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.
135 movies
That Woman
2018·0.0
Oh Hi Anne
2017·0.0
(ir)reverence
2013·0.0
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013·4.8
Bloodrape
2011·0.0
The Butchered Beefcake
2011·0.0
Eat My Makeup!
2010·0.0
The Nutrient Express
2010·0.0
Tummy Ache Times
2010·0.0
Calorie Cottage
2010·0.0
Delectable Destinations
2010·0.0
Vintage Visits
2010·0.0
Webtide
2010·0.0
It Came from Kuchar
2009·7.2
Maggots and Men
2009·2.0
Why Are You Weird?
2009·0.0
Vault of Vapors
2009·0.0
The Hairy Horror
2009·0.0
The Unmentionables
2009·0.0
3 Stories About Evil
2008·0.0
Portrait of Genie
2008·0.0
Coven of the Heathenites
2008·0.0
365 Day Project
2007·10.0
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007·6.6
Water Sports
2007·0.0
Cinemaville
2007·0.0
Hitchcocked!
2006·6.0
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006·0.0
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006·0.0
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005·0.0
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005·0.0
Lumps of Joy
2004·0.0
Electrocute Your Stars
2004·6.0
Supercell
2004·0.0
Visitation Rites
2003·0.0
Burnout
2003·8.0
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002·0.0
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002·9.0
Arizona Byways
2001·9.0
Divine Trash
2000·7.2
Metropolitan Monologues
2000·8.5
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999·5.0
All Smiles and Sadness
1999·0.0
Chigger Country
1999·7.0
Brakhage
1998·7.1
Bongwater
1998·4.8
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998·7.2
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998·8.0
The Inmate
1997·10.0
Law of Desire
1997·0.0
Sunset After Dark
1996·3.7
Uncle Evil
1996·0.0
Season of Sorrow
1996·0.0
Vermin of the Vortex
1996·0.0
Cellar Sinema
1994·10.0
Urchins of Ungawa
1994·0.0
Dingleberry Jingles
1994·8.0
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993·7.0
Ann Arbor
1993·10.0
Sherman Acres
1992·0.0
Award
1992·9.0
Going Nowhere
1992·8.0
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992·8.0
Scarlet Droppings
1991·6.0
Foto Spread
1991·8.0
Gastronomic Getaway
1991·8.5
Indian Summer
1991·0.0
Weather Watch
1991·0.0
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990·0.0
The Warming of the Hell House
1990·0.0
Swamp
1990·0.0
A Passage to Wetness
1990·8.0
Snap 'n Snatch
1990·0.0
Rocky Interlude
1990·8.0
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989·9.0
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989·8.0
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989·9.0
Chili Line Stops Here
1989·9.0
Precious Products
1989·10.0
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989·8.0
Point 'n Shoot
1989·10.0
Return to the House of Pain
1988·10.0
Weather Diary 3
1988·5.0
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988·0.0
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988·8.0
Mecca of the Frigid
1988·7.0
Rainy Season
1987·9.0
The Creeping Crimson
1987·10.0
East by Southwest
1987·9.0
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987·0.0
Cult of the Cubicles
1987·9.0
Xmas 1986
1986·0.0
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986·8.4
Weather Diary 1
1986·2.0
Christmas 85
1985·0.0
Sparkle's Tavern
1985·6.4
Screamplay
1984·6.7
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983·7.8
Taboo: The Single and the LP
1980·5.4
The Mongreloid
1978·6.3
I, an Actress
1977·5.7
Wild Night in El Reno
1977·5.4
George and Mike Kuchar
1977·10.0
The Shadow Glass
1976·0.0
George
1976·0.0
Thundercrack!
1975·6.3
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975·0.0
A Night with Gilda Peck
1974·5.5
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974·3.3
True Blue and Dreamy
1974·4.3
Beaver Fever
1974·4.0
Boggy Depot
1973·3.7
Wieners and Buns Musical
1972·4.0
Confessions
1972·5.8
Peed Into the Wind
1972·3.0
Portrait of Ramona
1971·5.0
Meow Meow
1970·0.0
Chronicles
1969·0.0
Underground New York
1968·0.0
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968·10.0
The Craven Sluck
1967·6.4
The Unclean
1967·0.0
Bill's Hat
1967·0.0
Galaxie
1966·10.0
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966·5.0
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966·4.7
River Windows
1966·0.0
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965·6.3
Anita Needs Me
1964·10.0
Born of the Wind
1964·5.5
Lust for Ecstasy
1964·7.0
Tootsies in Autumn
1963·5.4
Confessions of Babette
1963·9.0
Night of the Bomb
1962·8.0
The Slasher
1958·7.0