New Film:  THE DESIGNER

THE DESIGNER.  A new science fiction film coming from Aphasiafilms and Glass Eye Pix.

More information and a teaser for the first section of the film can be found at

www.WhoseGameAreWePlaying.com

Logo typography designed by Thomas “The Dude Designs” Hodge.

The Innkeepers Release Date and Trailer

Ti West’s new film THE INNKEEPERS has a new poster, release date, and trailer!

Magnet/Magnolia will be releasing the film on VOD December 30th, in theaters February 3rd.

Check out the trailer at Magnet’s site or on iTunes.

Picnic At Hanging Rock
post for Criterion

I wrote this post for Criterion about the invisible “monster” in Peter Weir’s haunting and brilliant film, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.

Inspired in part by Jason Zinoman’s great book SHOCK VALUE, which is about the beginnings of New Horror in the 1970′s.

Stake Land Belle Webisode

Jim Mickle’s new Glass Eye Pix film STAKE LAND (which won the 2010 Midnight Madness Audience Award at the Toronto Film Fest) comes out April 22nd through IFC Midnight and Dark Sky/MPI Media Group.  I did the sound design!

I also directed a Character Prequel webisode to support the film – along with a host of other directors, including Larry Fessenden, Glenn McQuaid, JT Petty, and Danielle Harris.

Danielle Harris stars in my short, (labelled “Belle”), which just premiered on Apple.com!

Check it out!

The Innkeepers SXSW Premiere

Ti West’s new film The Innkeepers will be premiering at the SXSW film festival, March 12th.

I’ve spent the last few months designing the sound for the film, which features some awesome sound design centric sequences that can’t be revealed quite yet… but the brand new poster may yield some clues….

The amazing poster was designed by Tom Hodge aka The Dude Designs, who recently designed the also-amazing Hobo With a Shotgun poster.

THE OUTER CHURCH

I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER will be screening in Brighton on Jan 13th, in what sounds like a pretty excellent night of psychedelic sound and visuals.  From The Outer Church Blog:

“The OC is proud to present two films by American director Graham Reznick in association with Aphasia Films/Glass Eye Pix. I Can See You (95 minutes) is a psychedelic campfire tale acclaimed by The New York Times as an “elusive, experimental scare flick [heralding] a splendid new filmmaker with one eye on genre mechanics, one eye on avant-garde conceits and a third eye for transcendental weirdness” while futuristic 3D short The Viewer (15 minutes) is “a telepathic interrogation experienced from the perspective of a suspected murderer.” Anaglyph glasses will be provided for the latter screening.

The uncanny atmosphere will be further compounded by live sets from The Haxan Cloak and The Larsen Effect. The Haxan Cloak is multi-instrumentalist Bobby Krlic, who employs a variety of textures to erect dense scuttling fields of sonic malevolence. The Larsen Effect is the solo project of guitarist Leee Nite, veteran of the psychick wars and such esteemed outfits as Skree, Thor’s Helmet, ManTouch and Morgen Und Nite. Visuals for The Larsen Effect will be provided by acclaimed videowitch Jade Boyd.”

Joseph Stannard, who organized the event, recently wrote a niece piece about me for The Wire magazine.

More on the lineup, as well as ticket info, at The Outer Church.

Radio Play:
THE GRANDFATHER

Glass Eye Pix has been producing a weekly radio/podcast series of audio drama called “Tales From Beyond The Pale.” Curated by Glenn McQuaid (“I Sell The Dead”) and Larry Fessenden (“The Last Winter,” “Habit,” “Wendigo”), episodes have featured actors like Vincent D’Onofrio, Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Kevin Corrigan, Joe Swanberg, and directors like Larry Fessenden, JT Petty, Joe Maggio, Glenn McQuaid and more.

My own episode, titled “The Grandfather,” features Angus Scrimm, best known as The Tall Man in the “Phantasm” series.  The cast also included Matt Huffman (“Satan Hates You”), Kate Sheil (Joe Swanberg’s upcoming “Silver Bullets”), Brenda Cooney (“I Sell The Dead”), and Michael D’Addario (Tom Stoppard’s “The Coast of Utopia).

I wrote, directed, sound designed and composed music for the piece.  It’s now available for purchase (2 bucks, less than a good cup of coffee!) at TalesFromBeyondThePale.com, go over and check it out!

Poster image designed by the awesome Gary Pullin, illustrator and art director of Rue Morgue magazine.

Summary: “A perfectly ordinary Grandfather feeds his perfectly ordinary cat, waiting for his perfectly happy family to arrive for a perfectly pleasant afternoon… until an unfortunate revelation puts them all on a tragic path, if the Grandfather can’t unravel their perfect mess first.

From Graham Reznick, director of I CAN SEE YOU and the 3D short THE VIEWER, as well as the sound designer on a half a dozen Glass Eye Pix films comes this startling tale starring the venerable Angus Scrimm in the titualar role.”

