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Michael J. Epstein

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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.

Known For 20

Clickbait

Clickbait

2019 · Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump

Clickbait

Clickbait

2019 · Director

Craving

Craving

2023 · Camera Operator

The Devil's Tail

The Devil's Tail

2021 · Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')

Fat

Fat

2013 · Dinner party guest #1

Solvent

Solvent

2024 · Nazi

Ten

Ten

2014 · Subject of painting

Ten

Ten

2014 · Director

Glossary of Broken Dreams

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018 · DeForest Schbeibi

Glossary of Broken Dreams

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018 · Camera Operator

Brides of Satan

Brides of Satan

2020 · Dewdrop

Blood of the Tribades

Blood of the Tribades

2016 · Director of Photography

Honky Holocaust

Honky Holocaust

2014 · Sound Editor

Grindsploitation

Grindsploitation

2016 · Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")

Manos Returns

Manos Returns

2018 · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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

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

2019 · Sound

A Taste of Phobia

A Taste of Phobia

2018 · Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

A Taste of Phobia

A Taste of Phobia

2018 · Director

Magnetic

Magnetic

2015 · Subject of painting (uncredited)

Magnetic

Magnetic

2015 · Writer

Directing 22

Smash the Competition

Smash the Competition

2024 · Director

Dear Diary

Dear Diary

2024 · Director

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

2024 · Director

Open Wide

Open Wide

2024 · Director

Blender Memories

Blender Memories

2024 · Director

The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis

The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis

2023 · Director

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021 · Director

7 Sins

7 Sins

2020 · Director

Dirty D: Jelly

2019 · Director

Clickbait

Clickbait

2019 · Director

Umbilicus Desidero

Umbilicus Desidero

2019 · Director

I Am an Addict

I Am an Addict

2019 · Director

The Dial Tone of Doom

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019 · Director

A Taste of Phobia

A Taste of Phobia

2018 · Director

Conspiracy X

Conspiracy X

2018 · Director

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018 · Director

60 Seconds to Die

60 Seconds to Die

2017 · Director

Tales from the Grave

Tales from the Grave

2017 · Director

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels

2016 · Director

The Blood Is the Life

The Blood Is the Life

2016 · Director

Bring Us Your Women

Bring Us Your Women

2015 · Director

Ten

Ten

2014 · Director

Sound 16

Return to Dark City

Return to Dark City

2025 · Sound

Reel Trouble

Reel Trouble

2022 · Sound

Eagle Rock

Eagle Rock

2019 · Sound Mixer

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

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

2019 · Sound

Manos Returns

Manos Returns

2018 · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Leopard (Part II)

Leopard (Part II)

2018 · Sound

For a Good Time, Call...

For a Good Time, Call...

2017 · Sound Mixer

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

2017 · Sound

Dyin' Ryan

2017 · Sound

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

2016 · Sound

Gay Jesus

Gay Jesus

2015 · Sound Mixer

Innsmouth

Innsmouth

2015 · Sound Mixer

Planchette

Planchette

2015 · Sound Recordist

Honky Holocaust

Honky Holocaust

2014 · Sound Editor

Wake Not the Dead

Wake Not the Dead

· Sound Mixer

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

· Sound Mixer

Camera 12

The Mystery of Emma Thorn

The Mystery of Emma Thorn

2025 · First Assistant Camera

Day of the Dad

Day of the Dad

2025 · Second Assistant Camera

American Terror Tales 3

American Terror Tales 3

2024 · Director of Photography

Craving

Craving

2023 · Camera Operator

Don't F**k with Anne Margaret

Don't F**k with Anne Margaret

2023 · Assistant Camera

2 Die For

2 Die For

2018 · Director of Photography

Trashsploitation

Trashsploitation

2018 · Director of Photography

Glossary of Broken Dreams

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018 · Camera Operator

The Streets Run Red

The Streets Run Red

2017 · Camera Operator

Blood of the Tribades

Blood of the Tribades

2016 · Director of Photography

For the Love of Metamorphosis

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015 · Director of Photography

