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.
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Films (283)
Kuchar-esque
2024 · Writer, Director
That Woman
2018 · Barbara Walters
Oh Hi Anne
2017 · Himself
(ir)reverence
2013
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013 · Self
Bloodrape
2011 · Grandpa
The Butchered Beefcake
2011 · Director
Empire of Evil
2011 · Director
HotSpell
2011 · Director
Eat My Makeup!
2010
Vintage Visits
2010 · Director
Tummy Ache Times
2010 · Director
The Nutrient Express
2010 · Director
Delectable Destinations
2010 · Director
Calorie Cottage
2010 · Director
Webtide
2010 · Himself, Director
Lingo of the Lost
2010 · Director
Room 666
2010 · Director
Zealots of the Zinc Zone
2010 · Director
Nibbles
2010 · Director
Jewel of Jeopardy
2010 · Director
It Came from Kuchar
2009 · Self
Zombies of Zanzibar
2009 · Director
Maggots and Men
2009
Why Are You Weird?
2009 · Professor
Vault of Vapors
2009 · Director
The Hairy Horror
2009 · Himself, Director
The Unmentionables
2009 · Director
Jamboree Journey
2009 · Director
Art Space
2009 · Director
Burrito Bay
2009 · Director
Acid Redux
2009 · Director
Celebrity Casino
2009 · Director
Mellow Magic
2009 · Director
Libido Lagoon
2009 · Director
Solstice
2009 · Director
3 Stories About Evil
2008
Portrait of Genie
2008 · Himself, Director
Coven of the Heathenites
2008 · Self, Director
Orphans of the Cosmos
2008 · Director
X MASS
2008 · Director
The Crypt of Frankenstein
2008 · Director
Atrium of the Omni-Orb
2008 · Director
January Jubilee
2008 · Director
Pictographic Piles
2008 · Director
Eye on the Sky
2008 · Director
FlashBulb Alley
2008 · Director
Spectral Delivery
2008 · Director
Seaside Show
2008 · Director
365 Day Project
2007 · Self
Frigid Escapades
2007 · Director
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Self
Water Sports
2007 · Himself, Director
Cinemaville
2007 · Self, Director
Bump and Grind
2007
The Ghost of Dr Foo
2007 · Director
Holiday Hang Ups
2006 · Director
Hitchcocked!
2006 · Self
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006
Kuchar Directs Queen Conga
2006 · self
I, of the Cyclops
2006 · Director
Garden of Goodies
2006 · Director
Faulty Fathoms
2006 · Director
Queen Conga
2006 · Director
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein
2005 · Director
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005 · George Kuchar, Director
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005 · Himself, Director
Dynasty of Depravity
2005 · Director
Lumps of Joy
2004 · Director
A Fatal Desire
2004 · Director
Electrocute Your Stars
2004
Supercell
2004 · Himself, Director
Temple of Torment
2004 · Director
Kaponga Island
2004 · Director
Visitation Rites
2003 · Director
Burnout
2003 · Himself, Director
Butter Balls
2003 · Director
Kiss of Frankenstein
2003 · Director
The Passion Pot
2003 · Director
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002 · Self, Director
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002 · Himself, Director
Arizona Byways
2001 · Self, Director
Honey Bunnies on Ice
2001 · Director
Divine Trash
2000 · Self
Metropolitan Monologues
2000 · Himself, Director
Cyclone Alley Ceramics
2000 · Director
Aquatica
2000 · Director
Planet of the Vamps
2000 · Director
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999 · Himself, Director
All Smiles and Sadness
1999 · Monologue Narrator
Chigger Country
1999 · Director
Brainbox
1999 · Doctor Kiss
Brakhage
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Every Dog Has Its Day
1998 · Thanks
Bongwater
1998 · Homeless Man
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998 · Banquet speaker
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998 · Himself, Director
Phantom of the Pine Barrens
1998 · Director
The Inmate
1997 · Himself, Director
Law of Desire
1997
Oasis of the Pharaohs
1997 · Director
Morsel Beach
1997 · Director
Sunset After Dark
1996 · George Kilman
Uncle Evil
1996 · Himself, Director
Season of Sorrow
1996 · Himself, Director
Vermin of the Vortex
1996 · Self, Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Society Slut
1995 · Director
Grotto of the Gorgons
1995 · Director
The Unclean
1995 · Director
Holidaze, 1994
1994 · Screenplay, Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Cellar Sinema
1994 · Director
Urchins of Ungawa
1994 · Director
Dingleberry Jingles
1994 · Self, Director
Tales of the Twilight Typist
1994 · Director
The Cage of Nicholas
1994 · Director
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
1994 · Director
The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
1994 · Director
Route 666
1994 · Writer, Director
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer
1993 · Other
Andy's House of Gary
1993 · Director
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
1993 · Director
ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
1993 · Director
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993 · Director
Ann Arbor
1993 · Director
Glacier Park Video Views
1993 · Director
Dial A Kvetch
1993 · Director
Sherman Acres
1992 · Ira, Director
Award
1992 · Himself, Director
Going Nowhere
1992 · Himself, Director
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992 · Director
Impaction of the Igneous
1992 · Director
Pilgrimage
1992 · Director
The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
1991 · Director
Scarlet Droppings
1991 · Himself, Director
Foto Spread
1991 · Self, Director
Gastronomic Getaway
1991 · Director
Indian Summer
1991 · Director
Weather Watch
