house of psychotic women expanded edition

She also deserves points for confronting the question about the subtle scars that we may invite by turning to such films for entertainment.”

Janisse proves an equally adept critic her selection of films reveals a remarkably thorough immersion in her subject. The personal chapters are fascinating and harrowing, showing gifts for autobiographic writing not commonly found among film critics. In his column in Gorezone #32, Tim Lucas called it “A groundbreaking book,” continuing to say that: “This is a rare work within the field, one that takes an almost novelistic leap of imagination in determining and recording its subject and collating its parts. The book was first released with endorsements from Fritz the Cat director Ralph Bakshi (“ God, this woman can write, with a voice and intellect that’s so new.”) and The Wasp Factory author Iain Banks (“ Fascinating, engaging and lucidly written: an extraordinary blend of deeply researched academic analysis and revealing memoir.”)

In 2012, FAB Press released Kier-La Janisse’s film criticism/memoir hybrid House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films, which explored her troubled life from childhood adoption through teenage years in group homes and reform school and precarious adult relationships, reflected through the lens of horror films that featured similarly unstable female characters. Design by Kier-La Janisse/Layout by Harvey Fenton

House of psychotic women expanded edition