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.
Directed 26
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Dear Diary
Director
Aerospace Engineering
Director
Smash the Competition
Director
Open Wide
Director
- 2022
- 2021
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Director
- 2020
7 Sins
Director
Pride
Director
2010s
- 2019
I Am an Addict
Director
The Dial Tone of Doom
Director
Half-Cocked
Assistant Director
Umbilicus Desidero
Director
Clickbait
Director
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Director
Conspiracy X
Director
A Taste of Phobia
Director
Trashsploitation
Director
- 2017
60 Seconds to Die
Director
- 2016
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
Director
The Blood Is the Life
Director
Blood of the Tribades
Director
- 2015
Magnetic
Director
Bring Us Your Women
Director
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Director
- 2014
Ten
Director
Acted in 51
2020s
- 2026
The Ringing
Jack
Robot Dracula
Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock
- 2025
Spandexorcist
Rick Rockwell
OnlyFangs
Monster Hunter
Bite School 2
Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert
- 2024
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck), Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
Movie
Solvent
Nazi
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Michael J. Epstein
- 2023
Bloody Bridget
Attacker
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
- 2022
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
Bill
In the Dark
Movie
- 2021
The Devil's Tail
Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
Philia
Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
Sitting Duck
Burglar
- 2020
Happy Horror Days
Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Brides of Satan
Dewdrop
Bloodhound
Renfield
7 Sins
Pentheus (segment: Pride)
Dinogore
Movie
Pride
Pentheus
2010s
- 2019
I Am an Addict
The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
Half-Cocked
Hooligan
Sugar Off The Button
Movie
Clickbait
Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
Leopard (Part II)
Dave
A Taste of Phobia
Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")
Dept. of Reincarnation
Urinator
2 Die For
Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
Glossary of Broken Dreams
DeForest Schbeibi
- 2017
Swipe Right
Bill
What Metal Girls Are Into
Metal Guitarist
Hipster Ghost
Michael
- 2016
Grindsploitation
Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
Weekend Vampire
Goth band drummer
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
Party Band
- 2015
Planchette
Killer
Magnetic
Subject of painting (uncredited)
Bring Us Your Women
King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Movie
- 2014
Ten
Subject of painting
- 2013
Fat
Dinner party guest #1
2000s
- 2005
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
Alien Horde
1970s
- 1970
End Zone 2
Smash-Mouth
No release date
The Killer Pizza Man
Movie
The Legend of Tinker Hell
Family member
Sound 45
2020s
- 2026
We're Not Them
Sound Recordist
- 2025
Cringe
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
Chainsaw Symphony
Sound
The Lost Leatherface
Sound
Den of Vampires
Sound
Giving Up the Ghost
Sound
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Return to Dark City
Sound
- 2023
Exterminate All Rational Thought
Sound Mixer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Sound
- 2022
Reel Trouble
Sound
Memento Mori
Sound Designer
Meat Friend
Sound
- 2020
7 Sins
Music
Darling Pet Monkey
Sound Recordist, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pride
Original Music Composer
2010s
- 2019
Eagle Rock
Sound Mixer
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Sound
Half-Cocked
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Re-Home
Sound Recordist, Boom Operator
Clickbait
Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Sound, Music
Conspiracy X
Music, Sound
Leopard (Part II)
Sound
A Taste of Phobia
Sound, Music
Manos Returns
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dept. of Reincarnation
Sound
2 Die For
Music
Trashsploitation
Music
- 2017
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
Sound
Hipster Ghost
Sound, Music
For a Good Time, Call...
