling the film, which is a “haunting metafictional tale about female artists pushed beyond their limits at a cursed artist residency.”
The film, set at New York artists’ studio The Locker Room, is described by Alief’s Miguel Angel Govea as “an adventurous take on the final girl horror trope.” It is a “hybrid feature dancing between fiction and non-fiction norms that plays like a punk rock cover of Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax.'”
Cheung commented: “Rather than representing women as sexualized victims through the traditional lens of male fantasies, I’m exploring the real horror behind the anxiety of being a female artist, which is often mixed in with pleasure, delirium and joy.”
Cheung was the editor and one of the producers of “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched,...
The film, set at New York artists’ studio The Locker Room, is described by Alief’s Miguel Angel Govea as “an adventurous take on the final girl horror trope.” It is a “hybrid feature dancing between fiction and non-fiction norms that plays like a punk rock cover of Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax.'”
Cheung commented: “Rather than representing women as sexualized victims through the traditional lens of male fantasies, I’m exploring the real horror behind the anxiety of being a female artist, which is often mixed in with pleasure, delirium and joy.”
Cheung was the editor and one of the producers of “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In 2012, Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women and forever changed the landscape of film analysis. Subtitled An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis, the book is an exhaustive look at films from all genres, each featuring one or more female characters with some degree of mental instability. House of Psychotic Women is split into two sections: memoir and appendix. Janisse begins by examining significant moments in her own life, confronting generational trauma, a troubled childhood, her teenage years as a juvenile delinquent, and her journey to festival programming through the lens of narrative film. Each stage of her life is paired with at least one movie in which she seeks to understand her own experiences by comparing them with a character facing a similar issue. Janisse’s vulnerable and unflinchingly honest writing invites the reader into her psyche while inspiring a deeper look into our own lives.
The memoir is...
The memoir is...
- 1/19/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Canadian author, director, festival programmer, and publisher Kier-La Janisse is a true renaissance woman when it comes to film, having sculpted a unique career focusing on cult, horror, and exploitation cinema. Through her small press, Spectacular Optical, she has published books on French fantastique director Jean Rollin, the satanic panic craze, Christmas horror, and bizarre children’s films, among other fantastically niche topics. In recent years her directorial debut, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), won Best Documentary at several festivals, inspired folk horror film screenings in theaters and on Shudder, and was released as part of a massive, fifteen-disc box set through Severin Films. And now, ten years after its initial publication, Fab Press is releasing a new edition of her essential tome, House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films. Now including a preface and 100 new capsule reviews,...
- 12/14/2022
- MUBI
In 2012, Kier-La Janisse’s House of Psychotic Women hit bookshelves – forever altering how critics approached writing about film. Interwoven with deeply personal anecdotes and well-researched film history, Janisse charts horror cinema’s love of using the “crazy” woman archetype and how it altered, spoke to, and enhanced her life. The lines between memoir and movie review blur as Janisse explores the impact these texts (often overlooked films) have had on cinema history, hers, and ours – an approach that was then novel and boldly brought films like Possession into the esteem it has today. Her seminal book questions why and how horror films have used women’s psychological trauma, pain, and neurosis as the backbone of their stories. And, as importantly, how viewers can find catharsis and emotional resonance through their journeys with each film.
Ten years after its groundbreaking debut, Janisse rereleased the title under Fab Press in 2022 – including over...
Ten years after its groundbreaking debut, Janisse rereleased the title under Fab Press in 2022 – including over...
- 11/16/2022
- by Cass Clarke
- DailyDead
“House of Psychotic Women” levitates above the niche sub-genre of autobiography through cinema. Layers of knowledge, confession, and imagination mingle to produce a narrative that invites re-reading and re-interpretation. On one level, it is a memoir of personal trauma expressed through horror heroines everywhere from classic horror to giallo to exploitation to more arthouse fare like Robert Altman’s “Images.” Yet author Kier-La Janisse’s book — intriguingly subtitled “An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films” — reaches beyond both autobiography and cinema to conjure a space where collective female neurosis is a sane response to insane circumstances.
First published in 2012, the book has now been reissued for its tenth anniversary, complete with an updated list of films the Canadian author, critic, and horror expert examines. All of them, of course, about “psychotic women.” “I privileged films that were not about psycho-killer women, I privileged films that were...
