Michael J. Epstein

Known For: Directing
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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.

Filmography

Hag

2026 · Thanks

We're Not Them

2026 · Gaffer, Sound Recordist

Robot Dracula

2026 · Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock, Writer

Spandexorcist

2025 · Rick Rockwell

OnlyFangs

2025 · Monster Hunter

Day of the Dad

2025 · Second Assistant Camera, Editor, Co-Producer

The Mystery of Emma Thorn

2025 · First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician

Fatal Desires

2025 · Thanks

Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

2025 · Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Gaffer

Return to Dark City

2025 · Sound

Bite School 2

2025 · Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert, Editor, Writer

A Hard Place

2025 · Writer

Mother Goose's Scary Tales

2024 · Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck), Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)

The Pillow Fright Halloween Special

2024

Solvent

2024 · Nazi

Slasher Fetish

2024 · Cinematography

Blender Memories

Blender Memories

2024 · Director

Dear Diary

2024 · Director

Aerospace Engineering

2024 · Director

Smash the Competition

2024 · Director

Open Wide

2024 · Director

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong

2024 · Michael J. Epstein, Producer

Hacking at Leaves

2024 · Self

American Terror Tales 3

2024 · Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis

The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis

2023 · Director

Don't F**k with Anne Margaret

2023 · Assistant Camera

Kill Dolly Kill

2023 · Editor

Bloody Bridget

2023 · Attacker

Craving

2023 · Gaffer, Camera Operator

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023 · Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers"), Producer, Visual Effects, Post Production Supervisor, Writer, Editor, Sound

Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter

2022 · Bill

The Once and Future Smash

2022 · Repo Man, Producer, Director, Writer

Reel Trouble

2022 · Editor, Sound, Producer

13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror

2022 · Editor

Memento Mori

2022 · Editor, Sound Designer

In the Dark

2022

Meat Friend

2022 · Sound, Visual Effects, Editor

The Devil's Tail

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

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021 · Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension, Director, Writer

Philia

2021 · Dave (segment: Mythophilia)

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021 · Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self, Writer, Producer, Director

Sitting Duck

2021 · Burglar

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

2021 · Himself

Microbudget Marauders 3

2021 · Self

The Big Steep

2021 · Keeper of the kettle

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

2020 · Himself

Happy Horror Days

2020 · Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)

Brides of Satan

2020 · Dewdrop

Bloodhound

2020 · Renfield, Writer, Editor

Tea Time

2020 · Gaffer, Camera Operator

7 Sins

2020 · Pentheus (segment: Pride), Director, Music, Writer, Editor

Consider the Titanic

2020 · Editor

Disco Graveyard

2020 · Editor

Darling Pet Monkey

2020 · Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Shiny Diamonds

2020 · Producer

Dinogore

2020

Pride

2020 · Pentheus, Editor, Writer, Director, Original Music Composer

Eagle Rock

2019 · Sound Mixer

I Am an Addict

2019 · The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania"), Director

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

2019 · Sound, Camera Operator

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019 · Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography

Half-Cocked

2019 · Hooligan, Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Assistant Director

Merde

2019 · Inmate Harvey

Sugar Off The Button

2019

Re-Home

2019 · Sound Recordist, Gaffer, Boom Operator

Umbilicus Desidero

2019 · Director

Dirty D: Jelly

2019 · Cinematography, Editor, Director

The Obliteration of the Chickens

2019 · Editor

Clickbait

2019 · Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump, Director, Original Music Composer, Writer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Producer

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

2018 · Self

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018 · safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned"), Director, Sound, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Music

Conspiracy X

2018 · Director, Editor, Music, Cinematography, Sound

Leopard (Part I)

2018 · Dave, Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Leopard (Part II)

2018 · Dave, Sound, Editor

The Shackling

2018 · couch TV couple

A Taste of Phobia

2018 · Elijah (segment "Somniphobia"), Director, Sound, Editor, Music, Writer

Manos Returns

2018 · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018 · Urinator, Sound, Editor, Camera Operator

2 Die For

2018 · Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness"), Director of Photography, Music, Producer

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018 · DeForest Schbeibi, Camera Operator

Trashsploitation

2018 · Director of Photography, Music

60 Seconds to Die

2017 · Director

Swipe Right

2017 · Bill

What Metal Girls Are Into

2017 · Metal Guitarist

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

2017 · Sound

The Streets Run Red

2017 · Camera Operator

Hipster Ghost

2017 · Michael, Writer, Producer, Sound, Visual Effects, Editor, Music

For a Good Time, Call...

2017 · Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

Tales from the Grave

Tales from the Grave

2017 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Dyin' Ryan

2017 · Sound

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels

2016 · Director

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

2016 · Camera Operator, Sound

Grindsploitation

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

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

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

2016 · Self

Weekend Vampire

2016 · Goth band drummer

The Blood Is the Life

2016 · Self, music, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer

El Loco Nihilismo

El Loco Nihilismo

2016 · Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur

Thirteen

2016 · Cinematography

PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL

PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL

2016

Blood of the Tribades

2016 · Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer, Sound, Editor

Idioms Origins Volume 1

Idioms Origins Volume 1

2016 · Store Clerk

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell

2016 · Party Band

Gay Jesus

2015 · Sound Mixer, Camera Operator

Innsmouth

2015 · Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

Planchette

2015 · Killer, Music, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Boom Operator

Los Locos Dientes

Los Locos Dientes

2015 · Patients

Magnetic

2015 · Subject of painting (uncredited), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer

Bring Us Your Women

2015 · King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba"), Director, Producer

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015 · , Director of Photography, Sound, Editor, Writer, Producer

The Ungovernable Force

2015 · Sound Editor, Assistant Camera, Boom Operator, Camera Operator, Sound Mixer

Honky Holocaust

2014 · Sound Editor

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

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

2014 · Self

Uncut

2014 · Self - Red Team Captain

Ten

2014 · Subject of painting, Director, Producer, Writer

Fat

2013 · Dinner party guest #1

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee

2013 · Animated band member

El Loco Ojo

2013 · Number 6 / Subject of Painting

Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature

Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature

2012 · Dirt Thief

Los Locos Manos

Los Locos Manos

2012 · Subject of Painting

Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth

2005 · Alien Horde

Wake Not the Dead

Wake Not the Dead

— · You Guys, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer

An LA Christmas Story

An LA Christmas Story

— · Felix Finklestein

Worthless

— · Gary

Padre Morte

— · Iron Spine

Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!

Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!

— · V

The Ringing

— · Jack

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

— · Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Gaffer

Final Transmissions

— · Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer

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