Mike Kuchar Movies

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...

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

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

"...will somebody lend him their sins, because his old worn out ones have become tiresome."

Return to the House of Pain documents my walking through the turf and sludge of the Big Apple and many worm holes... I chomp my way back west and...

A vain, self centered mother competes with her daughter in the world of carnivorous men and sleazy movies.

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

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

Things "go bump in broad daylight" as archetypical characters romp about in a sunny forest...doll like things and beast men.

"...Talking to Oneself in the mirror when down in the 'mental dumps.'"

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

Two city dwellers in a relationship grown "tired," are near a deep forest where one hears the lure of Pan's Pipe calling.

A topsy-turvy romp.

A lady alone amid the flowers of a garden becomes the target of mischievous elements therein.

A kaleidoscopic concoction done with improvising actors.

[A] cautionary tale about past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of madness. - Anthology Film Archives

"...Deep in the garden of the Artist's heart, ghosts of bygone worlds arise on gothic wings, calling forth delicious languors."

Dialogue taken from the Bible is put in the mouths of three souls in a modern apartment, who must deal with a "fall from grace."

A trip to Boston to visit a local filmmaker in his studio is followed by a journey to the cinematic facilities of SUNY College in Purchase, NY, and...