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.

Cast

Hacking at Leaves

The Once and Future Smash

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension

Wake Not the Dead

An LA Christmas Story

Felix Finklestein

Fat Fleshy Fingers

Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")

The Devil's Tail

Metal Guitarist

Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

Bring Us Your Women

King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")

Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")

The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")

A Taste of Phobia

Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

Leopard (Part I)

Leopard (Part II)

Idioms Origins Volume 1

Grindsploitation

Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell

What Metal Girls Are Into

Metal Guitarist

Glossary of Broken Dreams

DeForest Schbeibi

The Blood Is the Life

Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")

Subject of painting

Dept. of Reincarnation

Sugar Off The Button

Dave (segment: Mythophilia)

PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL

For the Love of Metamorphosis

Pentheus (segment: Pride)

couch TV couple

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN

Self - Red Team Captain

Weekend Vampire

Goth band drummer

Los Locos Manos

Subject of Painting

Number 6 / Subject of Painting

Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth

Dinner party guest #1

Subject of painting (uncredited)

Los Locos Dientes

El Loco Nihilismo

Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur

Happy Horror Days

Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)

Brides of Satan

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee

Animated band member

Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature

Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic

Keeper of the kettle

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self

Microbudget Marauders 3

Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert

The Pillow Fright Halloween Special

Mother Goose's Scary Tales

Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck), Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)

Crew

Editor, Sound, Visual Effects

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

Director, Writer, Producer

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels

Camera Operator, Gaffer

Director of Photography, Producer, Music

Editor, Sound Designer

13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror

Blood of the Tribades

Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer, Editor, Sound

For the Love of Metamorphosis

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Sound

Writer, Producer, Music, Editor, Sound, Visual Effects

Trashsploitation

Director of Photography, Director, Music

Producer, Editor, Sound

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

Director, Writer

Director, Cinematography, Editor

Fat Fleshy Fingers

Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Visual Effects, Post Production Supervisor

Bring Us Your Women

Director, Producer

A Taste of Phobia

Director, Editor, Music, Sound, Writer

Sound Mixer, Camera Operator

Dept. of Reincarnation

Editor, Sound, Camera Operator

The Streets Run Red

Camera Operator

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Producer

Director, Writer, Producer

Wake Not the Dead

Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

Director, Music, Cinematography, Editor, Sound

Fly Route on the Wall

Blender Memories

Aerospace Engineering

Smash the Competition

Producer, Assistant Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Umbilicus Desidero

60 Seconds to Die

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound, Music

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Boom Operator, Sound Recordist, Gaffer

Honky Holocaust

The Ungovernable Force

Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Assistant Camera, Camera Operator

Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

Leopard (Part I)

Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Leopard (Part II)

Glossary of Broken Dreams

Camera Operator

The Blood Is the Life

Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

For a Good Time, Call...

Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

Sound, Camera Operator

Music, Cinematography, Boom Operator, Sound Recordist

The Obliteration of the Chickens

The Once and Future Smash

Director, Producer, Writer

Darling Pet Monkey

Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Recordist

Original Music Composer, Editor, Writer, Director

Disco Graveyard

Consider the Titanic

Camera Operator, Gaffer

Director, Writer, Music, Editor

The Dial Tone of Doom

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s

Camera Operator, Sound

Don't F**k with Anne Margaret

Assistant Camera

Kill Dolly Kill

American Terror Tales 3

Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Gaffer

Return to Dark City

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Gaffer

The Mystery of Emma Thorn

First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician

Second Assistant Camera, Editor, Co-Producer