George Kuchar
Directing
1942-08-31 · New York, New York
George Kuchar (August 31, 1942 – September 6, 2011) and his twin brother Mike began making films as teenagers in the 1950s, with 8mm film being their weapon of choice. After shocking their local amateur filmmaking club with their over-the-top stories of lust and angst, they became stars of the NYC underground scene in the 1960s, befriending the likes of Jonas Mekas and Jack Smith. Always working with the constraints of minuscule budgets and nonprofessional actors, the Kuchar’s inspiration comes from classic Hollywood melodrama. Their cheaply made pictures, rather than being held back by lack of funds, blossomed in the shackles of poverty; the garish colors of the cheap makeup and sets were perfectly complemented by the bold color range afforded by Kodachrome reversal stock. The wild (and sometimes the inverse of wild) acting, use of stock music, lack of synch sound, hyperbolic narration, and primitive special effects all combined to make tiny gems unlike anything seen before or since. The Kuchars are cited as major influences by such filmmakers as John Waters, Todd Solondz, and David Lynch.
Filmography
Kuchar-esque
2024 · Movie
That Woman
2018 · Movie
Oh Hi Anne
2017 · Movie
(ir)reverence
2013 · Movie
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013 · Movie
Bloodrape
2011 · Movie
HotSpell
2011 · Movie
Empire of Evil
2011 · Movie
The Butchered Beefcake
2011 · Movie
Eat My Makeup!
2010 · Movie
Webtide
2010 · Movie
Tummy Ache Times
2010 · Movie
Calorie Cottage
2010 · Movie
Lingo of the Lost
2010 · Movie
Jewel of Jeopardy
2010 · Movie
Delectable Destinations
2010 · Movie
The Nutrient Express
2010 · Movie
Zealots of the Zinc Zone
2010 · Movie
Vintage Visits
2010 · Movie
Room 666
2010 · Movie
Nibbles
2010 · Movie
It Came from Kuchar
2009 · Movie
Zombies of Zanzibar
2009 · Movie
Maggots and Men
2009 · Movie
Why Are You Weird?
2009 · Movie
The Hairy Horror
2009 · Movie
The Unmentionables
2009 · Movie
Acid Redux
2009 · Movie
Art Space
2009 · Movie
Solstice
2009 · Movie
Libido Lagoon
2009 · Movie
Mellow Magic
2009 · Movie
Vault of Vapors
2009 · Movie
Jamboree Journey
2009 · Movie
Burrito Bay
2009 · Movie
Celebrity Casino
2009 · Movie
3 Stories About Evil
2008 · Movie
Coven of the Heathenites
2008 · Movie
Seaside Show
2008 · Movie
Pictographic Piles
2008 · Movie
FlashBulb Alley
2008 · Movie
Spectral Delivery
2008 · Movie
Eye on the Sky
2008 · Movie
X MASS
2008 · Movie
Portrait of Genie
2008 · Movie
January Jubilee
2008 · Movie
Atrium of the Omni-Orb
2008 · Movie
Orphans of the Cosmos
2008 · Movie
The Crypt of Frankenstein
2008 · Movie
365 Day Project
2007 · Movie
Frigid Escapades
2007 · Movie
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Movie
Cinemaville
2007 · Movie
Water Sports
2007 · Movie
The Ghost of Dr Foo
2007 · Movie
Holiday Hang Ups
2006 · Movie
Hitchcocked!
