Mike Kuchar Movies

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

Dan Carbone sings Debbie and the Demons

Four women in the throes of frustrated sexual desire. Not making fun of them but rather sending up the absurdities of passion and the ways in which...

High above the far horizon, a beacon burns cold, bright and calm.

Commissioned to be a "promo" for a loud punk rock band, Mr. Kuchar feared that the noise the band made would spoil the mood of his visuals, so he...

(1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

A mother and daughter, both dressed in "shocking pink", clash over men and money.

Paint drips and body fluids ooze in this "tell all" and "hide nothing" documentary about two San Francisco males.

He is Earth, Sky, and the Universe. He is Creation's creator.

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

There was plenty of fruit growing in Eden; mangos, pears, oranges...why did Eve have to pick that Apple!

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

He peels away layers of secrets to you for what you are, and he likes scars because they tell stories.

“I shall walk softly on the Earth but make the footprints deep”. A young man contemplates the inevitable passing of time, and the...

Offer a pagan god only simple flowers of spring and the sparkling diamonds and opals of morning dew strung on the threads of the spider... and fear...

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

A "birthday boy's" poetic yearnings on paper translate into a quest for perfection."

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

It is believed that Life originated in the Sea, and like the Ocean itself, human existance is thus subject to tides and surging currents of emotions...

Two souls, one aged, the other young, contemplate flowers, fairies and earthbound angels sent to tempt and tease.