Among my small but beloved collection of books is Desperate Visions: The Journal of Alternative Cinema. Volume one Camp America covers John Waters and George and Mike Kuchar. I had bought the book for John Waters who I was utterly obsessed with at the time. I have probably had this book on my shelf for twenty years! Since reading it many moons ago it has been my intention to check out the films of the Kuchars! Why am I only getting to it now? I have no answer for that. Thus far I have only seen Sins of the Fleshapoids which I followed up with a documentary about the Kuchars called It Came from Kuchar; a seriously entertaining look at the brothers. I absolutely can not wait to check out more of their short films!

Mike Kuchar’s 8mm, 40ish minute long film is simple and made on the cheap with no dialog. The film is narrated by Bob Cowan accompanied by some quirky, melodramatic music and dialog bubbles to convey conversation. Sins of the Fleshapoids is a film that I feel I can not really justify with my words so I am letting its images speak for themselves. This photo review is more or less spoiler free; so if you want to know how it all turns out you will have to watch it…and I highly recommend you do!

Fleshapoids are man-created robots made up of an entanglement of wires and circuits with shells that resemble human flesh; hence the name Fleshapoids. The Fleshapoids have been in existence for 20,000 years and lived through a nuclear war that killed just about everything on earth. The humans that now inhabit the earth have become children of nature and do nothing to further their intellect indulging only on the fruits of the earth and are tended to by the Fleshapoids. Some of the Fleshapoids however were left in the wild to fend for themselves too long and developed senses. Some of these Fleshapoids no longer wish to do their human master’s bidding…



Indulging.



Ernie is enjoying an ice-cream cone…



…while his lover Princess Vivianna admires her beauty and her glitter-laden hair!



Xar is a Fleshapoid who yearns to be free of his master.



His master is dead!



Playing music for the lovers.



Princess Vivianna plays with her lover on the upper floor of the castle as her husband Prince Gianbeno awaits her arrival to dinner.



“I must join my husband for dinner.”



“Gianbeno my beloved!”



“Vivianna my beloved!”



Meanwhile…after killing his master Xar has come to the Castle of the Prince to fetch his Fleshapoid love Malenka.



“Let us now make love!”



Prince Gianbeno asks Vivianna about her missing necklace and insists on going upstairs to retrieve it for her. Oh NO!



Vivianna rushes up ahead of Gianbeno desperate to hide her lover and pushes Gianbeno down the staircase.



Ernie and Vivianna attempt to escape but when her jewels fall to the floor Ernie insists they stop to collect them.



“Who do you love? Me or my jewels?”



Meanwhile Xar and Malenka make love and are caught in a tender embrace by the Prince.



Fleshapoids can not love!



The castle is alight with Fleshapoid love!



The End.

Dungeon Rating: 5/5

Directed By: Mike Kuchar

Starring: Bob Cowan, George Kuchar, Donna Kerness, Maren Thomas, Gina Zuckerman, Julius Middleman

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