Sophia and Michael produce Aaron Barrocas’s Sitting Duck, at festivals now. Trailer out!
We had the pleasure of producing Aaron Barrocas’s horror-comedy short, Sitting Duck! Screenings: GenreBlast FilmQuest Horror Movie Freaks
Sick ‘n’ Wrong 72-Hour Debacle Film challenge, Murderous Space F************s
We signed up to participate in the Sick ‘n’ Wrong 72-Hour Film Debacle. It was tough to make something in that time, but we managed to find a discarded 1980s hand drawn cartoon to turn in called, “Murderous Space … Read More
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins – World Premiere GenreBlast 9/4/2021
Press: OZY World Premiere – GenreBlast – 9/4/2021 11:45 PM — THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DRS. JENKINS (dirs. Stephen Stull, Bob Rose, Kate McCoid & Michael J. Epstein / US&UK / 97m) plays with… THAT DOLL AIN’T … Read More
Sophia is on the Shrimp Night podcast with Bob Rose!
Bob has a blast chatting with his super talented friend, cinematographer, musician, filmmaker, singer and dog mom…Sophia Cacciola! They discuss a plethora of film ideas, Sophia checks IMDB to conform the facts and Bob gets overly giddy when Blanche the … Read More
Sophia and Michael are on the A Degree Absolute! podcast talking about their love of The Prisoner and their band, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
I (Chris) have long suspected The Prisoner is a show with a particular appeal to creative people, and I love to be proven right. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a Prisoner-inspired punk duo comprised of filmmakers/musicians/writers/creators/etc. Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. When … Read More
Michael is on the Shrimp Night podcast!
Bob has a chat with his good friend, talented filmmaker, musician, writer and PHANTASM super-fan Michael J. Epstein! They talk about the horrors of making people watch something you made, lamenting the film tastes of others and Michael’s myriad of upcoming projects! … Read More
Sophia revisits the movie Pi on podcast, The Hold-Up with Stephen Stull
Sophia joined Stephen Stull to talk about the movie Pi on his podcast The Hold-Up with Stephen Stull. The podcast is in two parts – in Part One where you choose a movie that you vaguely remember liking in your … Read More
Michael is featured in documentary, Microbudget Marauders 3, now streaming on Plex
Several independent Filmmakers explain what micro budget movies are and how they make, distribute and market them. https://watch.plex.tv/movie/microbudget-marauders-3?autoplay=1&utm_source=justWatch-catalog&utm_medium=deeplink&utm_content=60b14c63406794002c4ad952
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 12 – June 25, 2021
Episode 12 – June 25, 2021 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ Without Your Head ] [ Anchor.FM … Read More
Fat Fleshy Fingers – Sophia & Michael part of a Sick n Wrong Anthology film – crowdfunding now
Watch the video to see Stephen Stull explain! Stephen is the director of one of our favorite festivals, Orlando, Florida’s Sick ‘n’ Wrong Film Festival. He has put together this anthology of Sick ‘n’ Wrong alumni filmmakers to make films … Read More
Too Young for this Sh!t PODCAST has Sophia on to discuss Predator (1987)
Big fact: Sophia LOVES action films and she was excited to be asked on the Too Young for this Sh!t podcast to talk about one of the best, Predator! GET TO THE CHOPPA! “Because some damn fool accused us of … Read More
Michael revisits Conan the Destroyer on podcast, The Hold-Up with Stephen Stull
Talked barbarians on The Hold-Up with Stephen Stull. The premise of the podcast is that in this part 1, we talk about Conan the Destroyer, a movie I have not seen in a couple of decades. We will return for … Read More
Demon For Hire – crowdfunding now – Sophia is cinematographer/Michael is sound
Sophia and Michael are excited to be headed to Colorado this summer to shoot Demon for Hire, a new short film from Travis Heermann! Sophia is the cinematographer and Michael is handling sound. The project is now in crowdfunding phase at … Read More
Quotes from Michael appear in Free Lunch: a quarterly memo on the state of global affairs!
Free Lunch! A quarterly MEMO on the state of global affairs. An experimental magazine. Covering, uncovering & colliding.
Chimera
https://writers.coverfly.com/projects/view/ee2b3e8e-925a-4f83-a75f-2d68df9b256f/Chimera Chimera Television (Half-hour) · Horror · 32 pages After the accidental death of his twin sister, a guilt-ridden teen and his friends use lucid dreaming to free her captive spirit, but unwittingly open a gateway for malevolent forces. Written by Michael J. … Read More
Michael appears on Hellbender Media’s The Creative Draw
Welcome to The Creative Draw — a webseries about craft, creativity, and connections. Each episode features a person (or persons) who are deeply creative, faced with a randomly-drawn question from a deck of cards. Why random? Let’s bypass all the … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling covers INXS “Don’t Change” for The April Fifth Project
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (Sophia’s main songwriting project) covered the INXS song “Don’t Change” for The April Fifth Project. The April Fifth Project was created as a day to remember musicians who we’ve lost to depression/substance abuse/mental … Read More
Bring Us Your Women: EP release with songs Medusa, Hypatia, Leizu! Medusa features Sophia Cacciola!
