Directing
Michael J. Epstein
Biography
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
Filmography
152 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Final Transmissions
2026 · Movie
Alien · Writer · Producer · Editor · Sound Mixer · Director · Sound Recordist
Hag
2026 · Movie
Thanks
Robot Dracula
2026 · Movie
Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock · Writer · Editor
We're Not Them
2026 · Movie
Gaffer · Sound Recordist
Backwoods Blood Feud
2025 · Movie
Writer
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
2025 · Movie
Producer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Camera Operator · Gaffer
Bite School 2
2025 · Movie
Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert · Editor · Writer
Chainsaw Symphony
2025 · Movie
Sound
Cringe
2025 · Movie
Boom Operator · Sound Mixer
Day of the Dad
2025 · Movie
Second Assistant Camera · Editor · Co-Producer
Den of Vampires
2025 · Movie
Sound
Fatal Desires
2025 · Movie
Thanks
Giving Up the Ghost
2025 · Movie
Sound
OnlyFangs
2025 · Movie
Monster Hunter
Return to Dark City
2025 · Movie
Sound
Spandexorcist
2025 · Movie
Rick Rockwell
The Lost Leatherface
2025 · Movie
Sound
The Mystery of Emma Thorn
2025 · Movie
First Assistant Camera · Digital Imaging Technician
Tragic Tones: The Music of Hider in the House
2025 · Movie
Sound
Aerospace Engineering
2024 · Movie
Director
American Terror Tales 3
2024 · Movie
Director of Photography · Editor · Writer
Blender Memories
2024 · Movie
Director
Dear Diary
2024 · Movie
Director
Hacking at Leaves
2024 · Movie
Self
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
2024 · Movie
Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck) · Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)
Open Wide
2024 · Movie
Director
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
2024 · Movie
Michael J. Epstein · Producer
Slasher Fetish
2024 · Movie
Cinematography
Smash the Competition
2024 · Movie
Director
Solvent
2024 · Movie
Nazi
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
2024 · Movie
Cast
The Song I'm Singing Tomorrow
2024 · Movie
Sound Mixer
Bad Day on Fountain
2023 · Movie
Co-Producer
Barfuss, Homicide
2023 · Movie
Sound Mixer
Bloody Bridget
2023 · Movie
Attacker
Craving
2023 · Movie
Camera Operator · Gaffer
Don't F**k with Anne Margaret
2023 · Movie
Assistant Camera
Enough Is Enough
2023 · Movie
Sound
Exterminate All Rational Thought
2023 · Movie
Sound Mixer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
2023 · Movie
Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers") · Writer · Producer · Editor · Sound · Visual Effects · Post Production Supervisor
Handling His Property
2023 · Movie
Sound Mixer
In Action with Michael Ironside
2023 · Movie
Sound
Kill Dolly Kill
2023 · Movie
Editor
Little Lambs
2023 · Movie
Sound
Love and Hate
2023 · Movie
Sound
The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis
2023 · Movie
Director · Sound
Two Small Bodies - Interview with Suzy Amis
2023 · Movie
Sound
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
2022 · Movie
Editor
In the Dark
2022 · Movie
Cast
Meat Friend
2022 · Movie
Editor · Sound · Visual Effects
Memento Mori
2022 · Movie
Editor · Sound Designer
Reel Trouble
2022 · Movie
Producer · Editor · Sound
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
2022 · Movie
Bill
The Once and Future Smash
2022 · Movie
Repo Man · Director · Producer · Writer · Sound · Camera Operator
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
2021 · Movie
Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension · Director · Writer
Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality
2021 · Movie
Himself
Microbudget Marauders 3
2021 · Movie
Self
Philia
2021 · Movie
Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
Sitting Duck
2021 · Movie
Burglar
The Big Steep
2021 · Movie
Keeper of the kettle
The Devil's Tail
2021 · Movie
Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
2021 · Movie
Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self · Director · Writer · Producer
7 Sins
2020 · Movie
Pentheus (segment: Pride) · Director · Writer · Music · Editor
Bloodhound
2020 · Movie
Renfield · Writer · Editor
Brides of Satan
2020 · Movie
Dewdrop
Darling Pet Monkey
2020 · Movie
Producer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Recordist
Dinogore
2020 · Movie
Cast
Disco Graveyard
2020 · Movie
Editor
Happy Horror Days
2020 · Movie
Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
2020 · Movie
Himself
Pride
2020 · Movie
Pentheus · Original Music Composer · Editor · Writer · Director
Shiny Diamonds
2020 · Movie
Producer
Tea Time
2020 · Movie
Camera Operator · Gaffer
Clickbait
2019 · Movie
Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump · Director · Writer · Original Music Composer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Camera Operator · Producer
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
2019 · Movie
Camera Operator · Sound
Dirty D: Jelly
2019 · Movie
Director · Cinematography · Editor
Eagle Rock
2019 · Movie
Sound Mixer
Half-Cocked
2019 · Movie
Hooligan · Producer · Assistant Director · Sound Re-Recording Mixer
I Am an Addict
2019 · Movie
The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania") · Director
Merde
2019 · Movie
Inmate Harvey
Re-Home
2019 · Movie
Boom Operator · Sound Recordist · Gaffer
Sugar Off The Button
2019 · Movie
Cast
The Dial Tone of Doom
2019 · Movie
Director · Writer · Cinematography · Editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens
2019 · Movie
Editor
Umbilicus Desidero
2019 · Movie
Director
2 Die For
2018 · Movie
Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness") · Director of Photography · Producer · Music
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018 · Movie
safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned") · Director · Writer · Cinematography · Editor · Sound · Music
A Taste of Phobia
2018 · Movie
Elijah (segment "Somniphobia") · Director · Editor · Music · Sound · Writer
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
2018 · Movie
Self
Conspiracy X
2018 · Movie
Director · Music · Cinematography · Editor · Sound
Dept. of Reincarnation
2018 · Movie
Urinator · Editor · Sound · Camera Operator
Glossary of Broken Dreams
2018 · Movie
DeForest Schbeibi · Camera Operator
Leopard (Part II)
2018 · Movie
Dave · Editor · Sound
Manos Returns
2018 · Movie
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Shackling
2018 · Movie
couch TV couple
Trashsploitation
2018 · Movie
Director of Photography · Director · Music
60 Seconds to Die
2017 · Movie
Director
Dyin' Ryan
2017 · Movie
Sound
For a Good Time, Call...
