To celebrate the 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal House of Psychotic Women book, Matchbox Cine is bringing writer, programmer and award-winning film-maker Kier-La Janisse over for a full UK tour!
Starting in Glasgow at WEIRD WEEKEND 28/10-30/10 with a full HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN strand* (including an In Conversation with Anna Bogutskaya and the premiere of a new restoration of Claude d’Anna’s TROMPE L’OEIL), we’ve teamed with all our UK genre festival pals for further stops with various films and guest hosts at Edinburgh, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Cardiff and London.
The House of Psychotic Women UK Tour is presented by Matchbox Cine as part of In Dreams Are Monsters: A Season of Horror Films, a UK-wide film season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. indreamsaremonsters.co.uk
HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN STRAND AT WEIRD WEEKEND
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
Oct 28-30th, 2022
Tickets on sale Friday 23/09
10 years ago, Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women, subtitled an “autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films”. A ground-breaking mix of keen critical analysis and clear-eyed, compelling memoir, Janisse’s influential tome inspired a generation of critics, programmers and film-makers. The book has also played no small role in canonising a range of obscure, fringe and forgotten genre titles, many now considered essential.
To mark the book’s anniversary, we present a selection of films featured in Janisse’s book, all in brand-new restorations, some screening in the UK for the first time. The renowned writer, curator and director also joins us in person for a special In Conversation event, hosted by Anna Bogutskaya (The Final Girls).
*NOTE THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE TRAGIC SUDDEN CLOSURE OF FILMHOUSE AND THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. TICKETS FOR THE BROOD WILL BE HONORED AT THE GLASGOW EVENT, WEIRD WEEKEND (see above) WHERE THE FILM HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PROGRAM IN LIGHT OF THIS.*
Matchbox Cine + Dead by Dawn present
THE BROOD + “In Conversation” with Dead by Dawn’s Adele Hartley and Kier-La Janisse
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Oct 31, 2022
Tickets and Info: https://deadbydawn.co.uk/house-of-psychotic-women/
Renowned writer, curator and director Kier-La Janisse is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal book, House of Psychotic Women, subtitled an ‘autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films’.
At the Filmhouse on Monday 31st October, the discussion will be followed by a short book signing in the cinema and then a screening of the film The Brood, introduced by Kier-La Janisse.
Janisse’s ground-breaking mix of keen critical analysis and clear-eyed, thoroughly compelling memoir inspired a generation of critics, programmers and film-makers. The influential tome has also played no small role in canonising a range of obscure, fringe and forgotten genre titles, many now considered essential.
Matchbox Cine and Mayhem Film Festival present
THE BEGUILED w/ introduction + book signing by Kier-La Janisse
Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
Nov 1, 2022 – 7:30pm
Tickets and info: https://www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/beguiled-qa-kier-la-janisse
Renowned writer, curator and director Kier-La Janisse is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal book, House of Psychotic Women.
The Beguiled is the story of a wounded Union soldier who takes refuge in a Southern seminary for women. He cruelly indulges their romantic fantasies but ultimately the women turn on him. The film will be followed by a conversation between Kier-La Janisse and Clelia McElroy.
Both the film and the Q&A will have captions.
Matchbox Cine and Celluloid Screams present
DER FAN w/ introduction and book signing by Kier-La Janisse
Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Nov 2 – 7:30pm
Tickets and details here: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/der-fan
Disturbed teen Simone is a fantasist who spends much of her time writing fan letters to ‘R’, a Gary Numan-esque synth pop star. Every day she awaits the postman for a reply but one never comes. As her obsessive fandom intensifies, Simone resolves to meet her idol, tracking him down to the recording of a television special in Berlin. In her mind, if she can only make R aware of her devotion, then her love will be reciprocated and they’ll live happily ever after. Unfortunately when they finally meet, R treats Simone like every other doe-eyed groupie, sleeping with her before rejecting her. But Simone is not like the others, and when her dreams of love are shattered, her madness overflows in an explosion of violence. With a phenomenal central performance by Désirée Nosbusch, Der Fan is one of the most chilling portrayals of psychotic teenage obsession ever committed to film.
