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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 24, 1957
- August 20, 2025 (aged 67)
- Birmingham, Michigan, USA
- Actor, director, writer and producer
- 26 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
What are Scott Spiegel's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 4 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 7 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 8
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 7
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 5
Casual 9 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Phink in Skinned Alive (1990)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Scott Spiegel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
- Intruder (1989) · actor, director, writer · free
- Lionheart (1990) · actor · free
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Babysitter Wanted (2007) · actor · free
- 2001 Maniacs (2005) · actor, producer · free
- The Dead Next Door (1989) · actor · free
- Skinned Alive (1990) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Scott Spiegel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
58 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Nightmares(2026)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Hostel: Part III(2011)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Drag Me to Hell(2009)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Babysitter Wanted(2007)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all filmsGimme Skelter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Hostel: Part II(2007)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Hostel(2005)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
2001 Maniacs(2005)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Spider-Man 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Spider-Man(2002)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Hatred Of A Minute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Where Truth Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Quick and the Dead(1995)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Nude Bowling Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Wild Malibu Weekend!(1995)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Pulp Fiction(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Nutt House(1992)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Making of High Noon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Rookie(1990)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Girl I Want(1990)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Darkman(1990)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Lionheart(1990)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Skinned Alive(1990)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Robot Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Dead Next Door(1989)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Hit List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Intruder(1989)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Evil Dead II(1987)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Sappy Sap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Evil Dead(1981)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Torro. Torro. Torro! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Stryker's War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Blind Waiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Within the Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Attack of the Helping Hand! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Night Crew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Acting and Reacting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Final Round (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Case of the Topanga Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The James Hoffa Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
I'll Never Heil Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Singing Nutzs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
No Dough Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
All the World's a Stooge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Half-Wits-Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Curse of the Werewolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
A Night in a Sanitarium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Oedipus Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Inspector Clutz Saves the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Dark Ascension (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Wrath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 56 of them dated from 1969 to 2026; peak year 1978.
Film career
Peak 1978 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1978Screen debut· Acting and Reacting
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Scott Spiegel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of the 25 of 26 with a score; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 25 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 44/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Scott Spiegel's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Scott Spiegel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Scott Spiegel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Boaz Yakin shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Eli RothShared titles: Hostel: Part III (2011), Hostel: Part II (2007), 2001 Maniacs (2005), Hostel (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Eli Roth
Writers
- Boaz YakinShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), 2001 Maniacs (2005), Hostel (2005), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), The Rookie (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Boaz Yakin
- Sam RaimiShared titles: The Nutt House (1992), Intruder (1989), The Dead Next Door (1989), Evil Dead II (1987), Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)See all 5 shared titles with Sam Raimi
- Bruce CampbellShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), The Nutt House (1992), Evil Dead II (1987), Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)See all 4 shared titles with Bruce Campbell
Actors
- Ted RaimiShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), Intruder (1989), Evil Dead II (1987), Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)See all 4 shared titles with Ted Raimi
- Dan HicksShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), Intruder (1989), Evil Dead II (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Hicks
- Greg NicoteroShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Greg Nicotero
- Kassie Wesley DePaivaShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), Evil Dead II (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- George Folsey Jr.Shared titles: Hostel: Part III (2011), Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with George Folsey Jr.
- Joseph LoDucaShared titles: Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011), Evil Dead II (1987), Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Joseph LoDuca
- Nathan BarrShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), 2001 Maniacs (2005), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Nathan Barr
- Milan ChadimaShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Milan Chadima
Producers
- Quentin TarantinoShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005), My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Quentin Tarantino
- Chris BriggsShared titles: Hostel: Part III (2011), Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Chris Briggs
- Mike FleissShared titles: Hostel: Part III (2011), Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Fleiss
- Lawrence BenderShared titles: Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), Intruder (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Lawrence Bender
Mixed roles
- Eythor GudjonssonShared titles: Hostel: Part II (2007), Hostel (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Eythor Gudjonsson
- Bob MurawskiShared titles: From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), Wild Malibu Weekend! (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Murawski
