
Directing
Michael J. Epstein
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.
Acting credits
4.5A college student who will do just about anything for Internet fame is kidnapped by a fan, and her reluctant roommate is the only one who can save her.
Clickbait
2019
4.07 Sins is divided into seven segments, each one unique in its voice, acting, story, and style. While the seven deadly sins are cemented in Catholic Theology and are always the same, the interpretation by any single person is always different, and this assemblage is no exception. This film uses the themes within its subtext and introduces, and then wildly perverts, the punishments associated with the 7 Deadly Sins. The overall atmosphere is one of uneasiness that, in addition to a fair amount of disturbing visuals, is amplified by its pulse-pounding soundtrack.
7 Sins
2020
Directed by James Balsamo
Padre Morte
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4.0A group of college friends head to a remote cabin for the weekend when a mysterious earthquake unleashes a horde of bloodthirsty, subterranean dinosaurs.
Dinogore
2020
2.0A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.
Robot Dracula
2026
NRA wannabe monster hunter helps a bloodthirsty gang of vampire chicks expand their business by creating a new app to turn their victims into customers.
OnlyFangs
2025
4.8While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, and as his sanity wanes, he must confront an insatiable evil.
Solvent
2024
3.8For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.
A Taste of Phobia
2018
5.7In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
The Once and Future Smash
2022
8.0Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message of humanity that transcends gender and religion.
Bring Us Your Women
2015
5.9A young nurse begins her shift at an old city hospital. After a strange apparition one of the oldest nurse tells her that a patient, Mr. Moore, entered the hospital a few years ago. His body was completely burned after a fire. Mr. Moore was operated urgently by the doctors. But no one wanted to assist him. The pain and drugs had driven him mad... One night one of the nurses went to his room but his bed was empty ... Nothing was heard from him anymore. A bell interrupts the story. The call comes from Mr. Moore´s room…
The Devil's Tail
2021
NRHorror Anthology "60 second short films that will scar you for a lifetime"
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
6.8Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! But, yikes, Johannes can't tolerate ignorant and topically abusive comments on the "Internet" anymore! Supported by writer Ishan Raval, in this film, Johannes explains, re-evaluates, and sometimes sacrifices political golden calves of discourse. Not to be used with false consciousness or silicone-based lubricant.
Glossary of Broken Dreams
2018
3.8When a gang of satanic strippers kidnap an innocent young couple, a horrifying scenario ensues. Brides Of Satan is an Action Exploitation Horror film.
Brides of Satan
2020
NRA mysterious figure adorned in a sinister goose mask delves into a collection of horrifying tales, each more terrifying than the last. Mother Goose promises a rollercoaster ride of terror, featuring a variety of spine-tingling stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
2024
NRA mysterious figure adorned in a sinister goose mask delves into a collection of horrifying tales, each more terrifying than the last. Mother Goose promises a rollercoaster ride of terror, featuring a variety of spine-tingling stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
2024
4.9Ken is a man that won't change his ways. Addicted to food, and bad health in general, he is headed on a one way path to an early grave. Despite help from his friends, he does what he wants, until a chance encounter that might just give him the motivation he needs. Fat is a funny, and dramatic look at food addiction. It is an unflinching story based on Mark Phinney's own experiences and writings on the subject.
Fat
2013
5.1Exploitation anthology from the twisted minds of established and up and coming directors from across the globe.
Grindsploitation
2016
NRJack suffers from relentless ringing in his ears that slowly isolates him from the world around him. As the noise grows unbearable and medical help fails, he takes a horrifying step to reclaim silence, with devastating consequences.
The Ringing
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4.0Voodoo deity transforms burlesque dancer into a "Valentine Vampire." Blood only whets her appetite--she must eat her victim's beating hearts. A bloody fun horror/comedy by director Richard Elfman, music by Danny Elfman and Ego Plum.
Bloody Bridget
2023
NRHacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in Durango, Colorado, that made significant contributions to worldwide COVID relief efforts. But things go awry when Uncle Sam interferes with the film's production.
Hacking at Leaves
2024
7.2Voices...HORRIFIC Content...Right Here In The Holiday Of Horrors.
