Richard Kern Movies

Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director...

Experimental short film starring Lung Leg and a worm.

Short movie by New York photographer and cinematographer Richard Kern.

Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.

Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

“I Hate You Now” is about when you’re in a relationship, and the person you’re in a relationship with starts doing everything...

Haxan Films-produced documentary on Richard Kern's work around 1997. Footage from his photo sessions, interviews with Kern and his models, etc....

Death Valley '69 was the first music video by Sonic Youth. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment...

Experimental film consisting of images of young women handling automatic handguns and rifles.

Zedd plays dual roles in this short-film as a street-wandering guy and a suicidal female.

Lost sequel to Zombie Hunter by Richard Kern.

Reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor avant-garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion...

A video full of swastikas, human skulls on American flag backdrops, girls frenching on department store mannequins and burning themselves with...

Director Richard Kern and model Susan McNamara engage in a chaotic fast-cut blend of fantasy and reality. A satire of some of Kern's own early work.

Shots of walking down 42nd Street showing storefronts including everything from Texas Fried Chicken to 25¢ porn arcades.

Zombie Hunger is an experimental short film depicting a group of people shooting up and then vomiting.

A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart.

Pierce is a documentary showing Richard Kern's girlfriend having her nipples pierced.

Nazi is a short film by underground film-maker and photographer Richard Kern, featuring Annabelle Lee. This movie came from his Death Trip collection.

Face to Panty Ratio is a 3 minute short film by New York based photographer and cult director Richard Kern featuring close ups of girls’ faces...