First published in 2012, the book has now been reissued for its tenth anniversary, complete with an updated list of films the Canadian author, critic, and horror expert examines. All of them, of course, about “psychotic women.” “I privileged films that were not about psycho-killer women, I privileged films that were...
- 10/14/2022
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
Severin’s October offerings include this investigation of Euro-weirdness curated with academic purpose and clarity by Kier-La Janisse, evoking the name of her book from 2012. The thesis is the representation of women in filmic horror — except that in these strange experiences, hysteria transforms into a liberating form of empowerment: Identikit, I Like Bats, Footsteps and The Other Side of the Underneath. Elizabeth Tayor and Florinda Bolkan are the top stars in the collection, two of which bear the cinematography of Vittorio Storaro. The final film is a totally different, experimental experience. Ms. Janisse’s introductions connect the dots for these filmworks that envigorate and disturb.
House of Psychotic Women
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1972 – 1986 / Color / 1:85 + 1:66 + 1:85 + 1:33 / 102 + 81 + 96 + 111 min. / Street Date October 25, 2022 / Available from Severin Films / 104.95
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor; Katarzyna Walter; Florinda Bolkan; Sheila Allen, Ann Lynn, Penny Slinger, Jane Arden .
Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi; Grzegorz Warchol; Luigi Bazzoni; Jane...
House of Psychotic Women
Blu-ray
Severin Films
1972 – 1986 / Color / 1:85 + 1:66 + 1:85 + 1:33 / 102 + 81 + 96 + 111 min. / Street Date October 25, 2022 / Available from Severin Films / 104.95
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor; Katarzyna Walter; Florinda Bolkan; Sheila Allen, Ann Lynn, Penny Slinger, Jane Arden .
Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi; Grzegorz Warchol; Luigi Bazzoni; Jane...
- 10/11/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Shudder’s comprehensive “Home for Halloween” line-up this October features the premiere of Dario Argento’s giallo return, ‘Dark Glasses,’ and much more.
Every Halloween, horror fans are presented with a murderer’s row of options when it comes to the perfect place to binge on bloody buffets of seasonal content. Horror programming is unavoidable during this time of year, but some channels and streaming services go above and beyond in terms of what they offer their audience. At this point, acclaimed horror movies and episodes of television shows are the bare minimum and the most promising streaming services find ways to truly celebrate this haunting holiday. Shudder never disappoints when it comes to horror’s biggest holiday, but 2022’s “Home for Halloween” celebration puts past years to shame.
Shudder (also available on AMC+) loves to celebrate the spookiest season of the year in special ways and “Home for Halloween...
Every Halloween, horror fans are presented with a murderer’s row of options when it comes to the perfect place to binge on bloody buffets of seasonal content. Horror programming is unavoidable during this time of year, but some channels and streaming services go above and beyond in terms of what they offer their audience. At this point, acclaimed horror movies and episodes of television shows are the bare minimum and the most promising streaming services find ways to truly celebrate this haunting holiday. Shudder never disappoints when it comes to horror’s biggest holiday, but 2022’s “Home for Halloween” celebration puts past years to shame.
Shudder (also available on AMC+) loves to celebrate the spookiest season of the year in special ways and “Home for Halloween...
- 10/5/2022
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Broadening a multi-front action initiative, Sitges is pushing women in genre.
WomanInFan, one of the major platforms at this year’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which runs Oct. 6-16, looks set to provide a full development program for female genre filmmaking.
On this year’s agenda is a contest to obtain financing for a short-teaser, which Sitges Foundation Manager, Mònica Garcia Massagué said will provide “a future filmmaker the opportunity to have a market tool.”
A book of essays titled “WomanInFan” and sub-titled as a “Topography of Fantastic Genre Films Directed by Women,” will be presented withambitions to give a past, present and future take on women in genre cinema.
Sitges will stage a panel with Booker-shortlisted author Mariana Enríquez, Carlota Pereda, director of Austin Fantastic Fest winner “Piggy,” film programmer and writer Heidi Honeycutt, and author-director-producer Kier-La Janisse.
The festival will also offer grants for initiatives...
WomanInFan, one of the major platforms at this year’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which runs Oct. 6-16, looks set to provide a full development program for female genre filmmaking.
On this year’s agenda is a contest to obtain financing for a short-teaser, which Sitges Foundation Manager, Mònica Garcia Massagué said will provide “a future filmmaker the opportunity to have a market tool.”
A book of essays titled “WomanInFan” and sub-titled as a “Topography of Fantastic Genre Films Directed by Women,” will be presented withambitions to give a past, present and future take on women in genre cinema.
