Michael J. Epstein

Michael J. Epstein

Also know as: Michael 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.

Filmography

Bring Us Your Women

2015

As King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")

Clickbait

2019

As Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")

I Am an Addict

2019

As The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")

Half-Cocked

2019

As Hooligan

Worthless

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As Gary

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As music

Planchette

2015

As Killer

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell

2016

As Party Band

2 Die For

2018

As Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")

Leopard (Part II)

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As Dave

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018

As DeForest Schbeibi

Idioms Origins Volume 1

2016

As Store Clerk

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Michael

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Self

Leopard (Part I)

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As Dave

What Metal Girls Are Into

2017

As Metal Guitarist

Swipe Right

2017

As Bill

Grindsploitation

2016

As Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

Ten

2014

As Subject of painting

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018

As Urinator

Sugar Off The Button

2019

As

Philia

2021

As Dave (segment: Mythophilia)

Pride

2020

As Pentheus

PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL

2016

As

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As

7 Sins

2020

As Pentheus (segment: Pride)

The Shackling

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As couch TV couple

Bloodhound

2020

As Renfield

Weekend Vampire

2016

As Goth band drummer

Los Locos Manos

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As Subject of Painting

El Loco Ojo

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As Number 6 / Subject of Painting

Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth

2005

As Alien Horde

Fat

2013

As Dinner party guest #1

Magnetic

2015

As Subject of painting (uncredited)

Los Locos Dientes

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As Patients

El Loco Nihilismo

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As Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur

Merde

2019

As Inmate Harvey

Happy Horror Days

2020

As Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)

Brides of Satan

2020

As Dewdrop

Dinogore

2020

As

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee

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As Animated band member

Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature

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As Dirt Thief

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

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As Self

In the Dark

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As

Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red

2018

As Self

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

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As Self

Uncut

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As Self - Red Team Captain

The Big Steep

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As Keeper of the kettle

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021

As Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self

Microbudget Marauders 3

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As Self

Sitting Duck

2021

As Burglar

The Once and Future Smash

2022

As Repo Man

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021

As Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension

An LA Christmas Story

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As Felix Finklestein

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

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

The Devil's Tail

2021

As Metal Guitarist

Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter

2022

As Bill

Hacking at Leaves

2024

As Self

Wake Not the Dead

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As You Guys

Solvent

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As Nazi

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

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As Himself

Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution

2020

As Himself

Production

Magnetic

2015

As Director

Magnetic

2015

As Writer

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Director

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Writer

Bring Us Your Women

2015

As Director

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Director

Gay Jesus

2015

As Sound Mixer

Gay Jesus

2015

As Camera Operator

The Streets Run Red

2017

As Camera Operator

Ten

2014

As Director

Clickbait

2019

As Director

Conspiracy X

2018

As Director

Clickbait

2019

As Camera Operator

Clickbait

2019

As Writer

Clickbait

2019

As Original Music Composer

Clickbait

2019

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Magnetic

2015

As Original Music Composer

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Original Music Composer

Manos Returns

2018

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

I Am an Addict

2019

As Director

60 Seconds to Die

2017

As Director

Umbilicus Desidero

2019

As Director

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Director

Half-Cocked

2019

As Producer

Half-Cocked

2019

As Assistant Director

Half-Cocked

2019

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Ungovernable Force

2015

As Sound Mixer

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Music

Re-Home

2019

As Gaffer

The Ungovernable Force

2015

As Boom Operator

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Cinematography

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Sound

Leopard (Part II)

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As Editor

Honky Holocaust

2014

As Sound Editor

The Ungovernable Force

2015

As Camera Operator

Leopard (Part I)

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As Editor

Leopard (Part I)

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As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Conspiracy X

2018

As Cinematography

The Ungovernable Force

2015

As Assistant Camera

Conspiracy X

2018

As Music

Conspiracy X

2018

As Editor

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Sound

Re-Home

2019

As Sound Recordist

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Editor

Innsmouth

2015

As Boom Operator

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Writer

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2

2018

As Editor

Re-Home

2019

As Boom Operator

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Producer

Innsmouth

2015

As Sound Mixer

Conspiracy X

2018

As Sound

Leopard (Part II)

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As Sound

The Ungovernable Force

2015

As Sound Editor

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

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As Sound

Trashsploitation

2018

As Music

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Producer

2 Die For

2018

As Music

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Music

Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead

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As Camera Operator

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

2017

As Sound

For a Good Time, Call...

