J.G. Thirlwell Movies

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David...

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

A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring...

Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts....

Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent...

A live recording of Foetus' November 1990 performance in Manhattan's CBGB nightclub. It was released on VHS originally, and later onto DVD. It was...

In this supernatural suspense film, Karen Fisher and Paul Henderson, a young American couple, travel to Chiapas, Mexico on holiday. While there they...

At the end of the Reagan years, rocker and confrontational performance artist Lydia Lunch launches a broadside. From a formal podium, she attacks the...

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.

A full-length feature documentary produced in 2006 which serves as a companion piece to and is included on the DVD of the 2004 film KILL YOUR IDOLS.

Presented in a “5-D” cinematic environment utilizing a contemporary form of Pepper’s ghost—a 19th-century phantasmagoric...

A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She...

Rema-Rema were a short-lived and resounding shooting star in the London post-punk scene of the late 1970s. But, how can you make a documentary about...

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test...

‘Sonder’ was written, directed and scored by JG Thirlwell. Photographed by Sebastian Mlynarski. Filmed in New York City. Commissioned by...