The films of Trent Harris are something else. Quietly building a significant cult following over the years, Harris’ work displays an eccentric originality that is rarely found in contemporary movies. This is not a sequel to Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space, but rather one of the best surrealist Mormon mysteries you are likely to ever come across, and a righteous musical to boot.

The plot goes something like this… “when Lucinda Hall (Stefene Russell) discovers a century old book penned by a mad Mormon prophet. She deciphers this odd artifact and is sucked into a world where spacemen, polygamists, and angels run amuck. Lucinda desperately tries to uncover the "Secret of the Bees" before it is too late. Is she mad or is she on the brink of discovering a diabolical plot led by Nehor (Karen Black), a peeved alien from the planet Kolob? Just because it's made up doesn't mean it isn't true!”

What I enjoy most about Harris’ work is his absurd sense of humor. His characters and their plotlines are evocative of 1950’s B sci-fi films, but they are not quick to parody or emulate. Instead they feel genuine and completely original, and inflect a good natured, dreamlike innocence to the film. Fans of camp humor and off-the wall personal filmmaking in general will find a lot to enjoy here. I know I did.
 

Adam Lemke