
Birthday:
12-24-1957
(67 years)
Birthplace:
Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Biography
Scott Spiegel (born December 24, 1957) is 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.
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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.
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Within the Woods
Act like Scotty
event1978 star_border 5.8
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The low budget film starring the young Bruce Campbell that influenced the Evil Dead films.
Wild Malibu Weekend!
Act like Make-Up Shemp #1
event1992 star_border 2.8
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National beauties compete in a TV game show.
Skinned Alive
Act like Phink
event1990 star_border 5.7
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Crawldaddy and her two kids are travelling across the country on the search for victims. The dysfunctional family has the disturbing habit of skinning people alive before killing them. When their van breaks down, they are put up by a friendly couple.
Robot Ninja
Act like Marty Coleslaw
event1989 star_border 4.8
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A scientist helps a comic-book artist to become the superhero he has created in order to battle a vicious gang of rapists.
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Act like Himself
event1992 star_border 6.9
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A documentary detailing the making of the cult favorite "Plan 9 from Outer Space," featuring interviews with cast members and prominent filmmakers about the film, its lasting legacy, and its creator, Edward D. Wood Jr.
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
Act like Self
event2014 star_border 8.5
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Invaluable is the feature-length documentary film about Tom Sullivan, creator of the special make-up effects in "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II", and "Army of Darkness". This film contains footage and places never before seen until now and features interviews with Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker, Ted Raimi, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York, Ellen Sandweiss, Tom Sullivan, and many more.
Red
Act like The caller
event1993 star_border 5.5
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Based on the true story of Louis "Red" Deutsch. A New Jersey bar-owner is plagued with prank phone calls that prompt him to flip into psychotic, profanity-laden rages.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Act like Soul of the Damned (voice)
event2022 star_border 7.3
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Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
The Blind Waiter
event1980 star_border 7
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Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Darkman
Act like Dockworker
event1990 star_border 6.4
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Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Dark Ascension
Act like Man in Hell
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The gates of Heaven & Hell have been broken and the afterlife is in ruins. One group of new arrivals must find a way to put things right to prevent an eternal battle between good & evil.
Spider-Man
Act like Marine Cop
event2002 star_border 7.3
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After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
Spider-Man 2
Act like Man on Balcony
event2004 star_border 7.3
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Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Inspector Clutz Saves the Day
Act like Igor the Monster
event1969
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Professor needs a brain to have his monster, Igor, alive. Wrong brain causes monster to kill the creator and then Inspector Klutz shoots the monster.
The Evil Dead
Act like Fake Shemp
event1981 star_border 7.3
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In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
The Sappy Sap
Act like Man
event1985 star_border 5.2
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Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Babysitter Wanted
Act like Dr. Spiegel
event2007 star_border 5.4
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When she takes a job babysitting a young boy for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun.
Shock Cinema: Volume One
Act like Himself
event1991 star_border 2.5
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An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with various filmmakers who've made a name in the direct-to-video market.
The Girl I Want
Act like Guy 2
event1990 star_border 2
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A brainy girl turns bimbo and a football star turns brainy in order to attract each other's attention, only to discover that they liked each other the way they were in the first place.
Curse of the Werewolf
event1974
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American horror short from 1974.
A Night in a Sanitarium
event1973
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American horror short from 1973.
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Act like Pin Cushion
event1985 star_border 4.8
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Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker, however, Hell is just the beginning. Trapped outside a Viet Cong village, Stryker takes two bullets to the leg. Sent home from the war, he discovers his ex-girlfriend has been kidnapped by a religious cult with a vicious Manson-like leader. Stryker teams up with some marine friends to form an assassination squad and annihilate the gang of crazed killers.
The Dead Next Door
Act like Richards
event1989 star_border 4.9
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The government sets up a zombie squad after an epidemic has made the world run rampant with living corpses. The team head off to Ohio to try and find a cure but soon run into a crazy cult of zombie lovers who are set on preserving the walking dead as they believe it's God's will.
Drag Me to Hell
Act like Mourner at Death Feast
event2009 star_border 6.4
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After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
Act like Self
event2011 star_border 10
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Documentary about the making of "Intruder".
Clockwork
Act like Serial Killer
event1978 star_border 5
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A very wealthy, but lonely woman is stalked in her home by a violent serial killer.
Evil Dead II
Act like Fake Shemp
event1987 star_border 7.5
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Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2
Act like Self
event2011 star_border 7.2
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A documentary about the making of Evil Dead 2.
Nude Bowling Party
Act like Joe Pornofsky
event1995 star_border 5.5
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Two teams, one consisting of two models and one of two dancers compete in a bowling contest. Since there are prizes both for the winning team and for the sexiest bowler, the four girls strip totally by the third frame, and bowl the rest of the game wearing only bowling shoes and socks. This movie is set up as a take-off of "Bowling for Dollars", complete with announcers and fake commercials.
2001 Maniacs
Act like Strolling Minstrel #2
event2005 star_border 5.4
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On their way to Spring Break, college kids take a detour through an old Southern town. The people of Pleasant Valley insist the kids stay for their annual barbecue celebration... but instead of getting a taste of the old South, the old South gets a taste of them!
Where Truth Lies
Act like Prison Guard
event1996 star_border 3.9
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Doctor Ian Lazarre is a hopeless alcoholic. After the tragic death of his wife and the failure of his second marriage, liquor is his only friend. As a last resort, he commits to an experimental rehab with bizarre methods.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Act like Porno Director
event1999 star_border 4.6
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A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar, the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood.
The Quick and the Dead
Act like Gold Teeth Man
event1995 star_border 6.6
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A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Lionheart
Act like Pool Fight Bookie
event1990 star_border 6.5
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Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Intruder
Act like Bread Man
event1989 star_border 6.3
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The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Act like Self
event2012 star_border 5.8
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A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
event1982 star_border 6.1
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Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
Act like Self
event2009
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This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock twenty-five years later.
Acting and Reacting
event1978 star_border 6.7
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An early Josh Becker short starting Bruce Campbell with appearances by Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel.
Stryker's War
event1980 star_border 5.9
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A wounded Vietnam Vet and his pal's save a small town from a crazed cult leader and his maniac killer gang
Torro. Torro. Torro!
event1981 star_border 5.9
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A lawnmower goes on a rampage.
QT8: The First Eight
Act like Self
event2019 star_border 7.2
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A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2021 star_border 8
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Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become diehard fans of Paul Calderon? Here’s a story about Quentin Tarantino. The director who needs no introduction.
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 10
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A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films.
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