Quench Director Zack Parker

It takes a lot of effort for a film without any known actors to get noticed by distributors. Zack worked every lead tirelessly. Those months of thankless work paid off when last month the film was released through Vanguard Cinema, vanguardcinema.com. The DVD is now available through Hollywood Video, Movie Gallery, Family Video, and Hastings locations across the country, as well as Amazon.com, Netflix, Blockbuster.com, and basically everywhere online where DVDs are sold.

Quench now on DVD

Zack is doing his share of work promoting the film locally. I caught up with him during a recent signing event at the Landmark Theaters Keystones Arts. The local premiere of the film had been at this location during the Indianapolis International Film Festival. He’s very pleased with the national exposure Vanguard is providing his film. It was a featured new release in this month’s Family Video flyer. There’s a full review scheduled for next month’s edition of Fangoria magazine. This is a little unusual since ‘Quench’ is not a horror flick. Parker’s last film ‘Inexchange’ was a horror film and he developed some good contacts at the magazine. ‘Quench’ delves into parts of the Goth sub-culture and blood cults. For many viewers this film might be a little disturbing and dark. Zack had one distibutor who has been known to promote horror films, tell him it was too dark for their label. In the true spirit of Indie films ‘Quench’ defies being defined by the traditional genres. The film was shot entirely in Parker’s hometown of Richmond Indiana. Richmond is not the industiral urban setting you would typically expect for a film based on the Goth crowd. But it works really well in the film. It’s one of the things that makes the film unique.

IndyFilmNews' Chuck Budreau with Filmmaker Zack Parker

The Richmond Art Museum will be screening ‘Quench’  November 21st at 7:00 PM in Richmond Indiana.

You can find out more information on ‘Quench’ at www.alongthetracks.com

Photos by Lynn Budreau