We recently joined Josh “Captain Nostalgia” Burkey on the Victims and Villains podcast to discuss our analog-horror anthology series, *Final Transmissions*. We delve into the creation of the series, our episode “You Were Never Alone,” and the challenges of making a vintage-inspired horror film. Listen now!… Read More
Final Transmissions brings three analog-horror and found-footage stories together in a 91-minute feature anthology, including “You Were Never Alone,” written and directed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. Screenings include GenreBlast X and Nightmare in the Ozarks.
Sophia Cacciola, Jeremy Long, and Michael J. Epstein filmed a new Kansas Bowling and Parker Love Bowling interview for Antenna Releasing’s Third Saturday in October Blu-ray double feature.… Read More
Sophia Cacciola, Jeremy Long, and Michael J. Epstein made the feature-length documentary That Joke Goes Too Far: Inside Middle Man for Antenna Releasing’s new Blu-ray.… Read More
Apparently, after producing two Aaron Barrocas horror-comedies, the logical thing for us to do was make another one. We had the pleasure of producing Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other, a horror-comedy short written, directed, and edited by Aaron Barrocas! … Read More
GenreBlast X was an especially big year for us. We headed back to the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia for the tenth edition of the festival with a lot happening at once: Sophia was being inducted into the GenreBlast Hall … Read More
Hider in the House – VESTRON Collector’s Series Blu-ray™ (#35) Blu-ray™ + Digital Copy Rating: R Run time: 109 minutes Release Date: October 14, 2025 Number 35 of the Vestron Video Collector’s Series, this chilling psychological thriller is available on Blu-ray™ … Read More
Super excited to share that Igniting The Spark, The Story of Magic: The Gathering is now available for your streaming pleasure (Amazon Prime, Apple+, Vudu, Pluto, and many more)! Where to stream: https://bit.ly/igniting_the_spark Trailer: https://vimeo.com/cavegirl/ignitingthespark We shot the interview with … Read More
In the Mouth of Madness Limited Edition 4K UHD DO YOU READ SUTTER CANE? He chilled our blood with The Thing. Brought us face to face with the devil himself in Prince of Darkness. Now master of horror John Carpenter … Read More
THE MYSTERY OF EMMA THORN is the story of a woman who disappears and the people left to unravel exactly how and why. It has mystery, drama, disability and LGBT representation, romance, suspicion, and heartbreak. [Facebook]
Launch Over produced two films for the brand-new anthology series Mother Goose’s Scary Tales. Both shorts appear in Episode 1, so you can catch them back-to-back with a single click over on Tubi: Mother Goose’s Scary Tales on Tubi Grab … Read More
Enemy Territory Limited Edition Blu-ray An intense action-thriller filled with guns, gangs and danger round every corner, dare you set foot in Enemy Territory? Exploding onto high definition in a brand new restoration, the long unavailable Empire Pictures classic is … Read More
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Limited Edition 4K UHD For its inaugural film, Michael Bay’s studio Platinum Dunes brought together scriptwriter Scott Kosar (The Machinist) and director Marcus Nispel (2009’s Friday the 13th) for a grisly update of … Read More
Michael recently joined They Mostly Pod Out at Night…Mostly for an in-depth conversation about all things indie horror. Join Graveyard alongside his off-screen producer Salem as they interview the horror side of fandoms. podoutatnight | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch | … Read More
We’re thrilled to announce that we had the opportunity to contribute to the upcoming documentary Howard the Doc, an in-depth exploration of the 1986 cult classic Howard the Duck. Our involvement included filming an interview segment that delves into the … Read More
Sophia and Michael had a great time talking about political horror on the Another Goddamn Horror Podcast! Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/27Vy0iroka6p8ufm6cjEwm?utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1548230620?app=podcast&at=1000lHKX&ct=linktree_http&i=1000705168934&itscg=30200&itsct=lt_p&ls=1&mt=2 “For our landmark 200th episode of Another Goddamn Horror Podcast, we welcome back independent … Read More
Music on Bandcamp Music on Spotify Glows in the Dark! by Darling Pet Munkee You Better Believe It! by Darling Pet Munkee Sea-Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, and a necklace full of soil from Dracula’s castle are among the many bizarre items … Read More
A Hard Place Trailer premiered by Fangoria IMDb https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-hard-place-monster-v-s-monster-movie#/
Michael was interviewed by the excellent interview channel, Film Courage. Snippets from his long-form interview will be rolling out over the next few months, starting with thoughts on themes. Sophia was also interviewed separately by Film Courage. Full Interview Segments … 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
Spooky things happen when two friends discover a lost animated film from the 1920s. IMDb
The new blu-ray from Kino Lorber includes a special feature interview we filmed with Suzy Amis. TWO SMALL BODIES (BLU-RAY) Directed by : Beth B Cast : Suzy Amis, Fred Ward Crew : Phil Parmet Available Date : 10/24/2023 Release Year : 1993 Running Time : 88 UPC : 738329263607 … Read More
The new blu-ray from Kino Lorber includes a special feature interview we filmed with Suzy Amis. THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO (BLU-RAY) Directed by : Maggie Greenwald Cast : Suzy Amis, Ian McKellen, Bo Hopkins, Heather Graham, Carrie Snodgress, Anthony Heald, Rene Auberjonois, David Chung, Melissa Leo, Sam Robards Available Date : 12/05/2023 Release Year : … Read More
The Once and Future Smash In 1970, Mikey & 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 is the … Read More
Sophia filmed an interview (details soon to be announced) for Vinegar Syndrome’s The Prophecy 1-3 UHD set – pre-sale now.