2017 · Movie
Boom Operator · Sound Mixer
Hipster Ghost
2017 · Movie
Michael · Writer · Producer · Music · Editor · Sound · Visual Effects
Swipe Right
2017 · Movie
Bill
Tales from the Grave
2017 · TV Show
Director · Writer · Cinematography · Editor
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
2017 · Movie
Sound
The Streets Run Red
2017 · Movie
Camera Operator
What Metal Girls Are Into
2017 · Movie
Metal Guitarist
Blood of the Tribades
2016 · Movie
Director of Photography · Executive Producer · Director · Writer · Original Music Composer · Producer · Editor · Sound
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
2016 · Movie
Party Band
El Loco Nihilismo
2016 · Movie
Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
Grindsploitation
2016 · Movie
Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
2016 · Movie
Director
Idioms Origins Volume 1
2016 · Movie
Store Clerk
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
2016 · Movie
Self
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
2016 · Movie
Sound · Camera Operator
The Blood Is the Life
2016 · Movie
Self · music · Director of Photography · Director · Writer · Editor · Producer
Thirteen
2016 · Movie
Cinematography
Weekend Vampire
2016 · Movie
Goth band drummer
Bring Us Your Women
2015 · Movie
King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba") · Director · Producer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
2015 · Movie
Cast · Director of Photography · Director · Producer · Writer · Editor · Sound
Gay Jesus
2015 · Movie
Sound Mixer · Camera Operator
Innsmouth
2015 · Movie
Boom Operator · Sound Mixer
Los Locos Dientes
2015 · Movie
Patients
Magnetic
2015 · Movie
Subject of painting (uncredited) · Director · Writer · Original Music Composer · Producer · Editor · Sound · Musician
Planchette
2015 · Movie
Killer · Music · Cinematography · Boom Operator · Sound Recordist
The Ungovernable Force
2015 · Movie
Sound Editor · Boom Operator · Sound Mixer · Assistant Camera · Camera Operator
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
2014 · Movie
Self
Honky Holocaust
2014 · Movie
Sound Editor
Ten
2014 · Movie
Subject of painting · Director · Writer · Producer · Executive Producer · Editor · Storyboard Artist · Foley Artist · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Special Effects Supervisor · Visual Effects Supervisor · Music Editor · Colorist
Uncut
2014 · Movie
Self - Red Team Captain
El Loco Ojo
2013 · Movie
Number 6 / Subject of Painting
Fat
2013 · Movie
Dinner party guest #1
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
2013 · Movie
Animated band member
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
2012 · Movie
Dirt Thief
Los Locos Manos
2012 · Movie
Subject of Painting
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
2005 · Movie
Alien Horde
End Zone 2
1970 · Movie
Smash-Mouth · Characters · Story · Producer
End Zone
1965 · Movie
Executive Producer · Producer
All for Tomorrow
Date unknown · Movie
Pete Harlan Double · Co-Producer · Editor · Visual Effects Supervisor · Digital Imaging Technician · Gaffer · Colorist
An LA Christmas Story
Date unknown · Movie
Felix Finklestein
DR1-V3N
Date unknown · Movie
Camera Operator · Gaffer
Eidolon
Date unknown · Movie
Editor
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Date unknown · Movie
Sound Recordist · Camera Operator
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
Date unknown · Movie
Sound Mixer · Boom Operator · Gaffer · Editor · Sound Recordist
Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!
Date unknown · Movie
V
My Shadow
Date unknown · Movie
Sound Recordist
Our Man Funk
Date unknown · Movie
Manny · Producer
Padre Morte
Date unknown · Movie
Iron Spine
The Killer Pizza Man
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
The Ringing
Date unknown · Movie
Jack
Wake Not the Dead
Date unknown · Movie
You Guys · Boom Operator · Sound Mixer
Witchcraft
Date unknown · Movie
Editor
Worthless
Date unknown · Movie
Gary
You are in Hell!
Date unknown · Movie
Sound Mixer