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Michael J. Epstein

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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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  Final Transmissions

  Writer

• Padre Morte

  Iron Spine

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  Dinogore

  2020

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  Gay Jesus

  Sound Mixer

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  Bring Us Your Women

  King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")

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  OnlyFangs

  Monster Hunter

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  Return to Dark City

  Sound

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  Solvent

  Nazi

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  Craving

  Camera Operator

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  7 Sins

  Pentheus (segment: Pride)

• 2026HagThanks
• 2026We're Not ThemGaffer
• 2026Robot DraculaReynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock
• 2025SpandexorcistRick Rockwell
• 2025OnlyFangsMonster Hunter
• 2025Day of the DadSecond Assistant Camera
• 2025The Mystery of Emma ThornFirst Assistant Camera
• 2025Fatal DesiresThanks
• 2025Bart & Bobbi Kill Each OtherProducer
• 2025Return to Dark CitySound
• 2025Bite School 2Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert
• 2025A Hard PlaceWriter
• 2024Mother Goose's Scary TalesBurglar (segment: Sitting Duck)
• 2024The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
• 2024SolventNazi
• 2024Slasher FetishCinematography
• 2024Blender MemoriesDirector
• 2024Dear DiaryDirector
• 2024Aerospace EngineeringDirector
• 2024Smash the CompetitionDirector
• 2024Open WideDirector
• 2024Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of KongMichael J. Epstein
• 2024Hacking at LeavesSelf
• 2024American Terror Tales 3Director of Photography
• 2023The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy AmisDirector
• 2023Don't F**k with Anne MargaretAssistant Camera
• 2023Kill Dolly KillEditor
• 2023Bloody BridgetAttacker
• 2023CravingCamera Operator
• 2023Fat Fleshy FingersYoung Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
• 2022Salomé: Do Not Dance, My DaughterBill
• 2022The Once and Future SmashRepo Man
• 2022Reel TroubleProducer
• 202213 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi HorrorEditor
• 2022Memento MoriEditor
• 2022In the Dark
• 2022Meat FriendEditor
• 2021The Devil's TailMetal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
• 2021I Thought His Name Was BlarcheJuxtapositional Orienting Dimension
• 2021PhiliaDave (segment: Mythophilia)
• 2021The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. JenkinsDr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
• 2021Sitting DuckBurglar
• 2021Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget MentalityHimself
• 2021Microbudget Marauders 3Self
• 2021The Big SteepKeeper of the kettle
• 2020Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and DistributionHimself
• 2020Happy Horror DaysMr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
• 2020Brides of SatanDewdrop
• 2020BloodhoundRenfield
• 2020Tea TimeCamera Operator
• 20207 SinsPentheus (segment: Pride)
• 2020Disco GraveyardEditor
• 2020Darling Pet MonkeyProducer
• 2020Shiny DiamondsProducer
• 2020Dinogore
• 2020PridePentheus
• 2019Eagle RockSound Mixer
• 2019I Am an AddictThe Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
• 2019Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90sCamera Operator
• 2019The Dial Tone of DoomDirector
• 2019Half-CockedHooligan
• 2019MerdeInmate Harvey
• 2019Sugar Off The Button
• 2019Re-HomeBoom Operator
• 2019Umbilicus DesideroDirector
• 2019Dirty D: JellyDirector
• 2019The Obliteration of the ChickensEditor
• 2019ClickbaitHollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
• 2018Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run RedSelf
• 201860 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
• 2018Conspiracy XDirector
• 2018Leopard (Part I)Dave
• 2018Leopard (Part II)Dave
• 2018The Shacklingcouch TV couple
• 2018A Taste of PhobiaElijah (segment "Somniphobia")
• 2018Manos ReturnsSound Re-Recording Mixer
• 2018Dept. of ReincarnationUrinator
• 20182 Die ForBarista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
• 2018Glossary of Broken DreamsDeForest Schbeibi
• 2018TrashsploitationDirector of Photography
• 201760 Seconds to DieDirector
• 2017Swipe RightBill
• 2017What Metal Girls Are IntoMetal Guitarist
• 2017The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and RoboticsSound
• 2017The Streets Run RedCamera Operator
• 2017Hipster GhostMichael
• 2017For a Good Time, Call...Boom Operator
• 2017Tales from the GraveDirector
• 2017Dyin' RyanSound
• 2016Grindsploitation 2: The Lost ReelsDirector
• 2016Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living DeadSound
• 2016GrindsploitationBad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
• 2016Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of MagneticSelf
• 2016Weekend VampireGoth band drummer
• 2016The Blood Is the LifeSelf
• 2016El Loco NihilismoPierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
• 2016ThirteenCinematography
• 2016PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
• 2016Blood of the TribadesDirector of Photography
• 2016Idioms Origins Volume 1Store Clerk
• 2016Chainsaw Maidens from HellParty Band
• 2015Gay JesusSound Mixer
• 2015InnsmouthBoom Operator
• 2015PlanchetteKiller
• 2015Los Locos DientesPatients
• 2015MagneticSubject of painting (uncredited)
• 2015Bring Us Your WomenKing Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
• 2015For the Love of Metamorphosis
• 2015The Ungovernable ForceSound Editor
• 2014Honky HolocaustSound Editor
• 2014A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TENSelf
• 2014UncutSelf - Red Team Captain
• 2014TenSubject of painting
• 2013FatDinner party guest #1
• 2013The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: AmyleeAnimated band member
• 2013El Loco OjoNumber 6 / Subject of Painting
• 2012Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double FeatureDirt Thief
• 2012Los Locos ManosSubject of Painting
• 2005Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking TruthAlien Horde
• —Wake Not the DeadYou Guys
• —An LA Christmas StoryFelix Finklestein
• —WorthlessGary
• —Padre MorteIron Spine
• —Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!V
• —The RingingJack
• —I Feel Really Homesick SometimesSound Mixer
• —Final TransmissionsWriter