Best Short: The Viewer

THE VIEWER recently played at the Los Angeles 3D Film Festival and took home  the Best Narrative Short award!

Coming Soon:

A brand new teaser trailer for The Viewer, as well as several more Viewer related announcements.  Stay tuned!

THE VIEWER
is now
Polarized!

THE VIEWER, previously only viewable as a Red-Blue Anaglyph, can now be seen in a variety of other formats, including clear polarized projection and shutter based glasses systems.  It most recently screened in London as part of the venerable Short & Sweet film program’s first ever 3D event, and it will screen, along with I CAN SEE YOU, on Friday the 13th of August in LA at the Downtown Independent.

I CAN SEE YOU
and
THE VIEWER

are available on DVD from Kino Video.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
and I CAN SEE YOU
Soundtrack Out Now!

The official release of the combined scores from both my film I CAN SEE YOU and Ti West’s film THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is now out on iTunes (and available on CD next week, pre-order here) through MovieScore Media.

The release features the exceptional music of composer Jeff Grace from both films, along with a few tracks from myself, from I Can See You.

I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER (3D)

DVD RELEASE

I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER (in 3D!) are released on DVD today!

Head over to either the official site or to Kino International to go pick it up.  It’s also available on Amazon and on Netflix.

To celebrate the release we’re giving away free downloads of the song “SPRAY IT ON,” featured in I CAN SEE YOU, at the official site!

The dvd has a ton of goodies, including 3D glasses, commentary tracks for both films, deleted scenes, a behind the scenes featurette, easter eggs, and more!

Go get it!

DEAD & LONELY

Today kicks off a big week!

At 12pm EST IFC releases the first episode of “Dead and Lonely,” a new web series by Ti West.  I composed some fun Tangerine Dream / Vangelis inspired synth music for it.  There will be a new episode every day all week long!

It’s a realistic look at the perils of online dating and vampirism… The series features a real online dating service, Date Or Die, which you can actually check out at dateordie.net (be sure to watch the testimonials).

Check back here tomorrow for some big I CAN SEE YOU news…

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

VOD / Theatrical

Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is currently out on VOD and is coming to theaters theatrically on October 30th via Magnolia’s Magnet releasing.

You can also watch it online at Amazon.com’s pre-theatrical rental.

Check back in a few days for more House of The Devil / I Can See You related news!

My Stereoscopic 3D short film

THE VIEWER

is playing in Montreal’s FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL next Monday, July 27th, ahead of Glenn McQuaid’s I SELL THE DEAD (for which I did sound design).

Should be a lot of fun watching the 3D on a giant screen with a big crowd.  If you’re going to be in the Montreal area or have friends that would like to go, tickets and schedule info is available here.

REVIEWS!

“I CAN SEE YOU heralds a splendid new filmmaker with one eye on genre mechanics, one eye on avant-gard conceits and a third eye for transcendental weirdness” -THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Ultimately opting for Brakhage over butchery, this surprising horror debut hits us where it hurts by turning vision itself into a mind-frying source of anxiety…” -THE VILLAGE VOICE

“Without a doubt one of the most intriguing and well-crafted low-budget horror films in recent memory” -FANGORIA

“Critically lauded pic… could build a cult following… Reznick’s sound design effectively jangles nerves, and two setpieces trumpet his visual prowess: a languid lovemaking scene lit by indirect flashlight and a tour-de-force musical number” -VARIETY

“Critic’s Choice!”  -NY POST

I CAN SEE YOU is being released theatrically in NYC beginning April 29th, through CinemaPurgatorio.

In addition to the feature, the screenings will feature a *brand new* 3-Dimensional short film I directed called THE VIEWER.

More info on the films

Ticket Sales

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

Ti West’s new movie THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL opens this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The film stars Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, A.J. Bowen and Dee Wallace.

I did the sound design and cut the trailer for the film.

Check it out at the official site!

Sound Design for I SELL THE DEAD

I recently completed the sound design for Glenn McQuaid’s “I Sell The Dead“, which will be the opening night film at this year’s SLAMDANCE film festival.

“I Sell The Dead” is a Glass Eye Pix / Scareflix production (like my own film, “I CAN SEE YOU“), and stars Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), and Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter)

View the trailer here.

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UPDATE (01-23-09): I Sell The Dead has won Best Cinematography and Best Performance (Larry Fessenden)!

New Short Film:

Twelve Days of Black Mass

My new short film “Twelve Days of Black Mass” is Day 16 of Beck Underwood / Glass Eye Pix’s Creepy Christmas online video-advent calender.

Lots of good stuff here from filmmakers like Larry Fessenden, Mary Haron, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, J.T. Petty, Mike Vincent, Jim McKenney and more!

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Reels!

Video reels of my directing, editing and sound work are up at  www.grahamreznick.com

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