2017

As Boom Operator

For a Good Time, Call...

2017

As Sound Mixer

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Visual Effects

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Writer

Planchette

2015

As Cinematography

Ten

2014

As Writer

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Director of Photography

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Director

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Editor

Planchette

2015

As Music

Planchette

2015

As Sound Recordist

Ten

2014

As Producer

Glossary of Broken Dreams

2018

As Camera Operator

Trashsploitation

2018

As Director

2 Die For

2018

As Producer

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Editor

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Sound

Planchette

2015

As Boom Operator

Bring Us Your Women

2015

As Producer

Magnetic

2015

As Producer

The Blood Is the Life

2016

As Producer

Clickbait

2019

As Producer

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Music

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Sound

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Writer

A Taste of Phobia

2018

As Editor

Shiny Diamonds

2020

As Producer

The Obliteration of the Chickens

2019

As Editor

Eagle Rock

2019

As Sound Mixer

The Once and Future Smash

2022

As Director

The Once and Future Smash

2022

As Producer

The Once and Future Smash

2022

As Writer

Darling Pet Monkey

2020

As Producer

Pride

2020

As Writer

Pride

2020

As Original Music Composer

Pride

2020

As Editor

Pride

2020

As Director

Disco Graveyard

2020

As Editor

Tea Time

2020

As Camera Operator

Tea Time

2020

As Gaffer

Consider the Titanic

2020

As Editor

Darling Pet Monkey

2020

As Sound Recordist

Darling Pet Monkey

2020

As Sound Re-Recording Mixer

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Writer

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Editor

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Producer

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Sound

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Director

7 Sins

2020

As Director

7 Sins

2020

As Editor

7 Sins

2020

As Writer

7 Sins

2020

As Music

Thirteen

2016

As Cinematography

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019

As Writer

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019

As Director

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019

As Cinematography

The Dial Tone of Doom

2019

As Editor

Bloodhound

2020

As Writer

Bloodhound

2020

As Editor

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

2019

As Camera Operator

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

2019

As Sound

Dyin' Ryan

2017

As Sound

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021

As Director

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021

As Writer

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins

2021

As Producer

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021

As Director

Meat Friend

2022

As Editor

Meat Friend

2022

As Sound

Meat Friend

2022

As Visual Effects

Craving

2023

As Camera Operator

Craving

2023

As Gaffer

2 Die For

2018

As Director of Photography

Memento Mori

2022

As Editor

Memento Mori

2022

As Sound Designer

13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror

2022

As Editor

Reel Trouble

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As Producer

Reel Trouble

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As Editor

Reel Trouble

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As Sound

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Director of Photography

Blood of the Tribades

2016

As Executive Producer

For the Love of Metamorphosis

2015

As Director of Photography

Hipster Ghost

2017

As Writer

Trashsploitation

2018

As Director of Photography

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

2021

As Writer

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Writer

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Producer

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Editor

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Sound

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Visual Effects

Fat Fleshy Fingers

2023

As Post Production Supervisor

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018

As Editor

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018

As Sound

Dept. of Reincarnation

2018

As Camera Operator

Wake Not the Dead

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As Boom Operator

Wake Not the Dead

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As Sound Mixer

Kill Dolly Kill

2023

As Additional Editing

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels

2016

As Director

Dirty D: Jelly

2019

As Director

Dirty D: Jelly

2019

As Cinematography

Dirty D: Jelly

2019

As Editor

A Hard Place

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As Writer