The Black Scorpion

1957
Approved
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

3.5K

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Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

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Dr. Velazco
(as Carlos Muzquiz)

Pascual García Peña

José de la Cruz
(as Pascual Peña)

Fanny Schiller

Florentina

Pedro Galván

Father Delgado
(as Pedro Galvan)

Arturo Martínez

Major Cosio
(as Arturo Martinez)

Quintín Bulnes

Lineman killed on pole
(uncredited)

José Chávez

Train conductor
(uncredited)

Roberto Contreras

Chumacho
(uncredited)

Fernando Curiel

Pillo (foreman)
(uncredited)

Ángel Di Stefani

Military man
(uncredited)

Alfonso Díaz Landa

Military man
(uncredited)

Jaime González Quiñones

Boy in San Lorenzo
(uncredited)

Leonor Gómez

Villager
(uncredited)

Bob Johnson

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Director
- Edward Ludwig
Writers
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Trivia
A typical Willis O'Brien touch - in a long shot of the cage descending into the cave, a tiny stop motion bat flies across the screen. Only O'Brien would add another day's work to a scene where it would be barely noticed.

Goofs
Most likely due to budgetary issues, the voices of the opening sequence's narrator, the police radio dispatcher, the radio newscaster, and the public address announcer are all the same. Specifically, it belongs to Bob Johnson, best remembered for being heard in the opening sequence of most episodes of Mission: Impossible (1966) ("Good morning, Mr. Phelps...").

Quotes
Hank Scott: [after hearing an onimous noise] Ordinarily I've got nothing against moonlit nights, but I'll be glad to get by this one.

Crazy credits
The Warner Bros. logo does not appear at the beginning of this movie.

Connections
Edited into FrightMare Theater: The Black Scorpion (2017)

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Giant Scorpions Unleashed In Mexico!

A volcano erupts and spits up these scorpions that are huge and prehistoric. This is the premise for The Black Scorpion, a 50's sci-fi/giant bug film. As cheesy 50's films go, this one is entertaining, if not a little slow in places. The Mexican landscape looks authentic and the scorpions themselves are pretty good when left in the hands of Willis O'Brien. But the close-ups of the creatures are a bit overused, almost to the point of becoming annoying. The scorpions kill each other off until one giant one is left to wreak his vengeance(and whet his appetite) in Mexico City. The best scene is the one when scientist Richard Denning(and his incredibly boring assistant Carlos Rivas, and annoying stow-a-way Juanito) are lowered into a giant cavern and the realm of Willis O'Brien's wonderful stop-motion animation. The rest of the film is rather predictable but still entertaining, and Mara Corday is at least pleasant to the eye as she must have had her clothing painted onto her.