1991 · Director
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
1991 · Director
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
1991 · Director
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990 · Self, Director
The Warming of the Hell House
1990 · Self, Director of Photography
Swamp
1990 · Uncle George
A Passage to Wetness
1990 · Director
Rocky Interlude
1990 · Himself, Director
Snap 'n Snatch
1990 · Himself, Director
Weather Diary 6
1990 · Director
Edibile Atrocities
1990 · Director
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989 · Director
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989 · Director
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989 · Director
Chili Line Stops Here
1989 · Himself, Director
Precious Products
1989 · Himself, Director
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989 · Himself, Director
Point 'n Shoot
1989 · Himself, Director
Weather Diary 5
1989 · Director, Writer
Love Me True
1989 · Director
Vile Cargo
1989 · Director
La Verbotene Voyage
1989 · Director
The Web of Doctor Satan
1989 · Director
Return to the House of Pain
1988 · Self, Director
Weather Diary 3
1988 · Director
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988 · Himself, Director
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Mecca of the Frigid
1988 · Director
We, the Normal
1988 · Director
Weather Diary 4
1988 · Director
Summer of No Return
1988 · Director
Evangelust
1988 · Director
Low Light Life
1988 · Director
Terror by Twilight
1988 · Director
Rainy Season
1987 · Director
The Creeping Crimson
1987 · Director
East by Southwest
1987 · Director
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987 · Director
Cult of the Cubicles
1987 · Himself, Director
Weather Diary 2
1987 · Director
Insanitorium
1987 · Director
1980 Seven
1987 · Director, Editor
The Muffled Darkness
1987 · Director
The Desert Within
1987 · Director
Xmas 1986
1986 · Himself, Director
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Weather Diary 1
1986 · Himself, Director
Greetings from Boulder
1986 · Director
Video Album 3
1986 · Editor, Director
The Last Hello
1986 · Editor, Director
Video Album 2
1986 · Director
Jane and Mike Visit
1986 · Director
Christmas 85
1985 · Self, Director
Sparkle's Tavern
1985 · Mr. Pupik
Motel Capri
1985 · Director
Ascension of the Demonoids
1985 · Director
Video Album 1
1985 · Director
Screamplay
1984 · Martin
The X-People
1984 · Director
Club Vatican
1984 · Director
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983 · Himself
Mom
1983 · Director
Cattle Mutilation
1983 · Director
Yolanda
1981 · Director
The Woman And The Dress
1980 · Director
Taboo: The Single and the LP
1980
The Nocturnal Immaculation
1980 · Director
Aqueerius
1980 · Director
The Power of the Press
1979 · Director
Blips
1979 · Director
Prescrition in Blue
1978 · Director
The Mongreloid
1978 · Himself, Director, Writer
Forever and Always
1978 · Director
Symphony for a Sinner
1978 · Director, Screenplay
One Night a Week
1978 · Director
I, an Actress
1977 · Director
Wild Night in El Reno
1977 · Director
George and Mike Kuchar
1977 · Self
Undertow
1977
The Asphalt Ribbon
1977 · Director
The Shadow Glass
1976
George
1976
A Reason to Live
1976 · Director
Back to Nature
1976 · Director, Writer
The Apparition
1976 · Set Designer
The Devil's Cleavage
1975 · Screenplay, Editor, Director, Cinematography, Producer
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975
The Desperate and The Deep
1975 · Director
A Night with Gilda Peck
1974
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974
True Blue and Dreamy
1974
Beaver Fever
1974 · Hunk
Boggy Depot
1973 · Damon
The Sunshine Sisters
1972 · Director
Wieners and Buns Musical
1972 · Forrest
Confessions
1972
Peed Into the Wind
1972
Portrait of Ramona
1971 · Director
Meow Meow
1970
Pagan Rhapsody
1970 · Director
Chronicles
1969
Unstrap Me
1968 · Director
Underground New York
1968 · Self
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968 · Director
Knocturne
1968 · Director
House of the White People
1968 · Director
The Mammal Palace
1968 · Director
The Craven Sluck
1967 · Morton
Color Me Shameless
1967 · Director
The Unclean
1967 · Himself
The Lady From Sands Point
1967 · Director
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
1967 · Director
Mosholu Holiday
1967 · Director
Bill's Hat
1967
Galaxie
1966 · Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966 · Director, Writer
Color Me Lurid
1966 · Director
River Windows
1966
Leisure
1966 · Director
Corruption of the Damned
1965 · Director
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965 · Prince Gianbeno
Anita Needs Me
1964 · Director
Born of the Wind
1964
Lust for Ecstasy
1964 · Father Nelson, Director
Lovers of Eternity
1964 · Director
Tootsies in Autumn
1963 · Director
A Town Called Tempest
1963 · Director
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
1963 · Director
Confessions of Babette
1963
Night of the Bomb
1962 · Director
A Woman Distressed
1962 · Director
Sylvia’s Promise
1962 · Director
A Reel of Home Movies
1961 · Director
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
1960 · Director
The Thief and the Stripper
1959 · Director
The Slasher
1958 · Director
The Naked and the Nude
1957 · Director
A Tub Named Desire
1956 · Director
Web of Fire
Tropical Vulture
· Dean, Director
Calling Dr. Petrov
· Director
Saga of Magda
· Director
Holiday Harbor
· Director
Motivation of the Carcasoids
· Director
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