In his latest movie Proxy (review), indie filmmaker Zack Parker takes on some pretty brutal subject matter – the murder of a late-term fetus, lesbian obsession, secrets, lies, and stalkers. And that’s just for starters! Read on to see what Parker has to say about all this and more.
Dread Central: You've been making films since you were a child... What's the enduring fascination for you?
Zack Parker: I don’t think it’s something I can necessarily pinpoint. I’ve just always had a connection to movies. Almost felt I understood them in a strange way. My parents divorced when I was pretty young. My mother worked, so I was just one of those generation of kids that grew up in front of the television. That was the world I knew.
My dad bought a small Hi 8 video camera when I was eleven, and I just started making little short movies with them.
Dread Central: You've been making films since you were a child... What's the enduring fascination for you?
Zack Parker: I don’t think it’s something I can necessarily pinpoint. I’ve just always had a connection to movies. Almost felt I understood them in a strange way. My parents divorced when I was pretty young. My mother worked, so I was just one of those generation of kids that grew up in front of the television. That was the world I knew.
My dad bought a small Hi 8 video camera when I was eleven, and I just started making little short movies with them.
- 4/9/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details for Zombie, Indiana, a Circus of the Dead teaser trailer, news on the line-up for FearFest Glasgow, an Escaping the Dead trailer, the trailer for Bb, and much more:
Zombie, Indiana Release Details: “The newest novel in Scott Kenemore’s bestselling series, Zombie, Indiana is the tale of a harrowing undead attack on the heartland of America. From the highest echelons of state government—to the gritty world of an eastside narcotics detective—to the elite folds of the state’s most-expensive prep school—this novel explores the impact of an invading zombie horde on a trio of Hoosier protagonists… each of whom has some dark secrets to keep.
Indiana governor Hank Burleson has spent eight years cutting social services, castrating the unions (not literally…yet), and chipping...
Zombie, Indiana Release Details: “The newest novel in Scott Kenemore’s bestselling series, Zombie, Indiana is the tale of a harrowing undead attack on the heartland of America. From the highest echelons of state government—to the gritty world of an eastside narcotics detective—to the elite folds of the state’s most-expensive prep school—this novel explores the impact of an invading zombie horde on a trio of Hoosier protagonists… each of whom has some dark secrets to keep.
Indiana governor Hank Burleson has spent eight years cutting social services, castrating the unions (not literally…yet), and chipping...
- 1/26/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Zack Parker’s Scalene is a small midwestern gem of a psychological thriller, with several moments that are as shocking as any that will find their way to commercial movie screens all year. Parker and his co-writer, longtime collaborator Brandon Owens use two storytelling devices that have gone in and out of vogue — out-of-sequence and multiple-perspective recounting of events — to marvelous effect. Shot in the filmmaker’s home state of Indiana, it is a heady and tragic mind bender, one that has been unduly overlooked by the major American fests while having had a long run on the regional circuit.
The film opens with Janice, expertly played by Margo Martindale, character actress extraordinaire, in her first starring turn after winning an Emmy for her role in FX’s Justified, arriving at the suburban home of Paige (Hanna Hall, who once played Forrest Gump’s daughter) and brutally assaulting her. The...
The film opens with Janice, expertly played by Margo Martindale, character actress extraordinaire, in her first starring turn after winning an Emmy for her role in FX’s Justified, arriving at the suburban home of Paige (Hanna Hall, who once played Forrest Gump’s daughter) and brutally assaulting her. The...
- 1/26/2012
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
After reviewing Zack Parker's Inexchange (2005) and Quench (2008), I've been waiting to see what the young director might come up with next. Finally there's some light at the end of that tunnel as his new feature Scalene will be having its world premiere June 4th at the Dances with Films indie film festival. Read on for the details!
The Scalene premiere has a Facebook event page set up, and you can also get tickets directly from the Dances with Films website.
Synopsis:
Scalene is a perceptual thriller told from three points of view revolving around the rape of a female college student by a mentally handicapped man and his mother's subsequent revenge after his incarceration.
It was written by Brandon Owens and Zack Parker, directed by Parker, and produced by Parker and Carlos Jimenez Flores. The film stars Margo Martindale ("Justified"), Hanna Hall (Rob Zombie's Halloween), and Adam Scarimbolo (Stake Land...
The Scalene premiere has a Facebook event page set up, and you can also get tickets directly from the Dances with Films website.
Synopsis:
Scalene is a perceptual thriller told from three points of view revolving around the rape of a female college student by a mentally handicapped man and his mother's subsequent revenge after his incarceration.
It was written by Brandon Owens and Zack Parker, directed by Parker, and produced by Parker and Carlos Jimenez Flores. The film stars Margo Martindale ("Justified"), Hanna Hall (Rob Zombie's Halloween), and Adam Scarimbolo (Stake Land...
- 5/12/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Zack Parker is an Indiana director who has what I consider to be a really special film that will be hitting the festival cicuit this year. His newest film Scalene simply impressed me from beginning to end. The film is one of those rare gems that offers the audience a Wtf ending so you can interpret the ending how you see fit, could be this way or it could be this way! The guy knows how to make a great indie thriller and make it look like a studio movie from Hollywierd! Check out my latest Versus with director Zack Parker and learn more about him and his film Scalene.
Brian S- First off tell me how you got into film making?
Zack Parker- It's really become quite the cliche of a lot of filmmakers of my generation. My Dad bought an 8mm Sony Handycam when I was around 11 years old.
Brian S- First off tell me how you got into film making?
Zack Parker- It's really become quite the cliche of a lot of filmmakers of my generation. My Dad bought an 8mm Sony Handycam when I was around 11 years old.
- 3/19/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
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