The Black Scorpion

1957

Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 34% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 3386 3.4K

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Plot summary

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


Uploaded by: FREEMAN
July 17, 2018 at 07:57 PM

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Carlos Rivas as Artur Ramos
Richard Denning as Hank Scott
Mara Corday as Teresa Alvarez
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705.71 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by LeonLouisRicci 8 / 10

Unique and ONLY Stop-Motion "Big Bug" Bonanza

The only "Big Bug" movie of the fifties to use stop-motion animation (supervised by King Kong's Willis O'Brien). All the others opted for real insects or large caricatures with varying results.

Once things get going, there are a goodly amount of monster scenes that range from outstanding and atmospheric to cheap and superficial. The non effects remainder of the movie is typical tripe with a rather lacking love interest and a little boy who intrudes incessantly.

The Mexican locale is used to effect with some creepy sets and landmark inclusions. Of course the real star is the title character and assorted crawlers . They don't disappoint. The middle staging of the descent underground and the train wreck sequence are remarkable and the finale, while a bit contrived, is done with low-budget luminosity.

Categorically the film stands ahead of its contemporaries and is an overlooked work that while restricted by its production, can stand proudly as a unique undertaking that looks quite classy and is different enough to elevate the movie to cult status. Mostly ignored by casual purveyors of the Sci-Fi pictures of the era.

Reviewed by preppy-3 7 / 10

Great movie...when the monsters are on screen

Giant scorpions are unearthed by an earthquake and threaten to attack New Mexico. By the numbers script, but the acting is (surprisingly) good...it's just that the script is VERY dull. And when the giant scorpions (and worms and spiders) are on screen the movie is fantastic. These creatures look terrifying (the close ups of the scorpions' face are not pleasant) and the stop motion animation is superb. So...dull except when the monsters are on screen. Worth seeing for monster fans.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 5 / 10

Among the best of the giant scorpion movies I've seen...

A scientist (Richard Denning) just happens to be in Mexico to study volcanoes when disaster strikes--an enormous nasty scorpion attacks and starts killing folks. That's bad--especially since this takes him away from a hot señorita (Mara Corday). Eventually, Denning and his coworker are lowered into a huge pit where they destroy the killer arachnid and the world is saved...that is, until MORE scorpions begin to show themselves and kill even more folks. The Mexican army sure looks pitifully prepared to handle the beast and once again Denning is called into action as an exterminator.

In so many, many ways, this film seems very much like "Them!" except that instead of giant carnivorous ants, we have scorpions. It's all fun in a silly 50s B-movie sort of way, though I was surprised by the special effects. Although the famed Willis O'Brien was in charge of making the creature come to life, this was NOT anything like "King Kong" in quality. Sometimes the creatures looked pretty good--often they were very fuzzy and cheap--and looked nothing like the stop-motion versions by O'Brien. Frankly, Ray Harryhausen's work at this time period was a lot better. Perhaps O'Brien didn't have a budget to work with--all I know is that the effects were so very indifferently done. Fun for those who like this sort of film, but there are better giant killer bug movies--though I can't think of a single better giant scorpion film! Where are the Mexican accents? Guy on police radio has VERY American voice and lady who fell off horse has almost no accent like the locals.

By the way, although this is supposed to be set in Mexico, many of the Mexicans forgot to have Mexican accents. The police dispatcher spoke with an amazingly American accent--and not a hint of Mexican. And Corday had a hint of one...at first and then,...nothing.

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