Shirley Manson is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. She is the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. INTERVIEWED BY TANYA PEARSON. FILMED BY SOPHIA CACCIOLA AND MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN. EDITED BY MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN Special thanks to Greg Velasquez and Four Seasons Hotel … Read More
PERIOD STAIN That brief crisis when you period on your boyfriend’s bed. Period Stain – watch more funny videos Directed by Chris Sturgeon and shot by Kaitlyn Tanimoto!
VIOLA SMITH (née Schmitz; born November 29, 1912) is an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers. INTERVIEWED BY TANYA PEARSON FILMED BY SOPHIA CACCIOLA … Read More
Jula Bell of Bulimia Banquet! Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Cinematography by Sophia Cacciola. Sound Recording / Editing by Michael J. Epstein
Ginger Coyote, founder of PUNK GLOBE MAGAZINE and rock band WHITE TRASH DEBUTANTES Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein And a special thanks to Ginger for this feature on the Women of Rock Oral History Project … Read More
2017 was our first full year living in Los Angeles! Certainly a weird year in the world and that weirdness certainly seeped into our lives, but that did not stop us from having a productive year! One of the most … Read More
The Greatest Question Facing The Future of Science And Robotics – watch more funny videos A scientist hired to create the perfect male and female robots does just that.. but not what he thought they were intended for. DIRECTED BY: … Read More
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Clickbait is now in post-production and we wanted to share some photos from production! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6982794/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
Subscribe on iTunes / Google Play Michael Epstein joins Adrian Esposito, Bill Weeden and Lloyd Kaufman to talk about Special Needs Revolt! Special Needs Revolt & Best Films of 2017 – Without Your Head The cast/crew behind the upcoming SPECIAL … Read More
MUSIC We filmed the event and have posted a song from each set below! The Women of Rock Oral History Project launch party was a grand, sold-out success! PANELS Excellent, thought-provoking panels given by:
Thalia Zedek Interviewed and Filmed by Tanya Pearson. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
GENYA RAVAN INTERVIEW BY Tanya Pearson. FILMED BY JEN DESSINGER EDITED BY Michael J. Epstein
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You only die once! IMDB – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram About Clickbait: A 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 … Read More
Review Excerpt from Starburst issue 446!”A number of filmmakers have already begun making themselves knwon on the festival circuit and it’s easy to see why. There’s such a high standard within the various shorts that picking out a few favourites … Read More
Check out the ever-talented Whitney Avalon‘s latest music video for the 80s news outrage throwback, “You’re Not Fooling Anyone!” We had the pleasure of helping out on crew on this video! We’ve worked with Whitney a few times before … Read More
http://nerd.homeip.net https://www.facebook.com/events/1486075758136230/ The premise was that we’d help the attendees write, shoot, and edit a film in 3 hours. We expected to just shoot a scene with maybe two people sitting and talking at a table or something. But, … Read More
We had the pleasure of working as PAs on the Princess Rap Battle – RAPUNZEL vs ANNA (Eliza Dushku, James Maslow, Tom Lenk, Whitney Avalon)! Check out their Youtube channel, Facebook page, and Patreon!
Michael J. Epstein [Interview] Welcome to Day 15 of Trainwreck’d Society’s Month of Horror Showcase. Every day during the month of October, we will have a horror related interview and/or film review for your fright-filled reading pleasure! The set up … Read More
Check out the ever-talented Whitney Avalon‘s latest music video featuring Maleficent singing, “Uninvited.” We had the pleasure of helping out on crew on this video! We’ve worked with Whitney a few times before as well, including on Princess Rap Battle … Read More
In addition to serving as the primary focus puller on the El Pelon Avila music video for “Asi La Fui Armando,” Sophia shot all of the second-unit material for the flashback sequences to the singer as a young child, selling … Read More
Kat Arthur is a singer, songwriter and a founding member of Los Angeles punk band Legal Weapon. In this oral history, Kat Arthur discusses her childhood upbringing in Princeton, NJ, her family of origin, schooling, and teenage years. She details her early … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling started out in 2009 as a vehicle for my songwriting. We decided to name the band and the songs after Prisoner episodes because we loved the show, and personally a lot of the … Read More
“…is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films and a portent discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious dogma. Fans of subversive cinema and vampire lore alike should find plenty to appreciate” Chris Hallock, VideoScope Magazine Summer … Read More
Sophia was one of the winners of the Epic Pictures/Dread Central/ScareLA Pitch Contest! She will move forward to a filmmakers’ lab whre she’ll get to meet with Epic Pictures’ development team to develop the pitch and prepare the project for production, … Read More
Azalia Snail Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
BRIE (HOWARD) DARLING Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
Zoe attempts to get her extremely indecisive boyfriend, Eric, to agree on a restaurant before everything closes. DIRECTED, WRITTEN & EDITED BY: Ryan Sulak & Chris Sturgeon STARRING Niccole Thurman as Zoe Scott Yamamura as Eric Chris Sturgeon as Adam … Read More
After many issues with Amazon blocking “mature” titles from Prime, we just got Blood of the Tribades screening free on Prime! It is for a limited time, so it would be tremendously helpful if people watch it soon on Prime and … Read More
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
Amanda Palmer Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Editing by Michael J. Epstein.
