Michael J. Epstein
Michael J. Epstein is a Los Angeles filmmaker known for social-satire-horror Clickbait (2019), 70s-Euro-vampire Blood of the Tribades (2016), psychotronic-sci-fi Magnetic (2015), and the avant-mystery Ten (2014). He often co-writes, co-directs, and co-produces with his wife, Sophia Cacciola, with their production company, Launch Over.
Hacking at Leaves
(Self)
The Once and Future Smash
(Repo Man)
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension)
Wake Not the Dead
(You Guys)
An LA Christmas Story
(Felix Finklestein)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers"))
The Devil's Tail
(Metal Guitarist)
Solvent
(Nazi)
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
(Bill)
Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality
(Himself)
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
(Himself)
Robot Dracula
(Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock)
Bloody Bridget
(Attacker)
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Bring Us Your Women
(King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba"))
Clickbait
(Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned"))
I Am an Addict
(The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania"))
A Taste of Phobia
(Elijah (segment "Somniphobia"))
Half-Cocked
(Hooligan)
Worthless
(Gary)
Leopard (Part I)
(Dave)
Leopard (Part II)
(Dave)
Idioms Origins Volume 1
(Store Clerk)
Grindsploitation
(Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith"))
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
(Party Band)
Hipster Ghost
(Michael)
What Metal Girls Are Into
(Metal Guitarist)
Swipe Right
(Bill)
Glossary of Broken Dreams
(DeForest Schbeibi)
The Blood Is the Life
(Self)
The Blood Is the Life
(music)
Planchette
(Killer)
2 Die For
(Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness"))
Ten
(Subject of painting)
Dept. of Reincarnation
(Urinator)
Sugar Off The Button
Philia
(Dave (segment: Mythophilia))
Pride
(Pentheus)
PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
For the Love of Metamorphosis
7 Sins
(Pentheus (segment: Pride))
The Shackling
(couch TV couple)
Bloodhound
(Renfield)
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
(Self)
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
(Self)
Uncut
(Self - Red Team Captain)
Weekend Vampire
(Goth band drummer)
Los Locos Manos
(Subject of Painting)
El Loco Ojo
(Number 6 / Subject of Painting)
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
(Alien Horde)
Fat
(Dinner party guest #1)
Magnetic
(Subject of painting (uncredited))
Los Locos Dientes
(Patients)
El Loco Nihilismo
(Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur)
Merde
(Inmate Harvey)
Happy Horror Days
(Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day))
Brides of Satan
(Dewdrop)
Dinogore
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
(Animated band member)
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
(Dirt Thief)
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
(Self)
In the Dark
The Big Steep
(Keeper of the kettle)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self)
Microbudget Marauders 3
(Self)
Sitting Duck
(Burglar)
Meat Friend
(Editor)
Meat Friend
(Sound)
Meat Friend
(Visual Effects)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(Director)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(Writer)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(Producer)
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
(Director)
Craving
(Camera Operator)
Craving
(Gaffer)
2 Die For
(Director of Photography)
Memento Mori
(Editor)
Memento Mori
(Sound Designer)
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
(Editor)
Blood of the Tribades
(Director of Photography)
Blood of the Tribades
(Executive Producer)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Director of Photography)
Hipster Ghost
(Writer)
Trashsploitation
(Director of Photography)
Reel Trouble
(Producer)
Reel Trouble
(Editor)
Reel Trouble
(Sound)
Magnetic
(Director)
Magnetic
(Writer)
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(Director)
Dirty D: Jelly
(Director)
Dirty D: Jelly
(Cinematography)
Dirty D: Jelly
(Editor)
Blood of the Tribades
(Director)
Blood of the Tribades
(Writer)
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(Writer)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Writer)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Producer)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Editor)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Sound)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Visual Effects)
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(Post Production Supervisor)