The new blu-ray from Kino Lorber for Neon City has been announced! We filmed the interview with Michael Ironside for this release!
Kate McCoid worked with us on The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins, but she also makes her own brilliant and hilarious films, of course… My First Dick Based on a true story, set in the year 2000. … 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.
The new 4K UHD/blu-ray box set from ARROW, Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest is now available in the UK (Available in the US via Diabolik DVD). We filmed one of the included interviews for the special features with Colleen Camp!
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
l8 Night Ghouls Chattanooga Film Fest Livecast for The Once and Future Smash/End Zone 2 with Michael St. Michaels and Bill Weeden LISTEN ON Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Amazon Music Castro Castbox+ Join Crazysexyghoul and Pretty h8 Machine as … Read More
Around The Reel – “Make New Mistakes!” with Michael J. Epstein Around The Reel Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Filmmakers! You want to make movies? You want to make movies that make money? You want to follow your dream and … Read More
It’s June, but we’re talking more football horror with Sophia Cacciola and Michael Epstein the directors of “The Once and Future Smash.” They talk about how to film during a horror convention, their other film “End Zone 2” and … Read More
A little bit Clueless and a little bit American Psycho. Anne Margaret finds a solution to the age old “boys will be boys” problem in this neon soaked short horror film starring Eden Andrews and Chance Caeden. Written and Directed … Read More
Sophia was the 1st AC on the 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Meat Friend was nominated for Best Short Film!
Sophia and Michael had a great time talking The Once and Future Smash / End Zone 2 on episode 127 of Another Goddamn Horror Podcast! They reveal many new secrets, trash Aronofsky, and debate age-old horror questions! Support them on … Read More
Sophia and Michael are very excited to be working on director Matt Stuertz’s Wake Not the Dead (IMDb)! We had the pleasure of meeting Matt at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival when we were showing Blood of the … Read More
Sophia filmed some of the special feature interviews for the new 4K Kino Lorber release of The Night of the Hunter. She shot these two interviews: LOVE AND HATE: Filmmaker Ernest Dickerson on THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER LITTLE LAMBS: … Read More
ARROW just released a new 4K blu-ray for NAKED LUNCH. I was lucky enough to meet up with Dr. Peter Weller at his members-only cigar bar to conduct a 2+ hour long interview for the release (literally the sun went … Read More
A despondent mother’s reality crumbles as she faces the unthinkable. IMDb – TMDb – Letterboxd Interview with Rakefet by L. Andrew Cooper Rakefet interview on Miscarriage Stories Teaser Crowdfunding teaser
On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to director Sophia Cacciola about her mockumentary (co-directed with Michael J Epstein) “The Once and Future Smash” and the movie that “inspired” it “End Zone 2.” Over the course of the interview … Read More
Craving IMDb – Wikipedia – Watch on Tubi – Watch on Amazon – Watch on Google Play – Watch on YouTube After a drug deal goes south, four heroin addicts barricade themselves in a country bar as the cops … Read More
We had a wonderful time discussing our films and more on The Walter Paisley Movie House Podcast. Today I talk to two of the most prolific and busiest independent filmmakers working. Between them, Michael and Sophia have over 70 credits … 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!!
Anastasia Elfman had Sophia shoot her “Unhinged Valentine” concept video. Set to “Devil Take Away” by Danny Elfman.
We recorded two new songs for the anthology FAT FLESHY FINGERS (that we created a segment for). “Sexy Mummy,” features in our mummy-themed segment, King of Carrot Flowers (with lyrics and vocals by Michael, and guitar from Catherine Capozzi). We … Read More
The new blu-ray from ARROW for The Vagrant has been announced! We filmed three of the four included interviews for the special features with Marshall Bell, Michael Ironside, and Colleen Camp! If you haven’t seen The Vagrant you’re in for … Read More
IMDb – TMDb – Letterboxd Full Movie (also streaming on Tubi – Plex – JustWatch) Trailer Determined to create the ultimate pandemic film, Stephen (who apparently has never heard of an exquisite corpse) brings a team of filmmakers together, believing … Read More