The Ungovernable Force

The Ungovernable Force

2015 · Assistant Camera

Editing 10

Bite School 2

Bite School 2

2025 · Editor

Kill Dolly Kill

Kill Dolly Kill

2023 · Editor

Meat Friend

Meat Friend

2022 · Editor

Memento Mori

Memento Mori

2022 · Editor

13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror

13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror

2022 · Editor

Pride

Pride

2020 · Editor

Disco Graveyard

Disco Graveyard

2020 · Editor

The Obliteration of the Chickens

The Obliteration of the Chickens

2019 · Editor

Dept. of Reincarnation

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018 · Editor

Leopard (Part I)

Leopard (Part I)

2018 · Editor

Writing 9

Robot Dracula

Robot Dracula

2026 · Writer

Backwoods Blood Feud

Backwoods Blood Feud

2026 · Writer

A Hard Place

A Hard Place

2025 · Writer

Fat Fleshy Fingers

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023 · Writer

The Once and Future Smash

The Once and Future Smash

2022 · Writer

Bloodhound

Bloodhound

2020 · Writer

Hipster Ghost

Hipster Ghost

2017 · Writer

Magnetic

Magnetic

2015 · Writer

Final Transmissions

Final Transmissions

· Writer

Production 6

Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

2025 · Producer

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

2024 · Producer

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021 · Producer

Shiny Diamonds

Shiny Diamonds

2020 · Producer

Darling Pet Monkey

Darling Pet Monkey

2020 · Producer

Half-Cocked

Half-Cocked

2019 · Producer

Acting 48

Robot Dracula

Robot Dracula

2026 · Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock

OnlyFangs

OnlyFangs

2025 · Monster Hunter

Bite School 2

Bite School 2

2025 · Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert

Spandexorcist

Spandexorcist

2025 · Rick Rockwell

Hacking at Leaves

Hacking at Leaves

2024 · Self

Solvent

Solvent

2024 · Nazi

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

2024 · Michael J. Epstein

The Pillow Fright Halloween Special

The Pillow Fright Halloween Special

2024

Mother Goose's Scary Tales

Mother Goose's Scary Tales

2024 · Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck)

Fat Fleshy Fingers

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023 · Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")

Bloody Bridget

Bloody Bridget

2023 · Attacker

The Once and Future Smash

The Once and Future Smash

2022 · Repo Man

Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter

Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter

2022 · Bill

In the Dark

In the Dark

2022

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021 · Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension

The Devil's Tail

The Devil's Tail

2021 · Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

2021 · Himself

Philia

Philia

2021 · Dave (segment: Mythophilia)

The Big Steep

2021 · Keeper of the kettle

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021 · Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self

Microbudget Marauders 3

Microbudget Marauders 3

2021 · Self

Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck

2021 · Burglar

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

2020 · Himself

Pride

Pride

2020 · Pentheus

7 Sins

7 Sins

2020 · Pentheus (segment: Pride)

Bloodhound

Bloodhound

2020 · Renfield

Brides of Satan

Brides of Satan

2020 · Dewdrop

Dinogore

Dinogore

2020

Happy Horror Days

Happy Horror Days

2020 · Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)

Clickbait

Clickbait

2019 · Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump

I Am an Addict

I Am an Addict

2019 · The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")

Half-Cocked

Half-Cocked

2019 · Hooligan

Sugar Off The Button

Sugar Off The Button

2019

Merde

2019 · Inmate Harvey

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018 · safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")

A Taste of Phobia

A Taste of Phobia

2018 · Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

Leopard (Part I)

Leopard (Part I)

2018 · Dave

Leopard (Part II)

Leopard (Part II)

2018 · Dave

Glossary of Broken Dreams

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018 · DeForest Schbeibi

2 Die For

2 Die For

2018 · Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")

Dept. of Reincarnation

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018 · Urinator

The Shackling

2018 · couch TV couple

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

2018 · Self

Hipster Ghost

Hipster Ghost

2017 · Michael

What Metal Girls Are Into

What Metal Girls Are Into

2017 · Metal Guitarist

Swipe Right

Swipe Right

2017 · Bill

The Blood Is the Life

The Blood Is the Life

2016 · Self

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell

2016 · Party Band