
Directing
Michael J. 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.
Directed Films

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Smash the Competition
2024

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Dear Diary
2024

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Aerospace Engineering
2024

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Open Wide
2024

5.7
The Once and Future Smash
2022·Comedy

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The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
2021·Comedy

4.0
7 Sins
2020·Horror

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Pride
2020·Horror

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I Am an Addict
2019

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The Dial Tone of Doom
2019

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Umbilicus Desidero
2019

4.5
Clickbait
2019·Comedy

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60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018·Horror

1.6
Conspiracy X
2018·Horror

3.8
A Taste of Phobia
2018·Horror

4.0
Trashsploitation
2018·Horror

7.7
60 Seconds to Die
2017·Horror

2.5
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
2016·Horror

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The Blood Is the Life
2016·Documentary

4.4
Blood of the Tribades
2016·Horror

7.4
Magnetic
2015·Adventure

8.0
Bring Us Your Women
2015·Music

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For the Love of Metamorphosis
2015·Comedy

3.7
Ten
2014·Adventure
Also Appeared In

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Robot Dracula
2026·Horror

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Spandexorcist
2025·Horror

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OnlyFangs
2025·Horror

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Bite School 2
2025·Horror

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Mother Goose's Scary Tales
2024·Horror

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The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
2024

4.8
Solvent
2024·Horror

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Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
2024·Horror

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Hacking at Leaves
2024·Documentary

4.0
Bloody Bridget
2023·Horror

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Fat Fleshy Fingers
2023·Horror

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Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
2022