Mike Kuchar Movies

"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the...

His written letters will fade at the first light; if indeed he is dreaming the world!

A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

There is a garden in the dark hunger of his psyche where forbidden fruit grows.

An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned.

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

In this thespian workout, a troop of stage actors improvises within a kaleidoscopic zone of warped spaces.

Enter a shimmering forest and encounter the Pot Boiling turbulence of pre-history tribes in conflict. See sacrificial virgins, volcanoes, knife...

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...

“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I...

Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...

This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings were so empty, Jane Elford, the star, urged me to...

'Misery' doesn't like 'company' -- but 'company' does love a 'party', so come join in on a catastrophic celebration, and do 'hang on' tight --...

Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

A high-spirited romp through the (former) campus of San Francisco Art Institute, with two films each from George and Mike Kuchar. Features:...

In the depths of night lurks a beautiful fever that heats a man's blood.

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

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

An evocative 16mm short shot during a visit to Nepal.