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
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 (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
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
Unknown
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
The Blood Is the Life
Self, music
Hipster Ghost
Michael
Glossary of Broken Dreams
DeForest Schbeibi
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
Party Band
Idioms Origins Volume 1
Store Clerk
What Metal Girls Are Into
Metal Guitarist
Planchette
Killer
Grindsploitation
Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
Swipe Right
Bill
2 Die For
Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
Ten
Subject of painting
Dept. of Reincarnation
Urinator
Sugar Off The Button
Unknown
Philia
Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
Pride
Pentheus
PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
Unknown
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Unknown
7 Sins
Pentheus (segment: Pride)
The Shackling
couch TV couple
Bloodhound
Renfield
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
Self
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
Self
Uncut
Self - Red Team Captain
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
Alien Horde
Fat
Dinner party guest #1
Los Locos Manos
Subject of Painting
El Loco Ojo
Number 6 / Subject of Painting
Weekend Vampire
Goth band drummer
Magnetic
Subject of painting (uncredited)
Los Locos Dientes
Patients
El Loco Nihilismo
Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
Brides of Satan
Dewdrop
Merde
Inmate Harvey
Dinogore
Unknown
Happy Horror Days
Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
Dirt Thief
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
Animated band member
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
Self
In the Dark
Unknown
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
OnlyFangs
Monster Hunter
Bite School 2
Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
Unknown
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck), Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)
Crew
Meat Friend
Editor, Sound, Visual Effects
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Producer, Director, Writer
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
Director
Craving
Camera Operator, Gaffer
2 Die For
Director of Photography, Producer, Music
Memento Mori
Editor, Sound Designer
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
Editor
Blood of the Tribades
Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Sound, Producer
Trashsploitation
Director of Photography, Director, Music
Hipster Ghost
Writer, Visual Effects, Sound, Editor, Producer, Music
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Sound
Reel Trouble
Sound, Editor, Producer
Magnetic
Writer, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
Director, Writer
Dirty D: Jelly
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Writer, Visual Effects, Sound, Producer, Editor, Post Production Supervisor
Bring Us Your Women
Director, Producer
A Hard Place
Writer
A Taste of Phobia
Director, Editor, Sound, Music, Writer
Gay Jesus
Sound Mixer, Camera Operator
Dept. of Reincarnation
Editor, Sound, Camera Operator
The Streets Run Red
Camera Operator
Clickbait
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Original Music Composer, Producer
Ten
Director, Writer, Producer
Wake Not the Dead
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Producer
Slasher Fetish
Cinematography
Conspiracy X
Director, Editor, Sound, Cinematography, Music
Fly Route on the Wall
Director
Smash the Competition
Director
Dear Diary
Director
Aerospace Engineering
Director
Open Wide
Director
Blender Memories
Director
Half-Cocked
Producer, Assistant Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
60 Seconds to Die
Director
Manos Returns
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Director, Writer, Sound, Editor, Cinematography, Music
Umbilicus Desidero
Director
I Am an Addict
Director
Honky Holocaust
Sound Editor
Re-Home
Gaffer, Boom Operator, Sound Recordist
The Ungovernable Force
Assistant Camera, Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Camera Operator
Innsmouth
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Planchette
Sound Recordist, Music, Cinematography, Boom Operator
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
Sound, Camera Operator
Leopard (Part II)
Sound, Editor
Leopard (Part I)
Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Blood Is the Life
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
For a Good Time, Call...
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Camera Operator
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
Sound
Shiny Diamonds
Producer
The Obliteration of the Chickens
Editor
Eagle Rock
Sound Mixer
The Once and Future Smash
Writer, Producer, Director
Pride
Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer, Director
Darling Pet Monkey
Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Recordist
Disco Graveyard
Editor
Consider the Titanic
Editor
Tea Time
Gaffer, Camera Operator
7 Sins
Director, Editor, Music, Writer
Thirteen
Cinematography
The Dial Tone of Doom
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Bloodhound
Writer, Editor
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Sound, Camera Operator
Dyin' Ryan
Sound
Don't F**k with Anne Margaret
Assistant Camera
Kill Dolly Kill
Editor
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
Sound
Bite School 2
Editor, Writer
Hag
Thanks
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Gaffer
The Mystery of Emma Thorn
First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician
Day of the Dad
Second Assistant Camera, Editor, Co-Producer