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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.

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Directing

2014

[ ] Ten (Director)

2015

[ ] Magnetic (Director)
[ ] Bring Us Your Women (Director)
[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Director)

2016

[ ] Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels (Director)
[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Director)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Director)

2017

[ ] 60 Seconds to Die (Director)

2018

[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Director)
[ ] Conspiracy X (Director)
[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Director)
[ ] Trashsploitation (Director)

2019

[ ] Dirty D: Jelly (Director)
[ ] Clickbait (Director)
[ ] Half-Cocked (Assistant Director)
[ ] Umbilicus Desidero (Director)
[ ] I Am an Addict (Director)
[ ] The Dial Tone of Doom (Director)

2020

[ ] Pride (Director)
[ ] 7 Sins (Director)

2021

[ ] The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (Director)
[ ] I Thought His Name Was Blarche (Director)

2022

[ ] The Once and Future Smash (Director)

2024

[ ] Blender Memories (Director)
[ ] Dear Diary (Director)
[ ] Aerospace Engineering (Director)
[ ] Fly Route on the Wall (Director)
[ ] Smash the Competition (Director)
[ ] Open Wide (Director)

Sound

2014

[ ] Honky Holocaust (Sound Editor)

2015

[ ] Gay Jesus (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Magnetic (Original Music Composer)
[ ] The Ungovernable Force (Sound Editor)
[ ] Innsmouth (Boom Operator)
[ ] The Ungovernable Force (Boom Operator)
[ ] The Ungovernable Force (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Innsmouth (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Planchette (Music)
[ ] Planchette (Sound Recordist)
[ ] Planchette (Boom Operator)
[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Sound)

2016

[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Sound)
[ ] Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead (Sound)

2017

[ ] Hipster Ghost (Sound)
[ ] The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics (Sound)
[ ] Hipster Ghost (Music)
[ ] For a Good Time, Call... (Boom Operator)
[ ] For a Good Time, Call... (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Dyin' Ryan (Sound)

2018

[ ] Dept. of Reincarnation (Sound)
[ ] Manos Returns (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Sound)
[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Music)
[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Sound)
[ ] Conspiracy X (Music)
[ ] Conspiracy X (Sound)
[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Music)
[ ] Leopard (Part II) (Sound)
[ ] Leopard (Part I) (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] Trashsploitation (Music)
[ ] 2 Die For (Music)

2019

[ ] Clickbait (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Clickbait (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] Half-Cocked (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] Re-Home (Sound Recordist)
[ ] Re-Home (Boom Operator)
[ ] Eagle Rock (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s (Sound)

2020

[ ] Pride (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Darling Pet Monkey (Sound Recordist)
[ ] Darling Pet Monkey (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] 7 Sins (Music)

2022

[ ] Meat Friend (Sound)
[ ] Memento Mori (Sound Designer)
[ ] Reel Trouble (Sound)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Sound)

2025

[ ] Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
[ ] Return to Dark City (Sound)

????

[ ] Wake Not the Dead (Boom Operator)
[ ] Wake Not the Dead (Sound Mixer)
[ ] I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes (Sound Mixer)
[ ] I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes (Boom Operator)

Visual Effects

2017

[ ] Hipster Ghost (Visual Effects)

2022

[ ] Meat Friend (Visual Effects)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Visual Effects)

Editing

2015

[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Editor)

2016

[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Editor)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Editor)

2017

[ ] Hipster Ghost (Editor)

2018

[ ] Dept. of Reincarnation (Editor)
[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Editor)
[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Editor)
[ ] Conspiracy X (Editor)
[ ] Leopard (Part I) (Editor)
[ ] Leopard (Part II) (Editor)

2019

[ ] Dirty D: Jelly (Editor)
[ ] The Obliteration of the Chickens (Editor)
[ ] The Dial Tone of Doom (Editor)

2020

[ ] Pride (Editor)
[ ] Disco Graveyard (Editor)
[ ] Consider the Titanic (Editor)
[ ] 7 Sins (Editor)
[ ] Bloodhound (Editor)

2022

[ ] Meat Friend (Editor)
[ ] Memento Mori (Editor)
[ ] 13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror (Editor)
[ ] Reel Trouble (Editor)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Editor)
[ ] Kill Dolly Kill (Editor)

2024

[ ] American Terror Tales 3 (Editor)

2025

[ ] Bite School 2 (Editor)
[ ] Day of the Dad (Editor)

Writing

2014

[ ] Ten (Writer)

2015

[ ] Magnetic (Writer)
[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Writer)

2016

[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Writer)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Writer)

2017

[ ] Hipster Ghost (Writer)

2018

[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Writer)
[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Writer)

2019

[ ] Clickbait (Writer)
[ ] The Dial Tone of Doom (Writer)

2020

[ ] Pride (Writer)
[ ] 7 Sins (Writer)
[ ] Bloodhound (Writer)

2021

[ ] The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (Writer)
[ ] I Thought His Name Was Blarche (Writer)

2022

[ ] The Once and Future Smash (Writer)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Writer)

2024

[ ] American Terror Tales 3 (Writer)

2025

[ ] A Hard Place (Writer)
[ ] Bite School 2 (Writer)

Production

2014

[ ] Ten (Producer)

2015

[ ] Magnetic (Producer)
[ ] Bring Us Your Women (Producer)
[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Producer)

2016

[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Executive Producer)
[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Producer)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Producer)

2017

[ ] Hipster Ghost (Producer)

2018

[ ] 2 Die For (Producer)

2019

[ ] Half-Cocked (Producer)
[ ] Clickbait (Producer)

2020

[ ] Shiny Diamonds (Producer)
[ ] Darling Pet Monkey (Producer)

2021

[ ] The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (Producer)

2022

[ ] Reel Trouble (Producer)
[ ] The Once and Future Smash (Producer)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Producer)

2024

[ ] Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong (Producer)

2025

[ ] Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other (Producer)
[ ] Day of the Dad (Co-Producer)

Lighting

2019

[ ] Re-Home (Gaffer)

2020

[ ] Tea Time (Gaffer)

2023

[ ] Craving (Gaffer)

2025

[ ] Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other (Gaffer)

????