Sitges will stage a panel with Booker-shortlisted author Mariana Enríquez, Carlota Pereda, director of Austin Fantastic Fest winner “Piggy,” film programmer and writer Heidi Honeycutt, and author-director-producer Kier-La Janisse.
The festival will also offer grants for initiatives...
- 10/4/2022
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Kier-La Janisse has long been a fixture in the genre film world, as a programmer, publisher, writer, film scholar, and more. She founded the press Spectacular Optical Publications, as well as the internationally known The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. Most recently, she’s become a filmmaker. Her excellent folk horror doc Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, available via Severin Films’s website. You can also find it currently streaming on Shudder. Fantasia presented her with the film festival’s Canadian Trailblazer Award this past summer. Currently, she’s touring North America with the updated, tenth anniversary of her groundbreaking book, House of Psychotic Women via Fab Press. (Our own Josh Hurtado broke the news of the new edition here.) These appearances aren’t merely book launches for their areas,...
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- 9/27/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Oh, this is going to be hella cool. If you're in the UK and are attending any of these events - Weird Weekend, Dead by Dawn, Mayhem Film Festival, Grimmfest, Abertoir and The Final Girls - make sure you have a ticket for the House of Psychotic Women UK Tour! Kier-La Janisse is hopping over the pond to attend events at each of these festivals to mark the 10th anniversary of her book House of Psychotic Women. The tour is being put on by Matchbox Cine, an independent film exhibitor, specialising in cult film, from Glasgow, Scotland. They programme, curate and promote cult film events across the UK and internationally and this is their next big gig. Janisse will attend each festival, introduce...
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- 9/20/2022
- Screen Anarchy
This past month, a wave of captivating horror cinema washed over Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach with the eighth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival. I was honored to once again serve on the jury for this year's Popcorn Frights, and we're thrilled to reveal both the juried and audience award winners for this year's festival, including Sylvia Caminer's Follow Her (Jury Prize for Best Film), Carter Smith's Swallowed (Jury Prize for Scariest Feature Film), Shane Brady's Breathing Happy (Best New Nightmare), and Kyra Gardner's Living with Chucky (Audience Award for Best Feature Film).
We have the official press release with full details on all of the winners below, and to learn more about Popcorn Frights, visit their official website:
https://www.popcornfrights.com/
Press Release: August 29, 2022 // -- As its eighth edition comes to a close after eleven nights of in-person and virtual programming, Popcorn Frights Film Festival is...
We have the official press release with full details on all of the winners below, and to learn more about Popcorn Frights, visit their official website:
https://www.popcornfrights.com/
Press Release: August 29, 2022 // -- As its eighth edition comes to a close after eleven nights of in-person and virtual programming, Popcorn Frights Film Festival is...
- 8/29/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Popcorn Frights Film Festival announced today its juried and audience awards that were selected from its lineup of 113 films (36 features and 77 short films from 20 countries) in 10 categories.
This year’s jury consisted of members of national media and local filmmakers, who chose to honor Florida filmmaker Sylvia Caminer’s Follow Her with the Jury Prize for Best Feature Film.
In announcing the Feature Film Prize for the film, the jury said the following: “A socially relevant horror movie for modern times, Sylvia Caminer’s Follow Her features a completely unpredictable screenplay by star Dani Barker with a twist at the end that rivals The Sixth Sense. Caminer’s directing style is near perfection, and we can’t wait to ‘follow her’ into her next film.”
Accepting her award, Sylvia Caminer said, “Winning the Jury Prize for Best Film is such an incredible honor as the level of programming at Popcorn...
This year’s jury consisted of members of national media and local filmmakers, who chose to honor Florida filmmaker Sylvia Caminer’s Follow Her with the Jury Prize for Best Feature Film.
In announcing the Feature Film Prize for the film, the jury said the following: “A socially relevant horror movie for modern times, Sylvia Caminer’s Follow Her features a completely unpredictable screenplay by star Dani Barker with a twist at the end that rivals The Sixth Sense. Caminer’s directing style is near perfection, and we can’t wait to ‘follow her’ into her next film.”
Accepting her award, Sylvia Caminer said, “Winning the Jury Prize for Best Film is such an incredible honor as the level of programming at Popcorn...
