George Kuchar
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.
216 directing credits · 137 acting credits
Directing · 216
Cult of the Cubicles
1987
Mosholu Holiday
1967
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
1963
Club Vatican
1984
The Mammal Palace
1968
Corruption of the Damned
1965
Portrait of Ramona
1971
I, an Actress
1977
Night of the Bomb
1962
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
Symphony for a Sinner
1978
Unstrap Me
1968
Metropolitan Monologues
2000
Lust for Ecstasy
1964
Wild Night in El Reno
1977
A Reason to Live
1976
Scarlet Droppings
1991
Knocturne
1968
The Slasher
1958
Pagan Rhapsody
1970
Oasis of the Pharaohs
1997
The Inmate
1997
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
1960
La Verbotene Voyage
1989
Holidaze, 1994
1994
The Sunshine Sisters
1972
The Devil's Cleavage
1975
Dingleberry Jingles
1994
Ascension of the Demonoids
1985
Weather Diary 4
1988
Vermin of the Vortex
1996
The Cage of Nicholas
1994
Xmas 1986
1986
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966
Grotto of the Gorgons
1995
The Unmentionables
2009
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005
Vault of Vapors
2009
The Nutrient Express
2010
Visitation Rites
2003
Rainy Season
1987
Vile Cargo
1989
The Mongreloid
1978
Society Slut
1995
I, of the Cyclops
2006
Weather Diary 5
1989
Love Me True
1989
A Tub Named Desire
1956
Point 'n Shoot
1989
Zealots of the Zinc Zone
2010
A Reel of Home Movies
1961
Edibile Atrocities
1990
Jane and Mike Visit
1986
The Thief and the Stripper
1959
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
1967
Award
1992
Burnout
2003
We, the Normal
1988
Yolanda
1981
Portrait of Genie
2008
Chili Line Stops Here
1989
Sherman Acres
1992
Lingo of the Lost
2010
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002
Return to the House of Pain
1988
Temple of Torment
2004
Libido Lagoon
2009
Planet of the Vamps
2000
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988
The Last Hello
1986
Leisure
1966
Mellow Magic
2009
Kuchar-esque
2024
HotSpell
2011
Empire of Evil
2011
Water Sports
2007
The Hairy Horror
2009
Solstice
2009
Indian Summer
1991
Rocky Interlude
1990
Tummy Ache Times
2010
Low Light Life
1988
Seaside Show
2008
FlashBulb Alley
2008
House of the White People
1968
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998
Webtide
2010
Calorie Cottage
2010
Tales of the Twilight Typist
1994
Sylvia’s Promise
1962
The Muffled Darkness
1987
The Passion Pot
2003
Season of Sorrow
1996
Dial A Kvetch
1993
Lovers of Eternity
1964
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
1994
The Crypt of Frankenstein
2008
The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
1991
Dynasty of Depravity
2005
Nibbles
2010
Tropical Vulture
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Acid Redux
2009
The Nocturnal Immaculation
1980
Kaponga Island
2004
Celebrity Casino
2009
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005
The X-People
1984
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988
Pilgrimage
1992
The Naked and the Nude
1957
Christmas 85
1985
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
1993
Andy's House of Gary
1993
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Art Space
2009
A Passage to Wetness
1990
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993
Orphans of the Cosmos
2008
Glacier Park Video Views
1993
X MASS
2008
Mom
1983
Color Me Shameless
1967
Spectral Delivery
2008
Supercell
2004
Cellar Sinema
1994
Anita Needs Me
1964
January Jubilee
2008
Saga of Magda
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ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
1993
The Woman And The Dress
1980
Holiday Harbor
—
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
1991
The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
1994
Eye on the Sky
2008
Insanitorium
1987
The Butchered Beefcake
2011
Aquatica
2000
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
The Ghost of Dr Foo
2007
Vintage Visits
2010
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Ann Arbor
1993
Pictographic Piles
2008
Holiday Hang Ups
2006
Tootsies in Autumn
1963
Motel Capri
1985
Cattle Mutilation
1983
Weather Diary 3
1988
Room 666
2010
Jamboree Journey
2009
Burrito Bay
2009
Route 666
1994
Precious Products
1989
Uncle Evil
1996
Going Nowhere
1992
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein
2005
Blips
1979
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989
Butter Balls
2003
Garden of Goodies
2006
A Town Called Tempest
1963
Honey Bunnies on Ice
2001
Impaction of the Igneous
1992
One Night a Week
1978
Urchins of Ungawa
1994
Prescrition in Blue
1978
Weather Diary 1
1986
Color Me Lurid
