While many have seen the iconic horror movie The Evil Dead, and its sequels Evil Dead II & Army Of Darkness, fewer know is that its creators & friends had a legacy of Super-8 Short film making stretching all the way back to their childhood in the late '60s. It's Murder, Within The Woods and The Blind Waiter are among the most prominent examples, but there were nearly seventy shorts made from 1969 onwards.
Here, you can purchase a official & professionally produced set directly from the original film-makers, containing many of the shorts made by Bill Ward, Scott Spiegel & Josh Becker. Above you can watch a promo video, or see the set details below.
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Super-8 Shorts
Blu-Ray Set
This two-disc Blu-Ray set, contains all the previously available DVD material compiled in to one set. It was released in August 2026. It contains all the thirty-three shorts, along with all the extras. Everything has been carried over, including the artwork.







Here is a complete list of everything you'll get;
• Two BD-R single layer Blu-Ray discs containing the thirty-three shorts & extras, an optional commentary track from Scotty (disc one only), stop-motion animated menus, and full colour printed disc artwork.
• A clear Amaray swing-tray double Blu-Ray case with a double-sided colour glossy Blu-Ray sleeve with a playlist & notes.
• A eight page handmade vintage style booklet, with notes on each short from Scott, plus single page vintage style A5 flyer with content listing for Josh on the back.
• Ten 6" x 4", 5.5" x 4", and 4" x 4" replica photos from Scotty & Josh's collection.
All our discs are in Region free 4:3/Full-Screen interlaced standard definition NTSC format, written on Verbatim BD-R printable Single Layer discs. You can read the details for each disc below. Disc 1 is split in to two parts with separate menus, to preserve each originally released line-up.

Disc 1, Pt1 - This first batch contains of eleven of the earliest shorts made by both Bill & Scotty. All the shorts have an optional commentary track from Scotty. This first batch was originally released on DVD back in August 2017.
1. Inspector Clutz Saves the Day  (1969) - 9m 00s
2. Pies & Guys  (1971) - 3m 22s
3. Corny Casanovas  (1971) - 6m 08s
4. For Crymin' Out Loud  (1973) - 4m 31s
5. Piece of Mind  (1973) - 6m 49s
6. A Night in a Sanitarium  (1973) - 10m 13s
7. Loose Loot  (1973) - 4m 50s
8. Three Smart Saps  (1973) - 7m 38s
9. Three Pests in a Mess  (1974) - 7m 35s
10. Booby Bartenders  (1974) - 4m 26s
11. Curse of the Werewolf Teaser  (1974) - 2m 38s