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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
We’re excited that Darling Pet Munkee‘s “Live Toy Circus (With Performing CHAMELEON)” is featured in the teaser for Kill Giggles! Everyone has heard and seen the story time and time again of the serial killers, the madmen, the monsters who … Read More
Sophia and I served as the west-coast proxy production team for Safe Place, a film shooting in Florida later this year starring Ashley Mary Nunes. The Florida team couldn’t make the journey to Los Angeles for the teaser shoot, so Sophia … Read More
Blood of the Tribades won in four categories in Under The Morgue‘s Best of 2016 Best Vampire Film Best DVD/Blu-ray Release (tied with The Witch) Best Direct-To-DVD Film (tied with Hush, Late Night Double Feature, Chill: The Killing Games) Biggest Guilty Pleasure … Read More
June 15, 2017 – Horror At The Hooker – Brattleboro, VT – https://facebook.com/events/1041392482661208 Screening and Q&A w/ directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein! Doors open at 6:45pm – Show starts at 7pm – $5 (suggested donation) – INFO June … Read More
TRACY BONHAM INTERVIEW BY TANYA PEARSON FILMED BY PAUL W. PRESTON AND TANYA PEARSON EDITED BY TANYA PEARSON
The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” is featured in the film, The Anchorite! Stubborn guitarist Aaron Black finds himself unceremoniously ejected from his band and takes revenge by hijacking the tour. But when his manager insists he take on Chelsea as … Read More
Sophia was interviewed by Jay Kay for the Horror Happens radio show as part of Women in Horror Month! You can listen to the podcast here: – Discussing her Short Form Films with Filmmaker Dionne Copeland (Inferno, Haxx Deadroom, and … 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
Very excited that the Blood of the Tribades trailer is included in special “LET’S GO TO THE DRIVE-IN” Frankenstein Created Bikers / Dear God No! double feature disc We put together a special program under the extras called “Let’s Go … Read More
We’ve had the great honor of having Blood of the Tribades included as the special exclusive blu-ray in this month’s HorrorPack! This special edition contains a variant HorrorPack art that won’t be on any future edition. (A general release limited-edition blu-ray is also … Read More
Blood of the Tribades is now available. For blu-ray, DVD, VHS and VOD, check out our general Blood of the Tribades watch/buy page! Blood of the Tribades from Launch Over – Cacciola / Epstein on Vimeo. The Blood is the … Read More
We absolutely love bonus material packaged with film releases. We learned everything we know about film from directors’ commentaries, behind-the-scenes docs, and cast/crew interviews. So, when we realized we were going to be putting out Blood of the Tribades on … Read More
We are thrilled to announce that we are working with SRS Cinema to bring to you a very special, limited-edition VHS release of Blood of the Tribades! Most of our horror education came from renting down the row based on … Read More
Download the MP3 – Subscribe on iTunes / Google Play Listen at: Blood of the Tribades – Without Your Head Sophia Cacciola and Michael Epstein joined us to talk about their new film Blood of the Tribades! Sophia and Michael went over: – … Read More
I had the pleasure of working on sound mix/cleanup in post-production on Honky Holocaust, an over-the-top, anti-racist film telling an alternate-history version of the Manson family’s attempt to frame the Black Panthers for the Tate murder to spark a race … Read More
Cynthia Ross Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Edited by Michael J. Epstein