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“Granny” is a 2024 Australian horror/mystery/thriller film directed by Gibson Batty. The film was produced by Cratty Klanz Media, a production company based in Rosewater, South Australia, known for their work on reality and fictional television shows, feature films, and short films. The film is based on the 2017 survival horror video game of the same name.
Plot
The film follows the harrowing experience of Devin Clark, portrayed by Andrew Batty, who finds himself stranded in an isolated forest in Sweden after his vehicle breaks down. Captured by a demonic woman wielding a bloody baseball bat, Devin’s ordeal is recorded on his phone. Six years later, the footage is discovered on a USB drive sent to the film’s director, Gibson Batty, by the woman and a ghost, revealing the supernatural entities’ intention to lure more victims to their house.
Cast
Andrew Batty as Devin Clark
Gibson Batty as Himself
Mrs. Vukanovic as Granny (voice)
Development
So, it was my 17th birthday on March 24th, 2024, and I was just chilling in my backyard, and I was playing the latest version of Granny. I think it was version 1.7.9.3 or version 1.8, I don't know...... But then an idea came to me, and I was like "Wait, what if we adapt the Granny game into a feature film? The idea was fresh and interesting, but very early.
The original idea was before we had Devin Clark as the only protagonist, we wanted to have a family of, I think four or five people. They were kidnapped by Granny and some of them die, but they escape in the end. That idea was scrapped eventually. We just decided to turn it into a found footage horror film because we could just blend gameplay footage and live action footage. Overall, we never needed a budget because we had everything we needed.
Casting
I decided to cast my dad as Devin Clark. It was a very small cast, but it was worth it! So, I wrote the script, I think it was about six or seven pages long. Yeah, I think the part where Devin addresses the problem with his vehicle was the most detailed and written scene.
Filming and Visual Effects
So anyway, filming took place in Rosewater, out the front of my house and in my parents' bedroom. We had fun filming the first part, and when Devin started losing his sanity.
The bruises and blood that I painted on Dad's face was just a very thick red marker. In the raw footage it looks fake, but with the found footage filter on, it looks realistic enough.
I think it was the next 72 hours we did a 30-minute voice recording, each broken up into separate clips. It's good that I still have the raw footage and voice recordings from the first film, because you never know what they might be useful for someday! The first recording we did was 13 minutes long, and he was going pretty good with the emotion and dialogue that he was making up, but between recordings he got pretty frustrated because he could not tolerate speaking without a script in front of him, but I encouraged him to keep on going, all the while rubbing his shoulder. After the recording session I gave him a big hug and thanked him a lot, and he had to leave the recording room to cry for a little while, so what you got from him in the film was true distress.
Now, in the post-production process, I used a few 2D visual effects for Granny's glowing eyes in live action shots and some ambient sound effects. Sometimes I wish I hadn't used music in the found footage, but I realized it added to the terror.
Sometimes in different shots, you can see that different items have been shifting and moving around. And even though Devin was in that house only one night, the producer at the beginning remarked that the hard drive contained over 70 hours of footage. So, the house obviously exists in its own time and space. And beyond time, the house' main door's physical structure can also be manipulated with the key items themselves in order to unlock the door moving positions.
So, when I released the film (This was our second feature film after "The Annoying Kid Movie"), it received 300 views in just nine days, and I was like "Holy shit! It's a success!". People enjoyed the film, but we felt that it was a bit predictable because everyone knows the story of the Granny game. We could have made no other movies, and the first one still would have been a satisfying experience, but when we were given the opportunity to make a sequel, we jumped at it.
Release
Upon its release, “Granny” was met with intrigue and interest, particularly for its unique meta elements and the blending of reality with fiction. The film’s ending leaves the fate of Devin Clark ambiguous, as he is last seen proclaiming his ‘cure’ and freedom, despite being visibly injured and mentally unstable.
Home media
Granny was released on DVD on May 7, 2024, by CKM DVD, in Australia. The DVD bonus features include the script for the film, a deleted scene, and the official trailer for the film.
The deleted scene covers an alternate ending where Devin successfully escapes from Granny's house.
DOWNLOAD THE DVD ISO HERE BY COPYING THIS URL AND PASTING IT INTO A NEW TAB AND PRESSING ENTER: C:\Users\Gibson\OneDrive\Desktop\GRANNY.iso
THE DVD ISO IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON "cratty-klanz-media.itch.io".
Reception
On the negative side, audiences said that "even by the crude standards of teenage horror, Granny is dramatically flat".
The film gathered positive reviews from audiences, stating that "Granny will no doubt be a hit and inspire the obligatory sequels. Like the original Scream, this movie is too good to be the end of the road. I was a victim of a kidnapping of my own". Other audiences said, "[it] was playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing". The director's parents praised the film, saying "[it] generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory", while other family members called it "a terrific theatrical feature debut for television veteran Gibson Batty". Batty's uncle Chris Lafranchi found the film "fitfully thrilling" Batty's cousin Meg Hogan, called the film "serviceable enough, if you come to it with sufficiently modest expectations". Aiden Grant stated the film was "a flawed but often entertaining teen horror flick".
Sequel
Following the success of “Granny”, which garnered over 300 views in just nine days on YouTube, Cratty Klanz Media announced a sequel titled “Granny II”. The sequel is set to introduce new characters, including Granny’s husband, Grandpa, and Slendrina’s child, and will feature a mix of live-action and gameplay footage.
Themes
“Granny” explores themes of isolation, survival, and the distortion of time and space. The film delves into psychological horror, with the protagonist’s sanity unraveling as he confronts the demonic woman and the haunted house’s shifting reality.
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