2006 · Movie
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006 · Movie
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006 · Movie
I, of the Cyclops
2006 · Movie
Garden of Goodies
2006 · Movie
Faulty Fathoms
2006 · Movie
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein
2005 · Movie
Dynasty of Depravity
2005 · Movie
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005 · Movie
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005 · Movie
Lumps of Joy
2004 · Movie
A Fatal Desire
2004 · Movie
Supercell
2004 · Movie
Electrocute Your Stars
2004 · Movie
Temple of Torment
2004 · Movie
Kaponga Island
2004 · Movie
Butter Balls
2003 · Movie
Burnout
2003 · Movie
The Passion Pot
2003 · Movie
Visitation Rites
2003 · Movie
Kiss of Frankenstein
2003 · Movie
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002 · Movie
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002 · Movie
Arizona Byways
2001 · Movie
Honey Bunnies on Ice
2001 · Movie
Divine Trash
2000 · Movie
Metropolitan Monologues
2000 · Movie
Cyclone Alley Ceramics
2000 · Movie
Planet of the Vamps
2000 · Movie
Aquatica
2000 · Movie
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999 · Movie
Chigger Country
1999 · Movie
All Smiles and Sadness
1999 · Movie
Brakhage
1998 · Movie
Every Dog Has Its Day
1998 · Movie
Bongwater
1998 · Movie
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998 · Movie
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998 · Movie
Phantom of the Pine Barrens
1998 · Movie
Law of Desire
1997 · Movie
Oasis of the Pharaohs
1997 · Movie
The Inmate
1997 · Movie
Sunset After Dark
1996 · Movie
Season of Sorrow
1996 · Movie
Vermin of the Vortex
1996 · Movie
Uncle Evil
1996 · Movie
Grotto of the Gorgons
1995 · Movie
The Unclean
1995 · Movie
Society Slut
1995 · Movie
Holidaze, 1994
1994 · Movie
Dingleberry Jingles
1994 · Movie
The Cage of Nicholas
1994 · Movie
Urchins of Ungawa
1994 · Movie
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
1994 · Movie
Cellar Sinema
1994 · Movie
Route 666
1994 · Movie
Tales of the Twilight Typist
1994 · Movie
The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
1994 · Movie
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer
1993 · Movie
Andy's House of Gary
1993 · Movie
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
1993 · Movie
ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
1993 · Movie
Dial A Kvetch
1993 · Movie
Ann Arbor
1993 · Movie
Glacier Park Video Views
1993 · Movie
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993 · Movie
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992 · Movie
Award
1992 · Movie
Impaction of the Igneous
1992 · Movie
Sherman Acres
1992 · Movie
Going Nowhere
1992 · Movie
Pilgrimage
1992 · Movie
The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
1991 · Movie
Scarlet Droppings
1991 · Movie
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
1991 · Movie
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
1991 · Movie
Indian Summer
1991 · Movie
Foto Spread
1991 · Movie
Gastronomic Getaway
1991 · Movie
Weather Watch
1991 · Movie
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990 · Movie
Swamp
1990 · Movie
Edibile Atrocities
1990 · Movie
A Passage to Wetness
1990 · Movie
Snap 'n Snatch
1990 · Movie
Rocky Interlude
1990 · Movie
The Warming of the Hell House
1990 · Movie
Weather Diary 6
1990 · Movie
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989 · Movie
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989 · Movie
Love Me True
1989 · Movie
Weather Diary 5
1989 · Movie
La Verbotene Voyage
1989 · Movie
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989 · Movie
Precious Products
1989 · Movie
Point 'n Shoot
1989 · Movie
Vile Cargo
1989 · Movie
The Web of Doctor Satan
1989 · Movie
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989 · Movie
Chili Line Stops Here
1989 · Movie
Mecca of the Frigid
1988 · Movie
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988 · Movie
Low Light Life
1988 · Movie
