Scott Spiegel

Scott Spiegel (December 10, 1957 – August 20, 2025) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for the movie Evil Dead II with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. Spiegel played the role of Scotty in Raimi's Within the Woods, which served as a precursor to The Evil Dead. When Spiegel first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house in with directors Raimi and Joel Coen, producer Ethan Coen and actresses Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Kathy Bates. He shared yet another house with roommate and film editor Bob Murawski (Spider-Man). In the early 1990s, he introduced film director Quentin Tarantino to producer Lawrence Bender, who helped Tarantino get Reservoir Dogs made. Spiegel grew up in what was then "rural" Birmingham, Michigan. He attended Walnut Lake Elementary school and then went on to attend West Maple Jr. High School. It was here that Scott met Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Spiegel worked at the local grocery market across from Walnut Lake Elementary School and it is from this market that Scott would later draw upon the memories to come up with classic scenes that would eventually be worked into many of the scenes of the movies he would either write or direct. In 1999, Spiegel directed the direct-to-video sequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, Texas Blood Money. Spiegel formed the production company Raw Nerve with film directors Eli Roth, and Boaz Yakin. Raw Nerve produced the film Hostel (2005), directed by Roth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Spiegel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Within the Woods
Scotty
Wild Malibu Weekend!
Make-Up Shemp #1
Skinned Alive
Phink
Robot Ninja
Marty Coleslaw
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Himself
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
Self
Red
The caller
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Soul of the Damned (voice)
The Case of the Topanga Pearl
Unknown
The Blind Waiter
Unknown
Darkman
Dockworker
Dark Ascension
Man in Hell
Spider-Man
Marine Cop
Spider-Man 2
Man on Balcony
Inspector Clutz Saves the Day
Igor the Monster
The Evil Dead
Fake Shemp
The Sappy Sap
Man
Babysitter Wanted
Dr. Spiegel
Shock Cinema: Volume One
Himself
The Girl I Want
Guy 2
Curse of the Werewolf
Unknown
A Night in a Sanitarium
Unknown
The Dead Next Door
Richards
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Pin Cushion
Drag Me to Hell
Mourner at Death Feast
Oedipus Rex
Unknown
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
Self
Evil Dead II
Fake Shemp
Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2
Self
Nude Bowling Party
Joe Pornofsky
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Porno Director
Where Truth Lies
Prison Guard
Lionheart
Pool Fight Bookie
2001 Maniacs
Strolling Minstrel #2
The Quick and the Dead
Gold Teeth Man
Intruder
Bread Man
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Self
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Unknown
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
Self
Acting and Reacting
Unknown
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Marine
Torro. Torro. Torro!
Unknown
QT8: The First Eight
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self
It's Murder!
Police Detective
Hatred Of A Minute
Bored Party Guest (credited as Peter Perkinson)
Torro. Torro. Torro!
Unknown
The Cult of Ichi
Self