- 8/29/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Summer is a time for light reading. Well, in theory. If you are a hardcore film lover it’s also a time for deep dives into complicated classics like Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Zodiac, laser-eyed explorations of the early works of David Cronenberg, and loving odes to the insanity of Cannon Films.
Our latest column has all these and more, starting with the most eagerly awaited cineamtic novel of the year. And for other essential cinema reads, visit David Bordwell’s website, which now offers a collection of books written by him and Kristin Thompson for free. Take advantage of these, my friends. And while it is not available for purchase, I urge you to do some digging to find Neon’s Petite Maman: A Story by Céline Sciamma, a 32-page illustrated children’s book of Sciamma’s film lovingly illustrated by Desi Moore (with design by...
Our latest column has all these and more, starting with the most eagerly awaited cineamtic novel of the year. And for other essential cinema reads, visit David Bordwell’s website, which now offers a collection of books written by him and Kristin Thompson for free. Take advantage of these, my friends. And while it is not available for purchase, I urge you to do some digging to find Neon’s Petite Maman: A Story by Céline Sciamma, a 32-page illustrated children’s book of Sciamma’s film lovingly illustrated by Desi Moore (with design by...
- 8/8/2022
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin, from here on simply Orchestrator of Storms, is a long overdue examination of the works of French filmmaker Jean Rollin, a man who has been labelled everything from an auteur to a pornographer and a hack.
Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on several previous documentary shorts about genre films and filmmakers such as The Tale of Mr. Corman and Mr. Poe and The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves as well as on individual projects. However, coming in at an hour and fifty-two minutes Orchestrator of Storms is anything but short.
Orchestrator of Storms picks up almost from the moment of Rollin’s birth to a father who worked in the theatre and a mother who had been an artist’s model. It was his mother who raised him after his father left. The film explores how...
Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on several previous documentary shorts about genre films and filmmakers such as The Tale of Mr. Corman and Mr. Poe and The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves as well as on individual projects. However, coming in at an hour and fifty-two minutes Orchestrator of Storms is anything but short.
Orchestrator of Storms picks up almost from the moment of Rollin’s birth to a father who worked in the theatre and a mother who had been an artist’s model. It was his mother who raised him after his father left. The film explores how...
- 7/29/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
It was a good day to be bad at Fantasia, as the Cheval Noir Award went to Karim Ouelhaj’s “Megalomaniac,” loosely inspired by the horrifying true story of the “Butcher of Mons.” The Belgian serial killer is believed to have murdered at least five women in the 1990s. He was never captured and his identity was never revealed.
The jury of the event’s 26th edition, including Charles Bramesco, Elza Kephart, Maitland McDonagh and Heather O’Neill, presided over by C. Robert Cargill, fell for its unapologetic darkness, calling “Megalomaniac” “the very sort of film that festivals exist to share.”
“[It’s] an astonishing, brutal piece of art that challenges the audience while simultaneously saying something deeply profound. It is a lush piece of cinema whose intent is to disturb and it succeeds at every turn,” they stated, also awarding Eline Schumacher for her committed performance as the killer’s daughter Martha,...
The jury of the event’s 26th edition, including Charles Bramesco, Elza Kephart, Maitland McDonagh and Heather O’Neill, presided over by C. Robert Cargill, fell for its unapologetic darkness, calling “Megalomaniac” “the very sort of film that festivals exist to share.”
“[It’s] an astonishing, brutal piece of art that challenges the audience while simultaneously saying something deeply profound. It is a lush piece of cinema whose intent is to disturb and it succeeds at every turn,” they stated, also awarding Eline Schumacher for her committed performance as the killer’s daughter Martha,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
House Of Psychotic Women (Expanded Edition) by Kier-La Janisse, Fab Press Ltd., Isbn 178 1 913051 21 1.
The 2022 edition of House Of Psychotic Women
It’s difficult to believe that only ten years have passed since the original publication of Kier-La Janisse’s House Of Psychotic Women, such has been the book’s impact and so profuse the number of female-focused genre films made since. As one looks back, one sees more clearly than ever just how much progress has been made since, both in terms of gender relations in the industry and in regard to the prevalence of female voices in discussions of horror cinema. With respect for the person she was when she wrote it, and the impossibility of reconnecting fully with what the autobiographical aspects of its content meant to her back then, the author has decided to leave the main part of the text untouched, but this expanded edition contains around a.