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
- 2016
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
Sound
Blood of the Tribades
Original Music Composer, Sound
- 2015
Gay Jesus
Sound Mixer
Innsmouth
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
Planchette
Music, Sound Recordist, Boom Operator
Magnetic
Original Music Composer, Sound, Musician
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Sound
The Ungovernable Force
Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
- 2014
Honky Holocaust
Sound Editor
Ten
Foley Artist, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music Editor
No release date
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Sound Recordist
Edited 29
2020s
- 2026
Robot Dracula
Editor
- 2025
Day of the Dad
Editor
Bite School 2
Editor
- 2024
American Terror Tales 3
Editor
- 2023
Kill Dolly Kill
Editor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Editor
- 2022
Reel Trouble
Editor
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
Editor
Memento Mori
Editor
Meat Friend
Editor
- 2020
Bloodhound
Editor
7 Sins
Editor
Disco Graveyard
Editor
Pride
Editor
2010s
- 2019
The Dial Tone of Doom
Editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens
Editor
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Editor
Conspiracy X
Editor
Leopard (Part II)
Editor
A Taste of Phobia
Editor
Dept. of Reincarnation
Editor
- 2017
Hipster Ghost
Editor
- 2016
The Blood Is the Life
Editor
Blood of the Tribades
Editor
- 2015
Magnetic
Editor
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Editor
- 2014
Ten
Editor, Colorist
No release date
Witchcraft
Editor
Wrote 22
2020s
- 2026
Robot Dracula
Writer
- 2025
Bite School 2
Writer
- 2024
American Terror Tales 3
Writer
- 2023
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Writer
- 2022
- 2021
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Writer
- 2020
Bloodhound
Writer
7 Sins
Writer
Pride
Writer
2010s
- 2019
The Dial Tone of Doom
Writer
Clickbait
Writer
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Writer
A Taste of Phobia
Writer
- 2017
Hipster Ghost
Writer
- 2016
The Blood Is the Life
Writer
Blood of the Tribades
Writer
- 2015
Magnetic
Writer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Writer
- 2014
Ten
Writer
1970s
- 1970
End Zone 2
Characters, Story
Camera 22
2020s
- 2025
Day of the Dad
Second Assistant Camera
The Mystery of Emma Thorn
First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
Camera Operator
- 2024
American Terror Tales 3
Director of Photography
- 2023
Don't F**k with Anne Margaret
Assistant Camera
Craving
Camera Operator
- 2022
- 2020
Tea Time
Camera Operator
2010s
- 2019
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Camera Operator
Clickbait
Camera Operator
- 2018
Dept. of Reincarnation
Camera Operator
2 Die For
Director of Photography
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Camera Operator
Trashsploitation
Director of Photography
- 2017
The Streets Run Red
Camera Operator
- 2016
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
Camera Operator
The Blood Is the Life
Director of Photography
Blood of the Tribades
Director of Photography
- 2015
Gay Jesus
Camera Operator
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Director of Photography
The Ungovernable Force
Assistant Camera, Camera Operator
No release date
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Camera Operator
Produced 21
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Day of the Dad
Co-Producer
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
Producer
- 2024
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Producer
- 2023
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Producer
- 2022
Reel Trouble
Producer
- 2021
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Producer
- 2020
Darling Pet Monkey
Producer
Shiny Diamonds
Producer
2010s
- 2019
Half-Cocked
Producer
Clickbait
Producer
- 2018
2 Die For
Producer
- 2017
Hipster Ghost
Producer
- 2016
The Blood Is the Life
Producer
Blood of the Tribades
Executive Producer, Producer
- 2015
Magnetic
Producer
Bring Us Your Women
Producer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Producer
- 2014
Ten
Producer, Executive Producer
1970s
- 1970
End Zone 2
Producer
Other crew 7
2020s
- 2024
Slasher Fetish
Cinematography
- 2023
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Post Production Supervisor
2010s
- 2019
The Dial Tone of Doom
Cinematography
- 2018
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Cinematography
Conspiracy X
Cinematography
- 2016
Thirteen
Cinematography
- 2015
Planchette
Cinematography
Lighting 5
2020s
- 2026
We're Not Them
Gaffer
- 2025
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
Gaffer
- 2023
Craving
Gaffer
- 2020
Tea Time
Gaffer
2010s
- 2019
Re-Home
Gaffer
Visual effects 4
2020s
- 2023
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Visual Effects
- 2022
Meat Friend
Visual Effects
2010s
- 2017
Hipster Ghost
Visual Effects
- 2014
Ten
Special Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Supervisor
Art department 1
2010s
- 2014
Ten
Storyboard Artist
Appearances3
2020s
- 2024
Hacking at Leaves
Self
- 2021
Microbudget Marauders 3
Self
2010s
- 2016
The Blood Is the Life
Self, music
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2026
Hag
Thanks
- 2025
Fatal Desires
Thanks