Richard Kern Movies

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

Tumble demonstrates Richard Kern’s departure from narrative filmmaking in the early nineties. He was clearly more interested now in...

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

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

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

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

A man takes several women home for his own gratification, with mixed results. First part made in 1987, second part made in 1990 with a more...

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...

Experimental short film starring Lung Leg and a worm.

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

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

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

Sonic Youth performs in the music video "Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove)" from the album "Goo" recorded for Geffen Records. An instrumental by Sonic Youth...

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...

Clean is an experimental short film by NY filmmaker Richard Kern.

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

The apparent strangeness of two sisters becomes easily understood as they wreak appropriate revenge on one of their abusive husbands, by tying him up...

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

Collection of live spoken word performances by Lydia Lunch.

The aftermath of an experience with Heroin causes a man to destroy anything within his path.