Severin Films Super Shock Pop-Up Film Festival 2024 Recently, I had the opportunity to appear on Without Your Head to discuss the Super Shock Pop-Up Film Festival. On August 24th, Severin Films, the “primo purveyors of cinematic horror, trash … Read More
The Dial Tone of Doom was made for the Tales From The Grave series (produced by Dustin Ferguson)! The Dial Tone of Doom is now also included on American Terror Tales III. Trailer 3rd Severed Limbs Film Festival! The Angus Scrimm … Read More
Michael did some editing work on Heidi Moore‘s Kill Dolly Kill, the musical sequel to Dolly Deadly. The film is being released by Troma and will premiere at Fantastic Fest 2023. Deadline Fantastic Fest Lineup Announcement
We were sadly unable to attend Gen Con 2023 to be at the screening for The Once and Future Smash, which won Best Documentary, but we were delighted to be invited to serve on virtual panels for directing and production.
On July 20, 2023 at the SAN DIEGO COMIC CON, Sophia will be on The Independent Filmmakers Panel at 8pm at the Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. Other filmmakers on the panel: Rob Schulbaum, Michael Varrati John Mosetich and … Read More
The Once and Future Smash won a Lizzie Award at Renegade Film Festival in Atlanta, GA for Indie Spirit and Catherine Capozzi won Best Score!!
IMDb – TMDb – Letterboxd Full Movie (also streaming on Tubi – Mometu – Nuclear Home Video – JustWatch) Trailer Determined to create the ultimate pandemic film, Stephen (who apparently has never heard of an exquisite corpse) brings a team … Read More
Fat Fleshy Fingers, the Bizarroland anthology that Sophia directed the segment “King of Carrot Flowers” for, is now playing festivals. [IMDb] [TMDb] [Letterboxd] 1/16/2023 – Film Maudit 2.0 – Santa Monica, CA – World Premiere 9/1/2023 GenreBlast – Winchester, VA … Read More
Sophia and Michael were very honored to receive the Innovation in Film award from Nightmares Film Festival for their work on The Once and Future Smash and for their work in the filmmaking community.
We signed up to participate in the third Bizarroland 72-Hour Film Debacle. With a team of Michael, Sophia, Kate McCoid as GOD and Nick Hatch as Cheesy Boy. We revived a song Sophia wrote for the movie, The Ungovernable … Read More
2021.Well, it was a lot of lockdown and some brief moments of shooting films, a couple film fests, and a quick visit East.In sadness, our beloved chihuahua that we adopted at the start of the pandemic in 2020, King Ghidorah, … Read More
We signed up to participate in the second Sick ‘n’ Wrong 72-Hour Film Debacle. With a team of Michael, Sophia, and Blanche the dog, we set out to destroy god themselves. Synopsis: A woman and her questionable veterinarian search … Read More
Tyler Sage’s disturbing two-part murderous fever dream Leopard (pt I / pt II) world premieres at GenreBlast on 9/1 at 3:15 PM in the same block as Clickbait The films have been combined as Mythophilia and released as part of the … Read More
Bloodhound and Weekend Vampire on UK TV on Latest Visions. All things spooky – from some of the best contemporary indie filmmakers in the world. All Hallowe’en weekend: 29th to 31st October – discover over 60 short films and … Read More
We had the pleasure of producing Aaron Barrocas’s horror-comedy short, Sitting Duck! You can read a wonderful, extensive interview with Aaron and us talking about the production over at Killer Shorts! Screenings: New York City Horror Film Festival – 12/2-9/2021 – … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
We had the pleasure of producing Aaron Barrocas’s horror-comedy short, Half-Cocked! Screenings: Sick ‘N’ Wrong – Aug 10, 2019 – CityArts Orlando – Orlando, FL Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival – Aug 23, 2019 – Dipson Theatres Eastern Hills Cinema … Read More
Very excited that several of our films are playing the wonderful and important Shawna Shea Film Festival!!! GET TICKETS HERE Umbilicus Desidero – Thursday, Oct. 3 Starlite Gallery 129 Hamilton St., Southbridge, MA – 7:30 PM (w/Reed Unbound: The … Read More
Speaking of GenreBlast Facebook – Twitter – All Episodes Sep 13, 2019 Well it is time to make your weekend a supersized excellent weekend with the latest monster sized episode of Indie Infestation. Joe, Zane and good ‘ole Cookie Lips Lombardo … Read More
We had a great time at GenreBlast 2019! The Dial Tone of Doom’s Catherine Capozzi won the award for Best Score Short Film! There are Q&A recordings from both of our blocks – Re-Home/Half-Cocked/The Dial Tone of Doom – Umbilicus … Read More
Planchette A carefully planned Halloween party takes a dark turn when the guests discover Ouija is more than just a game. We are excited to announce that “Planchette” is an official selection of several film festivals! Planchette Official Site … Read More
Synopsis: In the near future, the U.S.-Mexico border wall has been completed and the high cost of living has skyrocketed. As a result, loved ones are re-homed like pets. Upcoming Festivals: Shawna Shea Film Festival – Oct. 5, 2019 Starlite … Read More
Mondo Cult Film Variety Showcase is our favorite monthly showcase to catch the wildest of the weird in short films! This month, they are showing the trailer for Clickbait and we’ll be onhand for a Q&A after the showcase! Mondo … Read More
Sophia and Michael sat down for an interview with Horror Talk with Kristin West to talk about Clickbait and filmmaking while attending the FANtastic Horror Festival in San Diego! The episode premieres Friday, April 19th! https://horrornews.net/141228/horror-talk-with-kristin-west-michael-epstein-sophia-cacciola/?fbclid=IwAR3NvSzlbtVdblnDjj0AII-hZlkgYctPSE_I_3957J-mJDIMh6lNqO2CLZM