Scotty in a monster mask aged 13, in 1970

Disc 1, Pt2 - The second batch contains eleven further shorts directed or co-directed by Scotty, along with some of Bruce Campbell's early TV commercials, intercut with vintage 60's, 70's & 80's intros, credits, trailers, adverts & promos picked by Scotty from his extensive VHS, 8mm, 16mm, & 35mm collection. It was originally released on DVD in October 2017.
The list of 'featured' items play in chronological order, and run at 142m 29s alone, but 227m 28s including all the vintage adverts, trailers, promos and such. The disc can be played as just the 'featured' shorts themselves, or the full playlist. All the shorts have an optional commentary track by Scotty, as does some (but not all) of the additional material. You can see the list of the 'featured' items, with dates & running times below, or 'Click here' to expand the full running list.
1. Coming Soon - General Cinema presentation intro
2. Half-Wits-Holiday  (1974) - 10m 58s
3. Flintstones  60's Welch's Grape Jelly Ad
 4. Friendly Giant  Promo
5. All The Worlds A Stooge  (1974) - 6m 01s
6. Jerry Lewis in The Big Mouth  (1967), Tennis gag
 7. 1968 Bel-Air  Cigarette ad
 8. Spook Show  Theater promos
 9. IP Drive-in promo featuring Teen-age Werewolf,  Teen-age Frankenstein,  The Spider,  Invasion of the Saucer Men  and more!
 10. 60's Drive-in Come Early  promo
 11. Coming attractions
 12. Intermission tags
 13. Previews of coming attractions
 14. Coming soon
 15. 1970 classic Cracker-Jack  ad
16. No Dough Boys  (1974) 11m 17s
17. Foster's Beer The Thing  ad
 18. Kodak Movie Camera ad
 19. Boris Karloff ad for the Ronson lighter
 20. 1970 Beef-aroni ad
 21. Color Honeymooners  1966 Ape promo
 22. Movies are better than ever ad
 23. Intermission tags
 24. Cool Snack Bar Dr Pepper  ad
25. The Singing Nutzs  (1974) - 7m 45s
26. Comedy Classics Ad
 27. Three Stooges pie fight clips from Pies & Guys  (1957)
 28. Hypnotic Eye  (1960) promo
 29. House On Haunted Hill  (1959) promo
 30. 1950s Teenage Rebel  promos
 31. Cheech & Chong At The Movies  clip
32. I'll Never Heil Again  (1975) - 19m 41s
33. Jerry Lewis clips; Broke Bell / Salesman / Butterflies / Water Cooler
 34. Seripico  1976 TV Show Opening
35. The James Hoffa Story  (1975) - 12m 52s
36. Classic 1960s Intermission Drive-in Countdown  ads
 37. Coming attraction tags
 38. Super cool vintage Sprite ad
39. James Bombed In 'Here Today... Gun Tomorrow'  (1976) - 17m 57s
40. Coming soon
 41. Next week's promos
 42. Caught on the Bounce  clips
 43. Get Smart  (1968) Spiegel's jewellers bit
 44. The Ghoul Enough Already  tag
45. The Ghoul  - Ch.62 Show Segments (1978-1979) - 11m 29s
46. Benny Hill 'Gong' gag
 47. Suspense Theater open
48. Attack Of The Helping Hand!  (1979) - 4m 58s
49. Pillsbury Doughboy  turnover ad
 50.Coming Soon  tags
51. Compilation Of Shorts Clips  (1974-1979) - 6m 57s
52. Vintage movie rating system promo
 53. Drive-in ads
 54. Comedy Classics Ad
55. The Blind Waiter  (1980) - 15m 29s
56. Politically incorrect Fire The Handicapped  parody PSA
 57. 1959 Sleeping Beauty  1970s re-release TV ad
 58. 1980s Bubblicious  ad
59. Torro, Torro, Torro!  - Scotty's Edit (1981) - 3m 28s
60. Coming Soon
 61. Headline Entertainment Presents
 62. Mad Doctor  intro
 63. Monty Python  style No Smoking  theater PSA
 64. Showtime marquee
65. Cleveland Smith Bounty Hunter  - The Producer's Cut (1982) - 9m 09s
66. Zsa Zsa Gabor in a Lawry's Seasoned Salt  ad
 67. 1970 Rod Serling Radio Shack  ad
 68. 1968 Rosemary's Baby  trailer
 69. Scope Groovy dress  ad
 70. Concrete  TV clips
 71. Pitfall  by Activision TV ad from mid 1980s
 72. Give 'em Hell Larry  - Joe Flaherty
 73. Count Floyd  - Joe Flaherty
 74. Curley hums the classics
 75. 1980s Highland Appliance  'Raiders' Indy parody ad
 76. Pabst beer  - Jason Alexander with hair!
77. WHYT Radio  Bruce Campbell Snake Commercial (1984) - 0m 29s
78. Comedy Classics 1980's logo
 79. Night Of The Hunter  (1955) - TV 50 movie promo
 80. Burger King Twilight Zone  1980s ad
 81. New Detroit promo
 82. Tarantula Gags - Just Kidding 
83. Fridays (early 1980s TV Series) - 3 Stooges skit
84. WHYT Radio  Bruce Campbell Puppies Commercial (1984) - 0m 30s
85. Intermission clips
 86. Our next attraction
 87. Plus 2nd great hit
 88. Classic Donny Most PaperMate pen  ad
89. Breakdancing Stooges  (1984) - 2m 50s
90. Ola Criminal  Univision cable ad
 91. WLLZ Detroit Wheels  1980s Rock station ad
 92. TV 50 Late Movie opening
 93. 1980s Armor Guard Hey man I get the dog  ad
 94. Ontario 1984 Yours To Discover  ad
 95. Coming soon
96. WNIC Naturally Funny  Bruce Campbell Commercial (1985) - 0m 31s
97. Flintstones  Smoke Winston Cigarettes  ad
 98. 1970s Yabba Dabba Dew Drink  Ad
 99. Benson & Hedges  cigarette ad
 100. 1970s Pepsi Generation  ad
 101. Karloff ad for A1 Steak Sauce 
102. Lily Tomlin Special K  cereal ad clip
 103. Farrah Fawcett Ultra Brite Toothpaste  ad
 104. Scooby Doo  Pool ad
 105. Kurt Russell agent MO spy ad 1960s
 106. Journey to the Unknown  (1968) credits
 107. Twilight Zone  Pall Mall cigarette ad
 108. Circle of Fear  (1973) credits
 109. Ghost Story  (1972) credits
 110. Planet of the Apes  (1974) TV show credits
 111. Beneath the Planet of the Apes  (1970) elaborate trailer
 112. Fling in the Ring  (1955) clip
 113. Zombie Mash  (2012) Edited by Scott Spiegel
 114. The Munsters  (1966) TV promo
 115. Sunday Night at the Movies The Haunting  (1963)
 116. Movie of the week ad Hurricane  (1974)
 117. The Poseidon Adventure  extended promo for TV premiere
 118. Paper Moon  TV show promo starring Jodie Foster
 119. Get Christie Love  (1974) promo
 120. Let's Kill Uncle  (1966) credits
 121. The Psychopath  (1966) credits
 122. The Devil's Hand  (1961) credits
 123. 1960's Edgar Allan Poe Italian Horror movie end credits
 124. Three Stooges in Orbit  (1962) credits

