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Books

Kier-La Janisse’s COCKFIGHT: A FABLE OF FAILURE (2024)
July 3, 2024
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The HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN author’s new book, on the many mythologies of Charles Willeford/Monte Hellman’s COCKFIGHTER »

Interview

Don’t Let it Break Your Heart: Film Programmer Kier-La Janisse In Conversation
May 17, 2020
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Film programmer Kier-La Janisse joined Matchbox Cineclub for a conversation on her career in cult film, from basement screenings to »

Article

The Child Witness: Peril and Empowerment in 1940s Horror, from The East Side Kids to The Window (1949)
April 26, 2020
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From the archives: a piece commissioned for the book Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade »

News

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED
December 16, 2019
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Debut film from Spectacular Optical’s Kier-La Janisse tells the history of folk horror »

News

HORROR EXPRESS – FANTASIA EDITION!
June 27, 2019
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Come join us July 17th, 2019 for fun and photo ops as we navigate through the history of Montreal’s cinematic »

Books

COCKFIGHT Playing Card Deck
January 13, 2019
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Artist Andrew Barr mix levitra and cialis designed a deck of cards to go with our forthcoming COCKFIGHT book! »

News

YULETIDE TERROR
November 21, 2018
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The perfect Xmas gift for cialis prescription the horror fan in your life! »

News

Call for Proposals: “TRUTH AND SOUL: THE FILMS OF ROBERT DOWNEY, SR.”
October 16, 2018
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Spectacular Optical is accepting proposals for essays and interviews for our anthology, tentatively titled “Truth and Soul: The Films of »

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