Vintage Video Of The Week : Attack Of The Helping Hand!

Before they became horror icons as a result of a little trilogy called The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Scott Spiegel (writer of ED 2) were merely friends who farted around with their Super 8 camera, making goofy short films purely for their own amusement. One of those shorts (1979's Within The Woods) would eventually turn into the first Evil Dead movie, and the rest is of course genre history.

The same year they made that short, the trio also made a little five minute Super 8 extravaganza titled Attack Of The Helping Hand!, a spoof of Hamburger Helper commercials that were airing at the time. Naturally, given their love of horror movies, the guys turned the iconic white gloved smiley face Hamburger Helper mascot into an evil villain, terrorizing a young woman in her kitchen. Directed by Spiegel, lensed by Bruce & Sam and starring Sam as a milkman, the short would end up finding its way into Evil Dead 2, with Ash's evil possessed hand clearly being foreshadowed in it.

Enjoy 1979's Attack Of The Helping Hand! below, a tiny glimpse into the horror comedy brilliance the team behind it would soon unleash!!