{"id":126149,"date":"2025-09-02T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126149\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:50:08","slug":"actor-and-evil-dead-ii-writer-scott-spiegel-dead-at-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126149\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor and ‘Evil Dead II’ Writer Scott Spiegel Dead at 67"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Spiegel
\n Dead at 67 …
\n ‘Evil Dead II’ Writer, Sam Raimi Collaborator<\/p>\n

\n Published September 1, 2025 5:10 PM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Scott Spiegel — a legend in the horror genre who worked frequently with Bruce Campbell<\/a> and Sam Raimi — has died … according to several of his friends.<\/p>\n

Robert Kurtzman — a member of the special effects makeup crew on “Evil Dead II” — shared the news Monday … revealing he passed away and reminiscing on their frequent collaboration through the years.<\/p>\n

This is a big personal loss. Scott 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. I\u2019m\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/SUwqrpIzsK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bruce Campbell (@GroovyBruce) September 1, 2025<\/a>
\n @GroovyBruce<\/a><\/p>\n

Campbell reshared the post on X and called his death a “big personal loss” … adding he was always look fondly on “treasure trove of happy memories.”<\/p>\n

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Spiegel kicked off his career in the film industry as an actor and writer in the late 1970s … contributing to movie’s like “It’s Murder” and “Attack of the Helping Hand.”<\/p>\n

He wrote the screenplay for “Evil Dead II” … probably his most well-known contribution to horror.<\/p>\n

Spiegel attended the same high school as Campbell and director Raimi … and, he worked with them both repeatedly through the career — even grabbing bit parts in movies like “Spider-Man 2,” where he tried to steal pizzas from the titular character, and “Drag Me to Hell.”<\/p>\n

His other credits as either actor, writer or director include … “The Quick and the Dead,” “Darkman,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness,” and “Robot Ninja” among others.<\/p>\n

Spiegel was 67.<\/p>\n

RIP<\/p>\n