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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790779287
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790779285
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 13040
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1957
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Description:
They're big. They're bad. They scuttle along in caverns miles beneath the Earth - until an earthquake opens paths to the surface. Now these monsters of genus Arachnida are invading our world with deadly force. With top special effects co-designed by King Kong's Willis O'Brien, The Black Scorpion is horror with a sting more lethal than the king-sized ants that overran Los Angeles's sewers in the classic Them! Can humankind survive these invincible juggernauts? That fate rests on the shoulders of Hank Scott (1950s monster movie stalwart Richard Denning) as the creatures rip a train from its tracks, snatch a helicopter from the sky and, in the film's most gripping sequence, battle each other in their subterranean lair. Watch out!
DVD Features:
Featurette:Stop-Motion Masters with Ray Harryhausen; Never-before-seen test footage of the Las Vegas monster and beetlemen; Harryhausen-animated dinosaur sequence from Irwin Allen's 1956 The Animal World
Theatrical Trailer:Giant monsters trailer gallery featuring this film, The Beat from 20,000 Fathoms, Clash of the Titans and The Valley of the Gwangi
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Fans of '50s science fiction should be pleased by this "big bug" chiller, which offers a fine showcase for the talents of special effects master Willis O'Brien (King Kong). The Black Scorpion follows closely in the multiple footsteps of Them!, produced three years earlier by the same company (Warner Bros.)--again, giant insects threaten mankind, though here a volcano is responsible for unleashing them, and the metropolis in peril is Mexico City. Though direction, acting, and scripting aren't on par with Them!, O'Brien's title creatures (which sport implausible yet creepy faces) are memorably monstrous, especially during hero Richard Denning's visit to their nightmarish underground lair. Warner Bros.' DVD features a surprising amount of extras for an older title. "Stop Motion Masters" is a short tribute to O'Brien by his famed student Ray Harryhausen; also included is O'Brien's dinosaur-laden opening for Irwin Allen's The Animal World documentary, and legendary test footage for two unfilmed monster projects by O'Brien's assistant, Peter Petersen. --Paul Gaita
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The dvd cover illustration shows the bad mock-closeup (minus drool) used several times too often in this 1957 b&w giant monster classic. It gives the unwary viewer the false idea that one is in for an unintentional laugh-fest. Quite the opposite! This is an extremely well made stop-motion Willis(KING KONG)O'Brien animation masterpiece! The giant scorpions (and there are many!) move quickly and attack violently, stinging human victims as well as themselves. And the acting, photography and location ... Read More
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"Big Bug" movies were all the rage in the late 1950s and early 1960s--and the stop-motion animation for THE BLACK SCORPION was created by Willis O'Brien, who created the legendary KING KONG. Alas, there is a very big difference between KING KONG, which had a budget as big as its namesake, and THE BLACK SCORPIO, which looks like it was filmed for five dollars and twenty-eight cents! But while THE BLACK SCORPION is hardly the best of the best of its genre, it is still amusing enough to appeal to fans ... Read More
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In the wake of Warner Brother's 1954 "giant" box office sensation THEM! came a torrent of other atomically-mutated-monster movies, including the 1957 film THE BLACK SCORPION (also a Warner Bros. picture). The giant scorpions and other monsters in the movie were animated by the father of stop-motion movie animation Willis O'Brien of KING KONG fame and Pete Peterson. While THE BLACK SCORPION may not be as well known or as good as THEM! or TARANTULA, it's still a very good 50s sci-fi monster flick. The ... Read More
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I saw this movie for the first time at drive-in movie when I was 4 with my younger brother and older sister. This was in the era of "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" and other flicks where much of the story was generated by the audience's imagination. It hasn't lost it's appeal in nearly 50 years.
Even at an early age I was well aquainted with scorpions, so this movie was like a personal experience. Even better was the fact that the scorpion had a snarling face with "sharp teeth???" complete with a little ... Read More
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With special effects sequences created in Willis O'Briens garage, you shouldn't expect too much of this movie. But I love it! Giant scorpions on the loose, mysterious caverns and some of the weirdest monsters ever put on film! Richard Denning puts in another good performance, as the other players do, with the exception of the inevitable annoying kid. Most of the extras are worthwhile as well.
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