[ ] I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes (Gaffer)

Camera

2015

[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (Director of Photography)
[ ] Gay Jesus (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Ungovernable Force (Assistant Camera)
[ ] The Ungovernable Force (Camera Operator)

2016

[ ] Blood of the Tribades (Director of Photography)
[ ] Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Director of Photography)

2017

[ ] The Streets Run Red (Camera Operator)

2018

[ ] 2 Die For (Director of Photography)
[ ] Trashsploitation (Director of Photography)
[ ] Dept. of Reincarnation (Camera Operator)
[ ] Glossary of Broken Dreams (Camera Operator)

2019

[ ] Clickbait (Camera Operator)
[ ] Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s (Camera Operator)

2020

[ ] Tea Time (Camera Operator)

2023

[ ] Craving (Camera Operator)
[ ] Don't F**k with Anne Margaret (Assistant Camera)

2024

[ ] American Terror Tales 3 (Director of Photography)

2025

[ ] Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Mystery of Emma Thorn (First Assistant Camera)
[ ] The Mystery of Emma Thorn (Digital Imaging Technician)
[ ] Day of the Dad (Second Assistant Camera)

Crew

2015

[ ] Planchette (Cinematography)

2016

[ ] Thirteen (Cinematography)

2018

[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (Cinematography)
[ ] Conspiracy X (Cinematography)

2019

[ ] Dirty D: Jelly (Cinematography)
[ ] The Dial Tone of Doom (Cinematography)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Post Production Supervisor)

2024

[ ] Slasher Fetish (Cinematography)

2025

[ ] Fatal Desires (Thanks)

????

[ ] Hag (Thanks)

Actor

2005

[ ] Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth (Alien Horde)

2012

[ ] Los Locos Manos (Subject of Painting)
[ ] Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature (Dirt Thief)

2013

[ ] Fat (Dinner party guest #1)
[ ] El Loco Ojo (Number 6 / Subject of Painting)
[ ] The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee (Animated band member)

2014

[ ] Ten (Subject of painting)
[ ] A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN (Self)
[ ] Uncut (Self - Red Team Captain)

2015

[ ] Bring Us Your Women (King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba"))
[ ] Planchette (Killer)
[ ] For the Love of Metamorphosis (????)
[ ] Magnetic (Subject of painting (uncredited))
[ ] Los Locos Dientes (Patients)

2016

[ ] Idioms Origins Volume 1 (Store Clerk)
[ ] Grindsploitation (Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith"))
[ ] Chainsaw Maidens from Hell (Party Band)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (Self)
[ ] The Blood Is the Life (music)
[ ] PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL (????)
[ ] Weekend Vampire (Goth band drummer)
[ ] El Loco Nihilismo (Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur)
[ ] Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic (Self)

2017

[ ] Swipe Right (Bill)
[ ] Hipster Ghost (Michael)
[ ] What Metal Girls Are Into (Metal Guitarist)

2018

[ ] 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned"))
[ ] A Taste of Phobia (Elijah (segment "Somniphobia"))
[ ] Leopard (Part I) (Dave)
[ ] Leopard (Part II) (Dave)
[ ] 2 Die For (Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness"))
[ ] Glossary of Broken Dreams (DeForest Schbeibi)
[ ] Dept. of Reincarnation (Urinator)
[ ] The Shackling (couch TV couple)
[ ] Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red (Self)

2019

[ ] Clickbait (Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump)
[ ] I Am an Addict (The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania"))
[ ] Half-Cocked (Hooligan)
[ ] Sugar Off The Button (????)
[ ] Merde (Inmate Harvey)

2020

[ ] Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution (Himself)
[ ] Pride (Pentheus)
[ ] 7 Sins (Pentheus (segment: Pride))
[ ] Bloodhound (Renfield)
[ ] Dinogore (????)
[ ] Brides of Satan (Dewdrop)
[ ] Happy Horror Days (Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day))

2021

[ ] I Thought His Name Was Blarche (Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension)
[ ] The Devil's Tail (Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into'))
[ ] Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality (Himself)
[ ] Philia (Dave (segment: Mythophilia))
[ ] 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)

2022

[ ] The Once and Future Smash (Repo Man)
[ ] Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter (Bill)
[ ] In the Dark (????)

2023

[ ] Fat Fleshy Fingers (Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers"))
[ ] Bloody Bridget (Attacker)

2024

[ ] Hacking at Leaves (Self)
[ ] Solvent (Nazi)
[ ] Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong (????)
[ ] The Pillow Fright Halloween Special (????)
[ ] Mother Goose's Scary Tales (Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck))
[ ] Mother Goose's Scary Tales (Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked))

2025

[ ] OnlyFangs (Monster Hunter)
[ ] Bite School 2 (Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert)

????

[ ] Wake Not the Dead (You Guys)
[ ] An LA Christmas Story (Felix Finklestein)
[ ] Robot Dracula (Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock)
[ ] Worthless (Gary)
[ ] Padre Morte (Iron Spine)
[ ] Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers! (V)