Throughout the 70s and 80s, Renee Harmon was quietly–and not so quietly–working both in front and behind the camera producing DIY exploitation films. She wrote and produced zombie nightmares (Frozen Scream) and action thrillers (Lady Street Fighter, Executioner Part II) at a time when women typically played empty plot devices on the big and small screens.
This lecture will explore Renee Harmon’s immense career and her dogged, unconventional ways of getting her films made. We will dive into her work with director James Bryan (Don’t Go in the Woods) and focus on Jungle Trap, their final collaboration that was left unfinished in 1990.
Lecturer Annie Choi will share how, through a series of wacky events involving a used car, the Bleeding Skull team had the honor of collaborating with Bryan to complete and unleash the film in front of new audiences today.
Please note these are live events – they cannot be downloaded and watched later, so please be sure you are available at the time and timezone the classes are being offered in before registering.
Annie Choi is the editor and contributing writer of BleedingSkull.com and the co-author of BLEEDING SKULL! A 1990S TRASH-HORROR ODYSSEY. She is also the author of two books of essays, SHUT UP, YOU’RE WELCOME and HAPPY BIRTHDAY OR WHATEVER. She helped complete and release JUNGLE TRAP, a previously unfinished 1990 film by exploitation auteurs Renee Harmon and James Bryan, and as a musician in the duo Taken By Savages, she helped compose the soundtrack using era-appropriate drum machines and synthesizers. She’s been the co-programmer and host for the Alamo Drafthouse series Video Vortex, which celebrates obscure, DIY films that were released direct to video. She lives in New York City.