Terror by Twilight
1988 · Movie
Weather Diary 4
1988 · Movie
We, the Normal
1988 · Movie
Evangelust
1988 · Movie
Summer of No Return
1988 · Movie
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988 · Movie
Return to the House of Pain
1988 · Movie
Weather Diary 3
1988 · Movie
Rainy Season
1987 · Movie
The Creeping Crimson
1987 · Movie
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987 · Movie
1980 Seven
1987 · Movie
The Muffled Darkness
1987 · Movie
Cult of the Cubicles
1987 · Movie
Insanitorium
1987 · Movie
Weather Diary 2
1987 · Movie
The Desert Within
1987 · Movie
East by Southwest
1987 · Movie
Xmas 1986
1986 · Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Movie
Jane and Mike Visit
1986 · Movie
Video Album 2
1986 · Movie
Greetings from Boulder
1986 · Movie
Video Album 3
1986 · Movie
Weather Diary 1
1986 · Movie
The Last Hello
1986 · Movie
Christmas 85
1985 · Movie
Sparkle's Tavern
1985 · Movie
Motel Capri
1985 · Movie
Ascension of the Demonoids
1985 · Movie
Video Album 1
1985 · Movie
Screamplay
1984 · Movie
Club Vatican
1984 · Movie
The X-People
1984 · Movie
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983 · Movie
Mom
1983 · Movie
Cattle Mutilation
1983 · Movie
Yolanda
1981 · Movie
The Woman And The Dress
1980 · Movie
Aqueerius
1980 · Movie
Taboo: The Single and the LP
1980 · Movie
The Nocturnal Immaculation
1980 · Movie
Blips
1979 · Movie
The Power of the Press
1979 · Movie
Prescrition in Blue
1978 · Movie
Symphony for a Sinner
1978 · Movie
The Mongreloid
1978 · Movie
Forever and Always
1978 · Movie
One Night a Week
1978 · Movie
I, an Actress
1977 · Movie
Wild Night in El Reno
1977 · Movie
The Asphalt Ribbon
1977 · Movie
George and Mike Kuchar
1977 · Movie
Back to Nature
1976 · Movie
A Reason to Live
1976 · Movie
George
1976 · Movie
The Shadow Glass
1976 · Movie
The Apparition
1976 · Movie
Thundercrack!
1975 · Movie
The Devil's Cleavage
1975 · Movie
The Desperate and The Deep
1975 · Movie
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975 · Movie
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974 · Movie
Beaver Fever
1974 · Movie
True Blue and Dreamy
1974 · Movie
A Night with Gilda Peck
1974 · Movie
Boggy Depot
1973 · Movie
Wieners and Buns Musical
1972 · Movie
Confessions
1972 · Movie
Peed Into the Wind
1972 · Movie
The Sunshine Sisters
1972 · Movie
Portrait of Ramona
1971 · Movie
Meow Meow
1970 · Movie
Pagan Rhapsody
1970 · Movie
Chronicles
1969 · Movie
Unstrap Me
1968 · Movie
The Mammal Palace
1968 · Movie
House of the White People
1968 · Movie
Underground New York
1968 · Movie
Knocturne
1968 · Movie
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968 · Movie
Color Me Shameless
1967 · Movie
The Craven Sluck
1967 · Movie
The Unclean
1967 · Movie
The Lady From Sands Point
1967 · Movie
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
1967 · Movie
Mosholu Holiday
1967 · Movie
Bill's Hat
1967 · Movie
Galaxie
1966 · Movie
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966 · Movie
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966 · Movie
Color Me Lurid
1966 · Movie
Leisure
1966 · Movie
River Windows
1966 · Movie
Corruption of the Damned
1965 · Movie
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965 · Movie
Anita Needs Me
1964 · Movie
Born of the Wind
1964 · Movie
Lust for Ecstasy
1964 · Movie
Lovers of Eternity
1964 · Movie
A Town Called Tempest
1963 · Movie
Tootsies in Autumn
1963 · Movie
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
1963 · Movie
Confessions of Babette
1963 · Movie
A Woman Distressed
1962 · Movie
Night of the Bomb
1962 · Movie
Sylvia’s Promise
1962 · Movie
A Reel of Home Movies
1961 · Movie
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
1960 · Movie
The Thief and the Stripper
1959 · Movie
The Slasher
1958 · Movie
The Naked and the Nude
1957 · Movie
A Tub Named Desire
1956 · Movie
Tropical Vulture
Movie
Saga of Magda
Movie
Web of Fire
Movie
Holiday Harbor
Movie
Calling Dr. Petrov
Movie
Motivation of the Carcasoids
Movie