The 2022 edition of House Of Psychotic Women
It’s difficult to believe that only ten years have passed since the original publication of Kier-La Janisse’s House Of Psychotic Women, such has been the book’s impact and so profuse the number of female-focused genre films made since. As one looks back, one sees more clearly than ever just how much progress has been made since, both in terms of gender relations in the industry and in regard to the prevalence of female voices in discussions of horror cinema. With respect for the person she was when she wrote it, and the impossibility of reconnecting fully with what the autobiographical aspects of its content meant to her back then, the author has decided to leave the main part of the text untouched, but this expanded edition contains around a.
- 7/25/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kier-La Janisse
First released in 2012, Kier-La Janisse’s House Of Psychotic Women was of major importance in the appraisal of horror cinema, and remains one of the most influential work looking at the genre from a female perspective. Part memoir, part critical exploration of key genre titles, it is remarkable in its scope and in its contextualisation of key works. Tomorrow the expanded tenth anniversary edition will be launched at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. Ahead of the festival, Kier-La and I met up to discuss the book, and I asked her where she began in taking on the enormous task of bringing it up to date.
“I made a point of not really looking at what I wrote before, because I always hate my writing when I look back at it even a year later,” she says – something which a lot of authors will relate to....
First released in 2012, Kier-La Janisse’s House Of Psychotic Women was of major importance in the appraisal of horror cinema, and remains one of the most influential work looking at the genre from a female perspective. Part memoir, part critical exploration of key genre titles, it is remarkable in its scope and in its contextualisation of key works. Tomorrow the expanded tenth anniversary edition will be launched at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. Ahead of the festival, Kier-La and I met up to discuss the book, and I asked her where she began in taking on the enormous task of bringing it up to date.
“I made a point of not really looking at what I wrote before, because I always hate my writing when I look back at it even a year later,” she says – something which a lot of authors will relate to....
- 7/24/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As with most events this year, the Fantasia International Film Festival is heading back to theaters for its 2022 edition, the 26th year of its existence. From July 14 to August 3, Montreal, Quebec, will fill its screens at Concordia Hall Cinema, the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée, and the McCord Museum with the best genre fare the industry has to offer. If you’re in town there won’t be a better ticket this summer.
The festivities are bookended by the world premiere of Kc Carthew’s eco-action fantasy Polaris on opening night and, as closer, the North American premiere of July Jung’s Cannes alum Next Sohee. Between them comes the usual mix of festival favorites heading to Canada for the first time and eagerly anticipated titles making their debut. From a special screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies to Neil Labute’s House of Darkness or Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs.
The festivities are bookended by the world premiere of Kc Carthew’s eco-action fantasy Polaris on opening night and, as closer, the North American premiere of July Jung’s Cannes alum Next Sohee. Between them comes the usual mix of festival favorites heading to Canada for the first time and eagerly anticipated titles making their debut. From a special screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies to Neil Labute’s House of Darkness or Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs.
- 7/7/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Next Sohee Photo: courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival
The complete line-up of this year's Fantasia International Film Festival has now been announced, along with the festival's closing film. Next Sohee, which enjoyed success at Cannes, is a blistering look at the exploitation of young women, directed by July Jung and starring Bae Doona alongside newcomer Kim Si-eun. More than130 features and 200 shorts will be screened in total.
This year's Prix Denis-Héroux, which recognises an exceptional contribution to the development of genre and independent cinema in Quebec, will be awarded to producer Pierre David, and the festival will host a number of special events, panels and talks, with guests including John Woo, Kim Kangmin and Kier-La Janisse. The legacy of Edgar Allan Poe will be celebrated with short films unearthed from Montreal’s Film Society archives, and there will also be a session on how the film industry can reduce its contribution to climate change.
The complete line-up of this year's Fantasia International Film Festival has now been announced, along with the festival's closing film. Next Sohee, which enjoyed success at Cannes, is a blistering look at the exploitation of young women, directed by July Jung and starring Bae Doona alongside newcomer Kim Si-eun. More than130 features and 200 shorts will be screened in total.
This year's Prix Denis-Héroux, which recognises an exceptional contribution to the development of genre and independent cinema in Quebec, will be awarded to producer Pierre David, and the festival will host a number of special events, panels and talks, with guests including John Woo, Kim Kangmin and Kier-La Janisse. The legacy of Edgar Allan Poe will be celebrated with short films unearthed from Montreal’s Film Society archives, and there will also be a session on how the film industry can reduce its contribution to climate change.
- 7/1/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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