Music video produced by Launch Over / Directed by & Starring Sophia Cacciola / Shot & Edited by Michael J. Epstein Bring Us Your Women EP: Catherine Capozzi and Axemunkee present: Hypatia, Leizu & Medusa by Bring Us Your Women Bring … Read More
Free Uncensored Radio Show 1994-2000
https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2011/02/httpwww-mikeandsophia-com201102m-slik-da-ninja-aphorisms-on-aphonia-html/ https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2017/05/the-beethoven-reclamation-society-presents-the-symphony-no-9-in-d-minor-op-125/ From 1994-2000, I hosted the sound collage experimental radio show, Free Uncensored on WHRW (and later on WRBB for a short time). Many of those shows are now available on YouTube. More info coming soon!
Michael is a guest on the You Don’t Have to Yell podcast – Bigfoot Does Not Exist | A Scientific Approach to the Issue of Voter Fraud | YDHTY, Ep. 78
Michael joined You Don’t Have to Yell on Thursday 1/21 to talk about how we can apply scientific thought to the topic of voter fraud and election outcome based on the concepts discussed in his book, Bigfoot Does Not Exist. … Read More
Michael talks about the scientific method and his book, Bigfoot Does Not Exist, on the Haunts and Hops podcast
Haunts and Hops This week we chat with Michael J Epstein, Filmmaker, Writer, Podcaster and author of the very insightful book, BIGFOOT DOES NOT EXIST!: An introduction to the fundamental principles of statistics, science, and logic.
The Big Steep – a film about the tea genie (teanie) – made by David Whitney, Michael J. Epstein, Sophia Cacciola with a little help from Mark Brown
The Big Steep starring David Whitney made by David Whitney, Michael J. Epstein, Sophia Cacciola with a little help from Mark Brown
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Michael talks to J. Horton about his crowdfunding book “Learn to Market Indie Films Better through Crowdfunding”
Check out the whole channel Crowdfunding book: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2020/06/pre-order-michaels-book-crowdfunding-basics-in-30-minutes-rel-march-13th-2017/ Learn to Market Indie Films Better through Crowdfunding | with Michael J. Epstein Today I’m talking crowdfunding with filmmaker/author/musician/man-about-town Michael J. Epstein. He gives some great crowdfunding tips and we talk … Read More
Sophia and Michael dance as silhouettes in The Record Summer’s White Dress music video directed by Bill Moldt
Sophia and Michael dance as silhouettes in The Record Summer’s White Dress music video directed by the fantastically talented Bill Moldt Check out this info on the making of… New Album ‘Lay It Bare’ Available March 5th on Bodan Kuma … Read More
Sophia and Michael’s 2020 in Review
2020. Well, it’s over. We could go on forever about all of the horrible suffering, much of it due to neglect, failure, and maliciousness, but we’ll try and reflect on the positive things we personally found and did in a … Read More
Sophia directs Bloodhound – available on Arrow Player (An ancient vampire is stuck in the body of an angry chihuahua)
During the pandemic we adopted a very special chihuahua-mix, King Ghidorah the Dog. It became evident along our journey that he was actually an ancient vampire is stuck in the body of an angry chihuahua! We made this mini-documentary about … Read More
Sophia interviewed for filmmaking documentary: Microbudget Marauders Too
Sophia was interviewed about being a microbudget genre filmmaker for the documentary, Microbudget Marauders Too. “What is a micro budget film? Have you ever come across a super low budget movie on a streaming platform and thought, Wow, how is … Read More
Sophia’s vocals featured on Women of Rock Covers for the Apocalypse record
You can preorder the first release vinyl from Women of Rock Records (a subsidiary of the Women of Rock Oral History Project). Tanya Pearson accumulated a who’s who of amazing people to sing on covers for this project and Sophia … Read More
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Launch Over Podcast: Episode 11 with Bob Rose – December 11, 2020
Episode 11 with Bob Rose – December 11, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ Without Your Head … Read More
Michael makes a cameo in the St. Patrick’s Day segment of Happy Horror Days (2020)
Michael appears as Mr. Keane in Bel Deliá’s St. Patrick’s Day segment.
