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
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With Severin Films’ THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM now streaming on Shudder, we spoke with director Kier-La Janisse all about festive frights and Christmas ghost stories.
Interview: Kier-La Janisse On Crafting Holiday Horror In THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM
With Severin Films’ THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM now streaming on Shudder, we spoke with director Kier-La Janisse all about festive frights and Christmas ghost stories.
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
With Severin Films’ THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM now streaming on Shudder, we spoke with director Kier-La Janisse all about festive frights and Christmas ghost stories.
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New at @dreadcentral.bsky.social, I reviewed @kierlajanisse.bsky.social's excellent narrative film debut, THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, a fantastic Christmas ghost story you can watch on Shudder right now!
www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5508...
www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5508...
'The Occupant of the Room' Review: A Gorgeous Christmas Ghost Story
Author and documentarian Kier-La Janisse makes her narrative film debut with 'The Occupant of the Room,' now on Shudder.
www.dreadcentral.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New at @dreadcentral.bsky.social, I reviewed @kierlajanisse.bsky.social's excellent narrative film debut, THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, a fantastic Christmas ghost story you can watch on Shudder right now!
www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5508...
www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5508...
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UPDATED SCREENINGS!
More screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM added: Dec 6th at @triskelartscentre.bsky.social w BLACK CHRISTMAS, Dec 23 at the Beacon in Seattle w A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS, and Dec 30 at Stray Cat Film Center in KCMO w/ Sean Hogan's "To Fire You Come at Last"
More screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM added: Dec 6th at @triskelartscentre.bsky.social w BLACK CHRISTMAS, Dec 23 at the Beacon in Seattle w A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS, and Dec 30 at Stray Cat Film Center in KCMO w/ Sean Hogan's "To Fire You Come at Last"
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
UPDATED SCREENINGS!
More screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM added: Dec 6th at @triskelartscentre.bsky.social w BLACK CHRISTMAS, Dec 23 at the Beacon in Seattle w A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS, and Dec 30 at Stray Cat Film Center in KCMO w/ Sean Hogan's "To Fire You Come at Last"
More screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM added: Dec 6th at @triskelartscentre.bsky.social w BLACK CHRISTMAS, Dec 23 at the Beacon in Seattle w A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS, and Dec 30 at Stray Cat Film Center in KCMO w/ Sean Hogan's "To Fire You Come at Last"
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So many talented Austin friends make up this picture's amazing cast and crew. If you missed #ManFindsTape on its festival run, you can rent or buy the film via VOD this Friday (and it's available for pre-order on a few platforms already)!
I had the pleasure of talking with writers/directors @peterhallhuman.bsky.social and @paulgandersman.bsky.social about MAN FINDS TAPE and you can read our interview on @bloody-disgusting.com! #filmsky
I love found footage and MAN FINDS TAPE is a brilliant film. In select theaters and VOD 12/5.
I love found footage and MAN FINDS TAPE is a brilliant film. In select theaters and VOD 12/5.
‘Man Finds Tape’ Filmmakers Embraced Practical Effects For Occult Found Footage Feature Debut [Interview]
Found footage horror film Man Finds Tape weaves together paranormal and occult themes with a small-town setting and the fractured bond between a brother and sister to tell an unsettling story that goe...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So many talented Austin friends make up this picture's amazing cast and crew. If you missed #ManFindsTape on its festival run, you can rent or buy the film via VOD this Friday (and it's available for pre-order on a few platforms already)!
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This Giving Tuesday please send @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social cold hard cash from your bank account. Support physical media, you won't regret it. Thank you for keeping us going. 📼 ❤️ (also send your fav youtube hosts presents) scarecrow.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving...
2025 Giving Tuesday | Year-End Campaign
Our GivingTuesday goal this year is to raise $11,000 to celebrate our 11th anniversary as a non-profit and 37 total years of connecting people with the art of cinema!
Scarecrow’s story of resilience ...
scarecrow.app.neoncrm.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This Giving Tuesday please send @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social cold hard cash from your bank account. Support physical media, you won't regret it. Thank you for keeping us going. 📼 ❤️ (also send your fav youtube hosts presents) scarecrow.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving...
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THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is an excellent ghost story for Christmas and one of the best examples of the genre in recent years by a long way - both traditional and innovative work from @kierlajanisse.bsky.social If you have access to watch it, I highly recommend it!
Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤
Upcoming screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, beginning tomorrow with its premiere on @shudder.com as part of annual series THE HAUNTED SEASON (in all their territories!)
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is an excellent ghost story for Christmas and one of the best examples of the genre in recent years by a long way - both traditional and innovative work from @kierlajanisse.bsky.social If you have access to watch it, I highly recommend it!
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🚨ONLY 20 TICKETS LEFT!🚨 Tonight at LF3 / @analogdirectory.org: join us for a special @severinfilms.bsky.social double feature of THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM & THEATRE OF HORRORS. Come early for the Severin Pop-up Shop onsite. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/mj69u5ep
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🚨ONLY 20 TICKETS LEFT!🚨 Tonight at LF3 / @analogdirectory.org: join us for a special @severinfilms.bsky.social double feature of THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM & THEATRE OF HORRORS. Come early for the Severin Pop-up Shop onsite. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/mj69u5ep
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MJ's @themeatispeople.bsky.social says, "THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is the sort of film that is haunting in the truest sense, its chill settling deep in the bones."
Check out @kierlajanisse.bsky.social first narrative outing streaming on @shudder.com
#theoccupantoftheroom #nowstreaming #shudder
Check out @kierlajanisse.bsky.social first narrative outing streaming on @shudder.com
#theoccupantoftheroom #nowstreaming #shudder
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is a deliciously chilly little ghost story for Christmas — Moviejawn
by Samantha McLaren, Associate Editor Director Kier-La Janisse leans into the classic ghostly scares of the source material, while also adding her own unique spin.
www.moviejawn.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
MJ's @themeatispeople.bsky.social says, "THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is the sort of film that is haunting in the truest sense, its chill settling deep in the bones."
Check out @kierlajanisse.bsky.social first narrative outing streaming on @shudder.com
#theoccupantoftheroom #nowstreaming #shudder
Check out @kierlajanisse.bsky.social first narrative outing streaming on @shudder.com
#theoccupantoftheroom #nowstreaming #shudder
Look who got a section on the @arrowplayer.bsky.social this month!
I got to pick whatever films I wanted out of their catalogue - I limited it to ten films, and some won't be available in all territories, but you can read the full list of what I chose here: www.arrow-player.com/kier-la-jani...
I got to pick whatever films I wanted out of their catalogue - I limited it to ten films, and some won't be available in all territories, but you can read the full list of what I chose here: www.arrow-player.com/kier-la-jani...
Kier-La Janisse Selects - ARROW
Kier-La Janisse is a film writer, producer, acquisitions executive for Severin Films, creative director of Spectacular Optical Media, founder of the Miskatonic institute of Horror Studies and Adjunct ...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Look who got a section on the @arrowplayer.bsky.social this month!
I got to pick whatever films I wanted out of their catalogue - I limited it to ten films, and some won't be available in all territories, but you can read the full list of what I chose here: www.arrow-player.com/kier-la-jani...
I got to pick whatever films I wanted out of their catalogue - I limited it to ten films, and some won't be available in all territories, but you can read the full list of what I chose here: www.arrow-player.com/kier-la-jani...
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NEW episode of @stephenbroomer.bsky.social 's video essay series NORTHERN LIGHT is up! This one exploring the tragic tale of George Melford and Lewis Varick Frissell’s The Viking (1931)
spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
THE TRAGEDY OF THE VIKING
Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.
spectacularoptical.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW episode of @stephenbroomer.bsky.social 's video essay series NORTHERN LIGHT is up! This one exploring the tragic tale of George Melford and Lewis Varick Frissell’s The Viking (1931)
spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...
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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) is on Shudder from today. 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
projectedfigures.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 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) is on Shudder from today. projectedfigures.com/2025/10/23/t...
I buy a lot of books. TOO MANY BOOKS. But if you care to know which non-fiction books stood out to me most this year, I've whittled it down to ten choices, which you can read about on my website here:
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I buy a lot of books. TOO MANY BOOKS. But if you care to know which non-fiction books stood out to me most this year, I've whittled it down to ten choices, which you can read about on my website here:
Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤
Upcoming screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, beginning tomorrow with its premiere on @shudder.com as part of annual series THE HAUNTED SEASON (in all their territories!)
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤
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
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A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail
Russian/Soviet Folk Horror/Sci-Fi
A while back I was an extra to Severin’s Blu-Ray of Viy, talking about Russian and Soviet horror and sci-fi. Some people were nice about it, especially the number of titles I mentioned. So I thought I...
boxd.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail
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!