Happy Horror Days
2020
NRWhen Penny’s aunt—a legendary aerobics instructor from the neon-lit, spandex-clad 80s—suddenly passes away under bizarre circumstances, Penny and her friends decide to clean out her retro home. But between the leg warmers and workout tapes, they uncover a cursed article of sportswear that brings an ancient evil to life. As the demon starts possessing Penny, her friends find themselves in a high-energy battle that demands exercise and EXORCISM!
Spandexorcist
2025
NRAn anachronistic public access TV channel plays host to a self-help guru with one goal — to scare viewers out of whatever addiction may be plaguing them. Using his trademarked "Eight Step Action Plan," he covers topics ranging from sex to gluttony, each of them glitching into a terrifying tale of addiction gone wrong. Eight international directors take on these stories, presenting horrifying shorts focused on the darkest and most surreal side of addiction.
I Am an Addict
2019
Behind the camera
NRFinal Transmissions is an upcoming six-episode analog horror anthology series that features six short, found-footage films, set to be created using analog technology and VHS tapes to evoke a '90s television aesthetic.
Final Transmissions
2026
NRFinal Transmissions is an upcoming six-episode analog horror anthology series that features six short, found-footage films, set to be created using analog technology and VHS tapes to evoke a '90s television aesthetic.
Final Transmissions
2026
NRFinal Transmissions is an upcoming six-episode analog horror anthology series that features six short, found-footage films, set to be created using analog technology and VHS tapes to evoke a '90s television aesthetic.
Final Transmissions
2026
4.5A college student who will do just about anything for Internet fame is kidnapped by a fan, and her reluctant roommate is the only one who can save her.
Clickbait
2019
4.5A college student who will do just about anything for Internet fame is kidnapped by a fan, and her reluctant roommate is the only one who can save her.
Clickbait
2019
4.5A college student who will do just about anything for Internet fame is kidnapped by a fan, and her reluctant roommate is the only one who can save her.
Clickbait
2019
3.0A group of criminals on the run in a cold, winter forest find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that rule the day and the creatures that rule the night.
Backwoods Blood Feud
2025
4.07 Sins is divided into seven segments, each one unique in its voice, acting, story, and style. While the seven deadly sins are cemented in Catholic Theology and are always the same, the interpretation by any single person is always different, and this assemblage is no exception. This film uses the themes within its subtext and introduces, and then wildly perverts, the punishments associated with the 7 Deadly Sins. The overall atmosphere is one of uneasiness that, in addition to a fair amount of disturbing visuals, is amplified by its pulse-pounding soundtrack.
7 Sins
2020
4.07 Sins is divided into seven segments, each one unique in its voice, acting, story, and style. While the seven deadly sins are cemented in Catholic Theology and are always the same, the interpretation by any single person is always different, and this assemblage is no exception. This film uses the themes within its subtext and introduces, and then wildly perverts, the punishments associated with the 7 Deadly Sins. The overall atmosphere is one of uneasiness that, in addition to a fair amount of disturbing visuals, is amplified by its pulse-pounding soundtrack.
7 Sins
2020
2.0A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.
Robot Dracula
2026
7.7Horror Anthology "60 second short films that will scar you for a lifetime"
60 Seconds to Die
2017
3.8For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.
A Taste of Phobia
2018
3.8For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.
A Taste of Phobia
2018
5.7In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
The Once and Future Smash
2022
5.7In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
The Once and Future Smash
2022
5.7In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.
The Once and Future Smash
2022
8.0Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message of humanity that transcends gender and religion.
Bring Us Your Women
2015
8.0Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom. The project seeks to tell existing and re-imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message of humanity that transcends gender and religion.
Bring Us Your Women
2015
NRHorror Anthology "60 second short films that will scar you for a lifetime"
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
NRHorror Anthology "60 second short films that will scar you for a lifetime"
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
4.0The greatest collection of current underground movie trailers around!
Trashsploitation
2018
1.3Seven new tales of terror from the Heartland will rip your heart out.
American Terror Tales 3
2024
Documentary interview with Suzy Amis
The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis
2023
NRAn anachronistic public access TV channel plays host to a self-help guru with one goal — to scare viewers out of whatever addiction may be plaguing them. Using his trademarked "Eight Step Action Plan," he covers topics ranging from sex to gluttony, each of them glitching into a terrifying tale of addiction gone wrong. Eight international directors take on these stories, presenting horrifying shorts focused on the darkest and most surreal side of addiction.
I Am an Addict
2019