Renowned writer, curator and director Kier-La Janisse is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal book, House of Psychotic Women. Founder of CineMuerte Film Festival in Vancouver, and The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, Janisse is a former head film programmer for, among others, the Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest, and served as Festival Director of Monsterfest in Melbourne. More recently, she produced and directed the comprehensive, award-winning documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horrot. But she is perhaps best known for House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films, a groundbreaking hybrid of personal memoir and film criticism and a definitive study of female madness onscreen; described by Video Watchdog’s Tim Lucas as one of the 10 “most vital” horror film books of all time. There will be an opportunity to buy copies of the new edition of HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN and get it signed by Kier-La Janisse after the Q&A
Matchbox Cine and Grimmfest present
THE HAUNTING w/ introduction and book signing by Kier-La Janisse
Mini Cine, Manchester
Tickets and info here: https://grimmfest.com/screenings/the-haunting-kier-la-janisse-in-conversation/
Grimmfest and Matchbox Cine are delighted to welcome the esteemed writer, filmmaker, producer, publisher, curator and programmer, Kier-La Janisse for an exclusive hosted screening of THE HAUNTING and a special Q&A, at the boutique cinema, Mini Cini, at Ducie Street Warehouse, Manchester UK, on the evening of the 3rd of November, 2022.
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Matchbox Cine and Abertoir Film Festival present
PREVENGE + “In Conversation” and book signing with Alice Lowe and Kier-La Janisse
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Nov 4 – 7:30pm
Tickets and details here: https://www.chapter.org/whats-on/film/house-of-psychotic-women-kier-la-janisse-in-conversation-with-alice-lowe-prevenge-15/8927
Join us for a discussion on women in horror films with producer, writer and founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Kier-la Janisse and filmmaker Alice Lowe, whose debut feature film Prevenge was made in Cardiff and features in Janisse’s new edition of the book The House of Psychotic Women.
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Prevenge
Wales | 2016 | 88’ | 15 | Alice Lowe | Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kayvan Novak, Mike Wosniak, Kate Dickie
Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way. An unexpectedly touching comedy of the blackest kind, filmed in Cardiff on a small budget whilst Lowe herself was pregnant is a modern classic.
Renowned writer, curator and director Kier-La Janisse is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal book, House of Psychotic Women, subtitled an ‘autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films’. Janisse’s ground-breaking mix of keen critical analysis and clear-eyed, thoroughly compelling memoir inspired a generation of critics, programmers and film-makers. The influential tome has also played no small role in canonising a range of obscure, fringe and forgotten genre titles, many now considered essential.
A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father. The child speaks to Ruth from the womb, coaching her to lure and ultimately kill her unsuspecting victims. Struggling with her conscience, loneliness, and a strange strain of prepartum madness, Ruth must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood.
Matchbox Cine and Final Girls UK Present
HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN author Kier-La Janisse in Conversation with director Prano Bailey-Bond
BFI SOUTHBANK, London
Nov 5, 2022 – 5:50pm
Tickets £6.50 available here: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=houseofpsychoticwomen
10 years ago, Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women, subtitled an ‘autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films’. A ground-breaking mix of keen critical analysis and clear-eyed, thoroughly compelling memoir, Janisse’s influential tome inspired a generation of critics, programmers and film-makers. The book has also played no small role in canonising a range of obscure, fringe and forgotten genre titles, many now considered essential. To mark the book’s anniversary, the renowned writer, curator and director is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a brand-new, expanded edition. Following the In-Conversation, Kier-la will introduce a screening of Andrzej Żuławski’s remarkable study of eldritch hysteria, Possession.
Joint ticket available with Possession on Saturday 5 November £15, concessions £12 (Members pay £2 less). Book joint tickets in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.
Matchbox Cinema and Final Girls UK Present
POSSESSION with introduction by Kier-La Janisse
BFI Southbank, London
Nov 5, 2022 – 8:20pm
Tickets here: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=possessionplusintro
Part divorce drama, part creature feature, part Cold War thriller, Possession is one of the most unsettling films of all time. With his marriage on the brink of collapse, Mark (Neill) tries desperately to cling on to his wife Anna (Adjani) as she indulges in her affairs with men… and other beings. Adjani’s commitment to her performance pushed her to her limits, and she is as magnetic as it is unhinged in the role of a woman on the verge of a cosmic breakdown. (Anna Bogutskaya)
Joint ticket available with Matchbox Cineclub presents House of Psychotic Women event on 5 November £15, concessions £12 (Members pay £2 less). Book joint tickets in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.