{"id":112679,"date":"2025-09-01T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112679\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:50:08","slug":"evil-dead-2-writer-intruder-director-scott-spiegel-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112679\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Evil Dead 2’ Writer, ‘Intruder’ Director Scott Spiegel Has Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Spiegel, who co-wrote Evil Dead 2 with frequent collaborator Sam Raimi, has reportedly passed away at the age of 67.<\/p>\n

Spiegel met Raimi and Bruce Campbell in junior high and went on to play the role of Scotty in Within the Woods, which served as a precursor to The Evil Dead.<\/p>\n

In addition to writing Evil Dead 2, he served\u00a0as a \u201cFake Shemp\u201d in both The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2.<\/p>\n

Spiegel would pop up in cameos in several of Raimi\u2019s later efforts, including Darkman, The Quick and the Dead, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.<\/p>\n

Outside his work with Raimi, Spiegel is known for writing and directing the 1989 slasher Intruder, inspired by his time working at a grocery store, as well as helming From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money and Hostel: Part III.<\/p>\n

Spiegel also executive produced the Hostel franchise, co-wrote Clint Eastwood\u2018s The Rookie, produced 2001 Maniacs, and introduced Quentin Tarantino to producer Lawrence Bender, who helped get Reservoir Dogs made.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big personal loss,\u201d Campbell wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cScott Spiegel was a huge part of my formative years back in Michigan. From Sunday School to being stock boys together, to Evil Dead II, which Scott co-wrote, I can\u2019t look in the rear view mirror without seeing this unique guy doing cheap gags.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campbell continued, \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the treasure trove of happy memories. Keep Shemping, Scott!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel on the set of \u2018Evil Dead 2\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Spiegel, who co-wrote Evil Dead 2 with frequent collaborator Sam Raimi, has reportedly passed away at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[63568,49,48,75,63569,63570,337,63571,63572],"class_list":{"0":"post-112679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-bruce-campbell","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-evil-dead-2","13":"tag-intruder","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-sam-raimi","16":"tag-scott-spiegel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}