My First Horror Movie Ep. 83 w/ Sophia and Michael talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and The Stuff
My First Horror Movie Ep. 83: Michael Epstein & Sophia Cacciola (Launch over Productions) [Instagram] [Twitter] [Facebook] https://www.youtube.com/sledgehammerhorror?fbclid=IwAR1uOUheQ3SK8Hmxby8EY7_qnZVWoBvoTzXxkjDc2c-1UhsiCNeJ59whhYw
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 10 with Stephen Stull – November 20, 2020
Episode 10 with Stephen Stull – November 20, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ Without Your Head … Read More
Sophia and Michael appear in the Zoom film, Candemic: Secret Werewolf Saga
The Rhino Crate Presents a Troy Minkowsky Film “Candemic: Secret Werewolf Saga” Michael Epstein – Sophia Cacciola – Josh Teale – Kayla Caulfield – Victoria Paradis – Richard Chandler Music by James Force Recorded & Edited by Dennis Maler Titles … Read More
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 9 with Aaron Barrocas – October 23, 2020
Episode 9 with Aaron Barrocas – October 23, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ Without Your Head … Read More
Sophia and Michael collaborate with Without Your Head’s Neal Jones on short documentary, Umbilicus Desidero
Earlier this year, Neal Jones’ body was forever changed by a surgery. This 4-minute, satirical doc explores how Neal’s life has changed. Shot by Sophia and directed and edited by Michael, the film features family guest appearances by Neal’s mother, … Read More
Sophia and Michael help shoot Direct To Video, a documentary about the early-mid 90’s “Direct To Video” horror films – Out now!
Sophia and Michael have been working with director Dustin Ferguson to help shoot his forthcoming documentary, Direct to Video, a 2019 documentary about the early-mid 90’s “Direct To Video” horror films! Check out some of the interviews we’ve helped on! … Read More
Night Kisses: Launch Over Short Film Scores: Volume 1
Launch Over Short Film Scores: Volume 1 by Night Kisses Film Scores: Volume 1 contains all of the odds and ends of Launch Over produced (or tangential) short films and feature films for which we’ve made small contributions by Night … Read More
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Launch Over Podcast: Episode 8 with Catherine Capozzi – October 9, 2020
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 8 with Catherine Capozzi – October 9, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ … Read More
Michael interviewed for The Horror Anthology Handbook out on October 27th! Pre-orders now
I am honored to be included in the “words of wisdom” section of this fantastic guide to horror anthologies! We’ve done quite a lot of microbudget anthology work in the past few years and I’m definitely excited to see the … Read More
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 7 with Jason Horton – September 25, 2020
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 7 with Jason Horton – September 25, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ … Read More
Sophia appears on Not Suitable for Anyone Podcast to discuss Clickbait
Sophia had a great time going into a thematic deep-dive of Launch Over’s horror-satire, CLICKBAIT with the podcast, Not Suitable for Anyone! Full of spoilers, so watch the film then listen to the podcast! Not Suitable for Anyone is a podcast … Read More
Sophia and Michael produce Shiny Diamonds (directed by Seth Chatfield and Toni Nagy) – playing festivals now!
Shiny Diamonds IMDb – Facebook Valerie has a job to do, and Todd seems ready to help. But there are dangers lurking in the night. Written and Directed by Seth Chatfield & Toni Nagy Produced by Seth Chatfield, Toni Nagy, … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Daytrotter Session!
We had mentioned a while back about The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s visit to Daytrotter’s Horseshack studio in Rock Island, IL (more photos, videos, and info here)! (I had also previously done a Neutral Uke Hotel / The Motion Sick session and, we … Read More
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 6 with Izzy Lee (Fantasia and Horrible Imaginings wrap-up) – September 11, 2020
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 6 with Izzy Lee (Fantasia and Horrible Imaginings wrap-up) – September 11, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and … Read More
Michael edits Izzy Lee’s “Disco Graveyard” – playing at festivals now!
Don’t be dead. The dead are dumb. Be weird. Written, directed, produced & narrated by Izzy Lee Produced by Steve Johanson Edited by Michael J. Epstein Composed by Shayne Gryn Executive Producers: Josh Malerman, Paul Furio, Christopher D. Grace, Sarah … Read More
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Sophia and Michael collaborate with Friday Night Films / Jim McDonough and Tim Tate on “Darling Pet Monkey”
Darling Pet Monkey IMDb – Facebook True Story as narrated by Tim Tate. 1969 Outside of Washington D.C. Two brothers ordered a monkey for $19.95 out of the back of a Monster magazine. Things get weird. Tim’s monkey story has … Read More
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Launch Over Podcast: Episode 5 – Blood of the Tribades Q&A hosted by Neal Jones – September 4, 2020
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 5 – Blood of the Tribades Q&A hosted by Neal Jones – September 4, 2020 Neal Jones of Without Your Head hosts a very special Q&A with the cast and crew of Blood of the Tribades. [ Without Your … Read More
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 4 with Seth Chatfield – August 28, 2020
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 4 with Seth Chatfield – August 28, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ … Read More