Bruce as James Bombed,  with Tim & Rudy as henchmen, in 1976

Bruce with Sam in The Blind Waiter,  in 1980
As fans will want to know specifics, the Attack Of The Helping Hand! transfer here is uncropped, brighter & better quality than featured on the semi-bootleg 2002 German Dragon Films Entertainment Intruder R2 SE PAL DVD, as is Torro, Torro, Torro! ; which is also edited differently. Cleveland Smith Bounty Hunter is a different edit to Josh Becker's official release, but The Blind Waiter is largely the same, also less cropped.

Disc 2 - This line-up runs at 179m 58s alone, but 221m 35s including the SpineChillers  shorts & trailers. This release does not come with a commentary track. The titles, dates & running times are as follows;
1. Public Enemy Revisited  (1971) - 7m 47s
2. Additional Footage  (1971) - 1m 59s
3. Oedipus Rex  (1972) - 6m 20s
4. Super Student  (1972) - 8m 52s
5. The Case of the Topanga Pearl  (1976) - 5m 59s
6. The Final Round  (1977) - 26m 15s
7. Acting & Reacting  (1978) - 21m 47s
8. Holding It  (1978) - 19m 15s
9. The Blind Waiter  (1980) - 17m 29s
10. Stryker's War  (1980) - 48m 15s
11. Torro, Torro, Torro!  (1981) - 6m 46s
12. Cleveland Smith Bounty Hunter  (1982) - 9m 08s
13. Sorry I Couldn't Make It...  (2013) - 15m 04s
14. Are You On Your Way?  (2013) - 8m 43s
15. Estate Sale  (2014) - 13m 43s
16. Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except  Trailer (1985) - 2m 09s
17. If I Had a Hammer  Trailer (1999) - 2m 34s

The gang in Stryker's War, in 1980

Bruce in Holding It, in 1978
Josh had these Super-8 shorts professionally transferred & remastered to DVD at CinePost in Marietta, Georgia (with the exception of Torro, Torro, Torro!,  which is from a VHS source). It's worth noting that the vintage content available on this release is identical to the five DVDs which Josh sold through his website 'BeckerFilms.com', between 2010 - 2016. The DVD authoring has been tweaked, menus added, and given proper packaging, but the actual transfers are the same.
Further, the Torro, Torro, Torro!  & Cleveland Smith Bounty Hunter  transfers here are the original edits, unlike the shorter versions on disc 1, and the transfer of Stryker's War  has it's original musical score, unlike the version included on the 2012 Synapse Films Blu-ray & DVD Combo release of Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except.

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Set Production
Notes
While a small number have leaked out as bootlegs over the years, and a couple of authorised releases, this will be the first time many of these shorts have been publicly & officially seen. The shorts themselves are made up of both footage the group shot themselves, and stock footage they had access to, along with occasional Three Stooges dialogue, stock music & sound effects.
Scotty transferred many of the huge number of shorts from Super-8 film to S-VHS tape back in the 1990s, and later on to DVD, when he added/upgraded certain stock shots simply unavailable back when they were originally shot. While this material has been newly re-authored & repackaged for this release, the content of the shorts themselves (including any music) remains untouched. This set is pretty much the experience you would have had on viewing these shorts when they were first shown way back. If you'd like to read more on the history of the shorts, or see a full list of the shorts made, visit 'BookOfTheDead.ws'.
While this site will remain online permanently, it's unlikely that any further shorts will be released here in the immediate short term. That may hopefully change down the line. Of the total sixty-four known Super-8 Shorts, the twenty-two titles released on disc 1, constitute the bulk of the titles owned/co-owned by Bill Ward & Scotty Spiegel. The eleven shorts on disc 2 constitute the bulk of the titles owned/co-owned by Josh Becker (leaving three of his early shorts unreleased), around eight further unreleased shorts are owned/co-owned by Bruce, Twenty owned/co-owned by Sam (including It's Murder, Clockwork & Within The Woods), and one further short owned by John Cameron.
Both Sam & Bruce have been contacted directly with regards to participating in Super8Shorts.com. I talked to Sam on the phone in November 2018. The upshot of what he said was it was problematic releasing the shorts, most of which used copyright material in terms of music, sound effects and clips, while he is a working director himself, but didn't say never. Bruce was too busy at the time, and said maybe in the future. I've asked a few people for help in tracking down John Cameron regarding his shorts, but haven't got anywhere on that. So currently, the shorts list will remain as-is.
These Blu-Rays are only being sold via this official website, and all the profits go directly to the Shorts' creators. If you have any questions or problems please get in touch via the below email address, and follow us on 'Facebook' for any updates.
All content © copyright Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker & Bill Ward respectively. Please do not reproduce or publish without expressed permission.