1966
Atrium of the Omni-Orb
2008
The Web of Doctor Satan
1989
Greetings from Boulder
1986
Weather Diary 2
1987
Summer of No Return
1988
Evangelust
1988
1980 Seven
1987
Lumps of Joy
2004
Video Album 1
1985
A Woman Distressed
1962
The Power of the Press
1979
Forever and Always
1978
Delectable Destinations
2010
Back to Nature
1976
The Asphalt Ribbon
1977
Weather Diary 6
1990
Foto Spread
1991
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
1991
The Desperate and The Deep
1975
East by Southwest
1987
Weather Watch
1991
The Lady From Sands Point
1967
Video Album 3
1986
Zombies of Zanzibar
2009
Phantom of the Pine Barrens
1998
Faulty Fathoms
2006
Frigid Escapades
2007
Video Album 2
1986
Cyclone Alley Ceramics
2000
Arizona Byways
2001
Chigger Country
1999
Snap 'n Snatch
1990
Kiss of Frankenstein
2003
A Fatal Desire
2004
Jewel of Jeopardy
2010
The Desert Within
1987
Mecca of the Frigid
1988
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992
Terror by Twilight
1988
The Unclean
1995
Calling Dr. Petrov
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Acting · 137
Bongwater
1998
Divine Trash
2000
365 Day Project
2007
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Hitchcocked!
2006
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
It Came from Kuchar
2009
Sparkle's Tavern
1985
Underground New York
1968
Cult of the Cubicles
1987
Screamplay
1984
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998
Electrocute Your Stars
2004
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
Oh Hi Anne
2017
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013
Peed Into the Wind
1972
Taboo: The Single and the LP
1980
Galaxie
1966
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968
3 Stories About Evil
2008
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987
River Windows
1966
Maggots and Men
2009
Sunset After Dark
1996
Bill's Hat
1967
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
The Craven Sluck
1967
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983
Portrait of Ramona
1971
I, an Actress
1977
All Smiles and Sadness
1999
Law of Desire
1997
Night of the Bomb
1962
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
Beaver Fever
1974
Metropolitan Monologues
2000
Lust for Ecstasy
1964
Wild Night in El Reno
1977
Meow Meow
1970
Chronicles
1969
The Shadow Glass
1976
True Blue and Dreamy
1974
Scarlet Droppings
1991
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965
The Slasher
1958
Brakhage
1998
The Inmate
1997
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006
Dingleberry Jingles
1994
Eat My Makeup!
2010
Vermin of the Vortex
1996
Xmas 1986
1986
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005
The Unmentionables
2009
Vault of Vapors
2009
The Nutrient Express
2010
Visitation Rites
2003
Rainy Season
1987
The Mongreloid
1978
Born of the Wind
1964
Point 'n Shoot
1989
Confessions of Babette
1963
Burnout
2003
Award
1992
Portrait of Genie
2008
Chili Line Stops Here
1989
Sherman Acres
1992
A Night with Gilda Peck
1974
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002
Return to the House of Pain
1988
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975
Water Sports
2007
George
1976
The Hairy Horror
2009
Indian Summer
1991
Rocky Interlude
1990
Tummy Ache Times
2010
Wieners and Buns Musical
1972
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998
Bloodrape
2011
Webtide
2010
Confessions
1972
Calorie Cottage
2010
Season of Sorrow
1996
Swamp
1990
George and Mike Kuchar
1977
That Woman
2018
The Warming of the Hell House
1990
Tropical Vulture
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Why Are You Weird?
2009
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988
Christmas 85
1985
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Boggy Depot
1973
A Passage to Wetness
1990
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002
The Unclean
1967
Supercell
2004
Cellar Sinema
1994
Anita Needs Me
1964
The Butchered Beefcake
2011
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
Vintage Visits
2010
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Ann Arbor
1993
Tootsies in Autumn
1963
Weather Diary 3
1988
Precious Products
1989
Uncle Evil
1996
Going Nowhere
1992
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989
(ir)reverence
2013
Weather Diary 1
1986
Urchins of Ungawa
1994
Lumps of Joy
2004
Web of Fire
—
Foto Spread
1991
Delectable Destinations
2010
East by Southwest
1987
Weather Watch
1991
Arizona Byways
2001
Chigger Country
1999
Snap 'n Snatch
1990
Thundercrack!
1975
Mecca of the Frigid
1988
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992
Calling Dr. Petrov
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