I’ve been hard at work over on my filmmaking tips site, The Filmmaking Fool. Here’s what we’ve covered recently: An interview with Jim McDonough of Friday Night Films. How did Jim get started making films? As the filmmaking fool, I … Read More
Magnetic will be released on DVD by Wild Eye Releasing on November 22, 2016. Pre-order now! On December 31st, the Earth will be destroyed. Everything you know will become nothing. In this sci-fi, thriller. one woman holds the key to … Read More
Sophia and Michael had the pleasure of interviewing John Sox (of The F.U.’s and Straw Dogs) last year for The Return of the Living Dead collector’s edition blu ray bonus featurette Party Time! The Music of Return of the Living Dead. … Read More
Phranc Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
Blood of the Tribades at B Movie Underground and Trash Film Festival, Breda, The Netherlands! Friday, September 2, 2016 @ 14:00 Screening Information – Program Booklet “Fans of bizarre, experimental or otherwise distorting movies are served every year at the … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at GENREBLAST Film Festival, Culpeper VA Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 11:59PM Screening Information We are incredibly honored to have won the award for BEST SCORE! (listen at http://www.bloodofthetribades.com/soundtrack/ ) We were also nominated for: Best … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at STARBURST International Film Festival, Manchester UK! Saturday, August 28 2016 Screening Information Directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein will be in attendence at the festival! “A busy 3 days of Cult TV, Comics with screenings … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at GENCON Film Festival Thursday, August 4, 2016 @ 10pm Screening Information – directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein in attendance! PANELS: Fri 8/5 10:00AM – Sophia is on a Pre-production panel Fri 8/5 … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fantasmagorical Film Festival! Winner Best 70’s Throwback Film! Winner Best Vampire Film! “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, … Read More
Patty Schemel Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
KIRA ROESSLER Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
MICHELLE GONZALES Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
Alice de Buhr Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
Blood of the Tribades at Origins Film Festival June 18, 2016 @ 11pm Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious dogma. Immersive, … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Horror Hotel! June 11, 2016 @ 10:55pm in Screening Room B – Hudson, OH Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Phoenix Comicon! June 3rd, 2016 at 8:30PM in West 102B Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Vampire Film and Arts Festival in Transylvania, Romania! From Stoker to Rice; from Nosferatu to classic Hammer onto Twilight, The Strain and beyond – the vampire genre is the world’s most enduring and influential horror … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Sanford International Film Festival in Sanford, Maine! This is our third year in a row at SIFF and we couldn’t be more delighted to be included in this year’s programming! May 27, 2016 @ 4:30PM … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Nights: The Ultimate Festival of Angst in Vienna, Austria! May 11th, 2016 Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from … Read More
We originally appeared on episode 5 of Department of Tangents. My guests for Episode 5 are filmmakers and musicians Michael J Epstein and Sophia Cacciola, who have been working at the hellish pace of writing, producing, and directing one horror … Read More
GAIL ANN DORSEY Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
We are very pleased to announce that The Color of Air, a weekly interview podcast hosted by Greg Massi, (Baliset, ex-Kayo Dot, ex-maudlin of the Well), has released a second interview with us (Sophia and Michael), following up our 2014 interview.. … Read More
“Rock and Roll Part 2” Thanks to Kickstarter backer Joe Renken! And yes, GG is terrible. starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Zach Pidgeon Kristofer Jenson Seth Chatfield Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist … Read More
BUFF Bacchus created by the Whore Church Blood of the Tribades won Best New England Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival! The film world premiered to a sold-out crowd at The Brattle Theatre on (vampire) Easter as part of … Read More
Katrina & the Waves “Walking on Sunshine“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Rachel Eddey! starring: Kristofer Jenson, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael J. Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of the Tribades Playlists … Read More
The Incredible String Band “Witches Brew”“ Thanks to Kickstarter backers Esther Y. Smith starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael J. Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs … Read More
Tom Waits “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six”“ Thanks to Kickstarter backers John Walsh & Jane Allard starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Sophia Cacciola and Michael … Read More
Poison “Talk Dirty to Me“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Sarah Steinberg Heller! starring: Michael J. Epstein, Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Sophia Cacciola Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of … Read More
still of Sophia from Blood of the Tribades Depeche Mode “Shake the Disease“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Kenneth McKlinski! ! starring: Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood … Read More
We are very excited to announce that Magnetic is available now exclusively on Steam for a very low introductory price for rent or purchase! http://store.steampowered.com/app/440140
Boston Hassle Telethon – GIVE HERE Boston Hassle’s 1st Annual 24 Hour Telethon AND Performance Marathon!!! …featuring: Ben Hersey, Id M Theft Able, Sun Rad, Luxardo, LSDV, Mike Simonelli, Casey Crawford, The Trofessor, Coorain Devin, the Firehouse, Neil Horsky, Lankville Daily … Read More
We’ve recently had the great chance to do a string of interviews about our film and music endeavors. If you want to know more about what makes us tick and what we’re ticking about, here you go! And check out: … Read More
poster created by kristilyn-zombie romance Blood of the Tribades 2015 was the year of vampires! We spent much of the second half of the year shooting and doing pre-and-post production on our third feature film, Blood of the Tribades. Shot … Read More
Magnetic wins Terror Film Festival’s 2015 Claw Awards for Best Special Effects!!!
