Mike Kuchar Movies

A youth wanders the landscape of grass and sky in search of puzzling impulses.

The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.

...They'd rather climb to the stars, than give their souls to a soulless world

Obsessive desire can leave an indelible stain on its victim.

...It was time to chase One's shadow back into sunlight. -Mike Kuchar

An insane, deformed killer stalks the grounds of a resort house, bringing sudden violence to those of easy virtue and godlessness.

He hears the whispers of gargoyles in a hall of heavy stone.

Artists with brushes need light to paint a picture, but human feelings function just as well in the dark.

A vain, self centered mother competes with her daughter in the world of carnivorous men and sleazy movies.

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The...

I Was a Teenage Rumpot was made in 1960, when George and Mike, the twin brothers Kuchar, were all of eighteen years old. Though their films would...

Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can put on the screen, but beneath them a twisted...

With lashings of humour and affection, this much-loved filmmaker and his students create a wonderful journey from the chaos of hell to the paradise...

Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together....

Part three of Mike Kuchar's Heat Rash: This audio, visual laxative empties the mind of inhibitions to allow the spectator entrance into the whirlpool...

A naughty romp that is bare, brazen, and "black and blue" too, featuring a playpen of playthings that go on an erotic rampage."

Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."

A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion through the winter season of discontent and yuletime...

Once upon a time in the shelled carcass of a man, the Phoenix will rise and fall... and RISE and FALL!