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 J. 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…