Attack of the Helping Hand
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Attack of the Helping Hand is a 1979 short film written and directed by Scott Spiegel
and starring Linda Quiroz and Sam Raimi
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", which is an oven mitt. It comes to life and tries to strangle her. She tries drowning it in the kitchen sink, which doesn't work. It then proceeds to kill the Milk Man (Sam Raimi
) with a kitchen knife which resorts to the woman trapping the Hand in a bucket but the Hand escapes easily. She catches it and puts it through the blender, killing it. She then proceeds to cook the hamburgers herself, only to find another come to life object on her bench.
Scott Spiegel
Scott Spiegel is 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...
and starring Linda Quiroz and Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...
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Plot
Linda Quiroz plays a woman at home who buys herself a "Hamburger HelperHamburger Helper
Hamburger Helper is a line of packaged food products primarily consisting of boxed pasta bundled with a packet or packets of powdered sauce/seasonings. The contents of each box are combined with browned ground beef, water and milk to create a complete dish. The product line also features products...
", which is an oven mitt. It comes to life and tries to strangle her. She tries drowning it in the kitchen sink, which doesn't work. It then proceeds to kill the Milk Man (Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...
) with a kitchen knife which resorts to the woman trapping the Hand in a bucket but the Hand escapes easily. She catches it and puts it through the blender, killing it. She then proceeds to cook the hamburgers herself, only to find another come to life object on her bench.