Blood of the Tribades is having a new release as Lesbos Vampyros via SoCalCinema’s Malvolia’s Movie Matinee! We’ll be having our Los Angeles premiere at HAUS Film Festival on May 11th at the Downtown Independent in LA. Facebook Event HAUS … Read More
MOTOR CITY NIGHTMARES HORROR EXPO & FILM FESTIVAL April 26th, 27th & 28th 2019 NOVI SHERATON 21111 Haggerty Road, Novi, MI
We had a really nice conversation with Boston Globe correspondent Isaac Feldberg to discuss our return to the Boston Underground Film Festival after having moved away a few years ago to screen Clickbait. We were super grateful to have been … Read More
We’re absolutely honored and blown away that we won Best Feature for Clickbait at the Starburst Magazine Starburst International Film Festival awards! @clickbaitmovie LOOK AT THESE CUTIES! Congratz guys on winning best feature at #StarburstFilmFest STARBURST Fantasy Awards 2019 👏 pic.twitter.com/oGydji3k4O — 👎 … Read More
We couldn’t be more excited to return to the Boston Underground Film Festival with Clickbait this year! We had a great time with our previous films: Blood of the Tribades, Magnetic, and TEN. Facebook Event Tickets Three years after winning … Read More
What was 2018? Who knows? We shaved the sides of our heads. We had a busy year; probably our biggest news this year was finishing Clickbait, bringing it to festivals, and signing a distribution deal for it to come out … Read More
The very weirdo short, Dept. of Reincarnation, Sophia made with Lianne O’Shea earlier this year is having it’s world premiere at the inaugural Medusa Underground Film Festival! Dept. of Reincarnation is a wtf comedy short exploring the bureaucracy involved in choosing … Read More
Sophia & Michael give an extensive interview about Clickbait to Nasty Neal of Without Your Head at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival. More on our visit to Buffalo: http://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2018/10/clickbait-is-an-official-selection-of-the-buffalo-dreams-fantastic-film-festival-2018-nov-2-9-2018/ They also mention us in the episode recap at … Read More
We had the great honor of having a small part in helping with Laurel Vail’s excellent film, What Metal Girls are Into! We got to appear as extras in the metal concert scenes, but perhaps more importantly, we helped coordinate … Read More
Blood of the Tribades is an official selection of the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival 2019 – screens January 12, 2019! “…a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious … Read More
We couldn’t be more excited to return to Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival with Clickbait this year! We had a great time 2 years screening Blood of the Tribades there! Clickbait took home a win for Outstanding Micro-budget Feature! We … Read More
We’re were excited for Clickbait to be an official selection and the opening film of the Sanford International Film Festival! SIFF has been a great supporter of our previous films and we’re thrilled to return to Maine! We got to do … Read More
We had a really fun time attending FANtastic Horror Film Festival in San Diego! Clickbait won Best Supporting Actress (Brandi Aguilar)! We were nominated for: Best Feature, Best Actress (Amanda Colby Stewart), Best Supporting Actor (Seth Chatfield), Best Score (Night Kisses w/ Catherine … Read More
Sophia was honored at GenreBlast Film Festival 2018 (where we also had Clickbait and Leopard premiere) with the wrestling belt for Les Femmes Du Genre! The Les Femmes award recognizes “an outstanding woman in genre filmmaking,” and during the awards, … Read More
The GenreBlast Film Festival 2018 film festival was a blast and we are extremely honored to be recognized for: Best On-Screen Duo (Amanda Colby Stewart & Brandi Aguilar) And in non-Clickbait categories: Les Femmes Du Genre (Sophia Cacciola) Nuclear Pen [multiple finalist screenplays] (Michael J. … Read More
We had an amazing time attending AZUFF. Clickbait won BEST HORROR FEATURE! Thursday September 20th at 7:30pm at the Screening Room 127 E. Congress http://www.azuff.com
Pitch site: http://thecaul.launchover.com/ – IMDb The Caul has been selected as a screenplay finalist at: Women in Horror Film Festival (Winner: Honorable Mention), Nightmares Film Festival, and GenreBlast Film Festival! Genre: 1970s-style folk horror Logline: The balance of light and darkness is disrupted as … Read More
GenreBlast is one of our favorite film festivals and they have been profiling some of the artists whose films have played the fest (Blood of the Tribades played there during the inaugural year). Sophia got pretty honest with them about … Read More
GENYA RAVAN INTERVIEW BY Tanya Pearson. FILMED BY JEN DESSINGER EDITED BY Michael J. Epstein
Hipster Ghost is a short film made for the Women in Comedy Festival Rachel Bloom Challenge. “Filmmakers were challenged to use an opening line of dialogue provided by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s co-creator, writer, and star Rachel Bloom – “YOU CAN’T DO THAT” … Read More
September 7 – 10, 2017 Alamo Drafthouse Winchester, VA Film lineup reveal on July 7! GENREBLAST 2 INDIE FILMMAKERS UNLEASHED!A raw and uncensored look into the world of independent genre filmmaking from the mouths of those in the trenches!Moderated by … Read More
UPDATE: Hipster Ghost is now available for viewing! Sophia has two films in the Women in Comedy Festival! Both are screening on Saturday, April 22nd at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA.RACHEL BLOOM’S COMEDY SHORT CHALLENGE is at 2pm and the WICF … Read More