Bring Us Your Women
(Director)
A Hard Place
(Writer)
A Taste of Phobia
(Director)
Gay Jesus
(Sound Mixer)
Gay Jesus
(Camera Operator)
Dept. of Reincarnation
(Editor)
Dept. of Reincarnation
(Sound)
Dept. of Reincarnation
(Camera Operator)
The Streets Run Red
(Camera Operator)
Clickbait
(Director)
Ten
(Director)
Wake Not the Dead
(Boom Operator)
Wake Not the Dead
(Sound Mixer)
Kill Dolly Kill
(Additional Editing)
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
(Producer)
Slasher Fetish
(Cinematography)
Conspiracy X
(Director)
Fly Route on the Wall
(Director)
Blender Memories
(Director)
Dear Diary
(Director)
Aerospace Engineering
(Director)
Smash the Competition
(Director)
Open Wide
(Director)
Clickbait
(Writer)
Clickbait
(Original Music Composer)
Clickbait
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Clickbait
(Camera Operator)
Blood of the Tribades
(Original Music Composer)
Magnetic
(Original Music Composer)
Half-Cocked
(Producer)
Half-Cocked
(Assistant Director)
Half-Cocked
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Umbilicus Desidero
(Director)
60 Seconds to Die
(Director)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Director)
Manos Returns
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
I Am an Addict
(Director)
A Taste of Phobia
(Editor)
A Taste of Phobia
(Music)
A Taste of Phobia
(Sound)
A Taste of Phobia
(Writer)
Re-Home
(Boom Operator)
Re-Home
(Sound Recordist)
Re-Home
(Gaffer)
Conspiracy X
(Music)
Conspiracy X
(Cinematography)
Conspiracy X
(Editor)
Conspiracy X
(Sound)
Blood of the Tribades
(Producer)
Blood of the Tribades
(Editor)
Blood of the Tribades
(Sound)
Honky Holocaust
(Sound Editor)
The Ungovernable Force
(Sound Editor)
The Ungovernable Force
(Boom Operator)
The Ungovernable Force
(Sound Mixer)
The Ungovernable Force
(Assistant Camera)
The Ungovernable Force
(Camera Operator)
Innsmouth
(Boom Operator)
Innsmouth
(Sound Mixer)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Writer)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Cinematography)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Editor)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Sound)
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(Music)
Leopard (Part I)
(Editor)
Leopard (Part I)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Leopard (Part II)
(Editor)
Leopard (Part II)
(Sound)
Trashsploitation
(Director)
Trashsploitation
(Music)
Hipster Ghost
(Producer)
Hipster Ghost
(Music)
Hipster Ghost
(Editor)
Hipster Ghost
(Sound)
Hipster Ghost
(Visual Effects)
Glossary of Broken Dreams
(Camera Operator)
The Blood Is the Life
(Director of Photography)
The Blood Is the Life
(Director)
The Blood Is the Life
(Writer)
The Blood Is the Life
(Editor)
For a Good Time, Call...
(Boom Operator)
For a Good Time, Call...
(Sound Mixer)
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
(Sound)
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
(Sound)
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
(Camera Operator)
Planchette
(Music)
Planchette
(Cinematography)
Planchette
(Boom Operator)
Planchette
(Sound Recordist)
Ten
(Writer)
Ten
(Producer)
2 Die For
(Producer)
2 Die For
(Music)
Magnetic
(Producer)
Clickbait
(Producer)
The Blood Is the Life
(Producer)
Bring Us Your Women
(Producer)
Shiny Diamonds
(Producer)
The Obliteration of the Chickens
(Editor)
Eagle Rock
(Sound Mixer)
The Once and Future Smash
(Director)
The Once and Future Smash
(Producer)
The Once and Future Smash
(Writer)
Darling Pet Monkey
(Producer)
Pride
(Original Music Composer)
Pride
(Editor)
Pride
(Writer)
Pride
(Director)
Disco Graveyard
(Editor)
Consider the Titanic
(Editor)
Tea Time
(Camera Operator)
Tea Time
(Gaffer)
Darling Pet Monkey
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Darling Pet Monkey
(Sound Recordist)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Director)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Producer)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Writer)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Editor)
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(Sound)
7 Sins
(Director)
7 Sins
(Writer)
7 Sins
(Music)
7 Sins
(Editor)
Thirteen
(Cinematography)
The Dial Tone of Doom
(Director)
The Dial Tone of Doom
(Writer)
The Dial Tone of Doom
(Cinematography)
The Dial Tone of Doom
(Editor)
Bloodhound
(Writer)
Bloodhound
(Editor)
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
(Camera Operator)
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
(Sound)
Dyin' Ryan
(Sound)
Don't Fuck with Anne Margaret
(Assistant Camera)
Tales from the Grave
(Director)
Tales from the Grave
(Writer)
Tales from the Grave
(Cinematography)
Tales from the Grave
(Editor)