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Michael J. Epstein

Michael J. Epstein

Director

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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

  1. Clickbait (2019) — Director
  2. Ten (2014) — Director
  3. Blood of the Tribades (2016) — Director
  4. A Taste of Phobia (2018) — Director
  5. Magnetic (2015) — Director
  6. Conspiracy X (2018) — Director
  7. 60 Seconds to Die (2017) — Director
  8. Trashsploitation (2018) — Director
  9. The Once and Future Smash (2022) — Director
  10. 7 Sins (2020) — Director
  11. Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels (2016) — Director
  12. Bring Us Your Women (2015) — Director
  13. The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021) — Director
  14. I Thought His Name Was Blarche (2021) — Director
  15. Dirty D: Jelly (2019) — Director
  16. Smash the Competition (2024) — Director
  17. Dear Diary (2024) — Director
  18. Aerospace Engineering (2024) — Director
  19. Open Wide (2024) — Director
  20. Blender Memories (2024) — Director
  21. 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (2018) — Director
  22. Umbilicus Desidero (2019) — Director
  23. I Am an Addict (2019) — Director
  24. The Blood Is the Life (2016) — Director
  25. Pride (2020) — Director
  26. For the Love of Metamorphosis (2015) — Director
  27. The Dial Tone of Doom (2019) — Director
  28. The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis (2023) — Director
  29. Tales from the Grave (2017) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Clickbait (2019) — Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
  2. The Devil's Tail (2021) — Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
  3. Fat (2013) — Dinner party guest #1
  4. Solvent (2024) — Nazi
  5. Ten (2014) — Subject of painting
  6. Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018) — DeForest Schbeibi
  7. Brides of Satan (2020) — Dewdrop
  8. Grindsploitation (2016) — Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
  9. A Taste of Phobia (2018) — Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")
  10. Magnetic (2015) — Subject of painting (uncredited)
  11. What Metal Girls Are Into (2017) — Metal Guitarist
  12. Happy Horror Days (2020) — Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
  13. The Once and Future Smash (2022) — Repo Man
  14. Bloody Bridget (2023) — Attacker
  15. 7 Sins (2020) — Pentheus (segment: Pride)
  16. Bring Us Your Women (2015) — King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
  17. 2 Die For (2018) — Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
  18. Chainsaw Maidens from Hell (2016) — Party Band
  19. Philia (2021) — Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
  20. Bloodhound (2020) — Renfield
  21. Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth (2005) — Alien Horde
  22. Weekend Vampire (2016) — Goth band drummer
  23. Dinogore (2020)
  24. Hacking at Leaves (2024) — Self
  25. I Thought His Name Was Blarche (2021) — Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension
  26. Wake Not the Dead — You Guys
  27. An LA Christmas Story — Felix Finklestein
  28. Fat Fleshy Fingers (2023) — Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
  29. Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter (2022) — Bill
  30. Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality (2021) — Himself
  31. Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution (2020) — Himself
  32. Robot Dracula (2026) — Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock
  33. Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong (2024) — Michael J. Epstein
  34. 60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (2018) — safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
  35. I Am an Addict (2019) — The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
  36. Half-Cocked (2019) — Hooligan
  37. Worthless — Gary
  38. Leopard (Part I) (2018) — Dave
  39. Leopard (Part II) (2018) — Dave
  40. The Blood Is the Life (2016) — Self