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
For more on our project: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2018/01/vienna-round-up-our-adventures-in-austria-in-november/?fbclid=IwAR1BpwlpD3Zwpr9i8H_inaPU0VnQ1Ni0arddC2owOMpYtEDFcSErfKqlMVI
The latest news is that Michael has advanced to the semifinals along with 32 other pitches. His pitch will be featured on an episode of the Pitch Elevator show. Eight finalists will be chosen by judges and fans. List … Read More
Here are the Q21 Vienna Art Week Events that include Sophia & Michael! – Facebook Event with more https://issuu.com/viennaartweek/docs/vaw_2017_ansicht_deutsch Studio Visit Date: Sat, Nov 18, 12-14: 00Meeting Point: MQ courtyard 7, State Council Building (Entrance Volkstheater) Gerald Straub Artist-in-residence programs artist-in-residence programs allow … 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!
We had a great time last month playing at The Prisoner Con and meeting all of the wonderful friends and fans of the show. We showed our two Prisoner-inspired vidoes, Arrival (a shot for shot remake of the opening sequence) and … Read More
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
Very happy to announce that my book, Crowdfunding Basics in 30 Minutes is a finalist in the Independent Publishers of New England’s 4th Annual Book Awards!!! About the book – Crowdcrux Podcast Interview – Take the Lead Radio with Dr. Diane … 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
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling The Prisoner Con Saturday evening September 30, 2017 — 6:00 – 11:00 PM At the Broadway Performance Hall — Seattle, WA Facebook Event The Program is outlined here: http://www.theprisonercon2017.com/the-program.html The story of how … 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
“Crowdfunding has rapidly become a viable way to start a small business. This book walks you through the pros and cons of crowd funding and how to do it successfully.” Check out the whole list of books below or … 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
http://withoutyourhead.com/viewnews.php?autoid=110692 http://withoutyourhead.com/viewnews.php?autoid=110331 http://withoutyourhead.com/viewnews.php?autoid=109602 We also did a Phantasm mini-doc, an interview with the cast and director of Look Away, and had interviews of our own for Blood of the Tribades, Special Needs Revolt, and Clickbait over at … 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
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
[bandcamp width=350 height=470 album=1433225257 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false] Back in the 1990s, I was pretty heavily involved in collage music, particularly doing live collage radio at WHRW with the radio show Free Uncensored under the DJ name M-sli©k da ninjA, which … 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
This is my go-to image for various jokes / scenarios. We’re even considering calling a new band, “Take That, You Ostrich Skeleton!” We had no idea where it came from and had a long Facebook thread involving a number of people … 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
I have the wonderful pleasure of speaking with Dr. Diane Hamilton for Take the Lead radio about crowdfunding and various creative and academic pursuits! (Facebook / Twitter) My segment is about 30 minutes into the show. Listen to / download … Read More
I had a great chat with Salvador Briggman over at the Crowdcrux Podcast. We talked about strategies for successful crowdfunding, how to leverage crowdfunding efforts into a continuing career, and my new book, Crowdfunding Basics In 30 Minutes! Give it a … 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
2016 was a year of big changes for us! The biggest being that we left our many-year home Boston for Los Angeles. You can read about why we chose to move here. We headed out in the Summer and went … Read More
Some years ago, Berklee PULSE filmed the The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, as we composed our three-part “Faith in Free” and collaborated with BalletRox (and choreographer Jane Allard) to perform it live at the Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts). This … Read More
My tweet-based flash-fiction story about the rise of “The Frog Soldiers” soon after Donald Trump’s inauguration is included in the special “Trumpocalypse” edition of the Deadman’s Tome. About Deadman’s Tome: A home for dark demented horror and scary stories that … 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
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync – Scatterbrain “Down With the Ship (Slight Return)” thanks Noel Proulx starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Sophia Cacciola Zach Pidgeon Kristofer Jenson Seth Chatfield Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist of all … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync Sidewalk Driver “Dancing with her Friends” Thanks John Doherty! starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of the Tribades … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Night Horror Weekend Film Festival – November 25-27, 2016 – Louisville, KY Blood of the Tribades 1hr 18min Sunday Room B 12:15pm Another film that Michael and Sophia had a small part in, The Ungovernable Force … Read More