George Kuchar Movies

  • 2008
    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

    02008HD

    Made at the San Francisco Art Institute with my students, this tuneful picture transports the viewer to the planet Mars as three attractive teens...

    Orphans of the Cosmos
  • 2008
    X MASS

    X MASS

    X MASS

    02008HD

    A California winter turns the left coast into a brew of foaming festivities while landlubbers leap for joy in the spray of salty slurpings.

    X MASS
  • 1963
    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    01963HD

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

    Confessions of Babette
  • 1985
    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    01985HD

    Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along. Scenes were...

    Motel Capri
  • 1984
    Club Vatican

    Club Vatican

    Club Vatican

    01984HD

    Kuchar’s childhood was heavily shaped by Catholic sexual repression and guilt. Movies acted as an escape from day-to-day life, a parallel...

    Club Vatican
  • 1979
    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

    01979HD

    Experimental short

    The Power of the Press
  • 1990
    The Warming of the Hell House

    The Warming of the Hell House

    The Warming of the Hell House

    01990HD

    A trip across the bay to Concord yields a harvest of non-fruit-like beings who celebrate a housewarming that simmers with macho machinations and...

    The Warming of the Hell House
  • 2003
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Burnout

    02003HD

    A metropolis awash in electrical overdrive crashes in the heat of summer and sends a Bronxite into the clutches of a waterworld further north. It is...

    Burnout
  • 1991
    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    01991HD

    The colors of fall are muted by the fog of a lingering summer and the memory of that which is dark and naked among the dappled crimson.

    Indian Summer
  • 2008
    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    02008HD

    This is the final part of a trilogy about the tribulations of Sherri Frankenstein (at least I think it's the last of these atrocities). Made with my...

    The Crypt of Frankenstein
  • 1985
    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

    41985HD

    George Kuchar received his only funding grant for this film ($20,000 from the NEA), and so, freed from the usual financial restraints, he was...

    Ascension of the Demonoids
  • 2010
    Eat My Makeup!

    Eat My Makeup!

    Eat My Makeup!

    02010HD

    With George Kuchar, Marie Losier, Jason Livingston, Paul Shepard. Five winsome damsels picnic on the roof of a warehouse in charming Long Island...

    Eat My Makeup!
  • 1987
    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    01987HD

    Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The...

    Cult of the Cubicles
  • 1978
    Prescrition in Blue

    Prescrition in Blue

    Prescrition in Blue

    01978HD

    Kuchar short.

    Prescrition in Blue
  • 2003
    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    102003HD

    Performed by my graduate students at the San Francisco Art Institute, this one act play that I had written gets the best production values that $500...

    Kiss of Frankenstein
  • 2008
    Seaside Show

    Seaside Show

    Seaside Show

    102008HD

    Waves crash on rocks as tongues flap in the wind about all things cinematic. People chirp and chew in various states of dress and undress as the...

    Seaside Show
  • 1986
    The Last Hello

    The Last Hello

    The Last Hello

    01986HD

    A friend visits from Canada and we relive the past as the future becomes more and more obscured by a cloud of burning vegetation wrapped in cigarette...

    The Last Hello
  • 2006
    I, of the Cyclops

    I, of the Cyclops

    I, of the Cyclops

    02006HD

    A poem is read and emotions are unleashed. A book is signed and pets pampered as this tour of talented talkers weaves its way through Provincetown...

    I, of the Cyclops
  • 2009
    Jamboree Journey

    Jamboree Journey

    Jamboree Journey

    02009HD

    In this wide-screen travelogue the viewer shares in the excitement of a Texas film festival, the cuisine of the not so rich and famous, and the...

    Jamboree Journey
  • 2010
    Delectable Destinations

    Delectable Destinations

    Delectable Destinations

    02010HD

    This time, the call of the west sends Kuchar packing to Oregon, California and Arizona. You too can experience the dizzy delights of a whirlwind tour...

    Delectable Destinations