Kali In February, Catherine Capozzi and friends (including us) presented a live performance, album, and film anthology called Bring Us Your Women. Once a month, for 14 months, we will be releasing a film from the anthology each month. If … Read More
Magnetic at Another Hole in the Head!Facebook New People Cinema1746 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94115Tue, Nov 10 7:00 PMTickets Beyond Chron reviewed Magnetic as part of their festival preview.
We are regularly asked what it’s like to be on the set of one of our movies. Well, if that’s the sort of thing you want to know, you’re in luck! We took 60+ hours of behind-the-scenes footage from the … Read More
See more of Izzy’s work at: https://www.nihilnoctem.com Good intentions lead to diastrous results when a woman visits a new mom. Starring: Kasey Lansdale, Diana Porter Shot, Cut & Mixed by Bryan McKay Original Score Shayne Gryn FX, Sound Design & … Read More
photo by Céline Fernbach We’re excited to announce that we have wrapped principal photography! All of our main shooting days with the cast are complete. We’ve sorted and logged all of the footage and we’re very excited about how it … Read More
behind-the-scenes photo by Céline Fernbach Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Paisley Rojagato! starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Stabatha La Thrills, Sindy Katrotic, Simone de Boudoir Shot on the evening of the total lunar eclipse … Read More
TEN is now streaming for free to Amazon Prime members! Check it out! And then don’t forget to grab one of the few remaining physical copies of the TEN companion novel by Jade Sylvan! (Once we run out, it probably … Read More
One of the best things about filmmaking is getting to convince a favorite artist to make a poster for our films! We’ve had the pleasure of having Walter Sickert make the poster for TEN, Craig Maher make the poster for … Read More
In February, Catherine Capozzi and friends (including us) presented a live performance, album, and film anthology called Bring Us Your Women. Once a month, for 14 months, we will be releasing a film from the anthology each month. If you’d … Read More
Production Diary Day 9 – 09/27/2015 At some point, we’ll get to write more about our day filming, but here are some behind-the-scenes photos taken by Céline Fernbach But first, here are a few very rough-colored stills to give you … Read More
Production Diary Day 8 – 09/20/2015 At some point, we’ll get to write more about our day filming, but here are some behind-the-scenes photos taken by Sophia Cacciola. But first, here are a few very rough-colored stills to give you … Read More
Production Diary Day 7 – 09/13/2015 At some point, we’ll get to write more about our day filming, but here are some behind-the-scenes photos taken by Sophia Cacciola. But first, here are a few very rough-colored stills to give you … Read More
Production Diary Day 6 – 09/12/2015 At some point, we’ll get to write more about our day filming with our youngest vampire and traveling all around to get some nice exteriors, but here are some wonderful behind-the-scenes photos taken by … Read More
We’re very pleased to introduce you to all of our Blood of the Tribades cast (film web site)!Irina Peligrad as Nephite Geraldine Short bio: Irina is a charming refugee from Communist Romania, who now kindly allows Capitalists to pull her … Read More
Production Diary Day 5 – 09/05/2015 At some point, we’ll get to write more about our day filming with our twin vampires and visiting some castles, but here are some wonderful behind-the-scenes photos taken by Rachel Leah Blumenthal. But first, … Read More
Linkin Park – When They Come For Me Thanks to Kickstarter backer Nastasja Terry starring: Maggie Maraschino, Irina Peligrad, Lilith Beest Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Sophia Cacciola Photos by Rachel Leah Blumenthal – http://rachelblumenthal.net/ Playlist … Read More