Lo scorpione nero

Titolo originale: The Black Scorpion
Regia: Edward Ludwig |
Anno: 1957
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Horror
Tag: helicopter | mexico | monster | volcano | giant spider | giant insect | electrocution | desert | giant worm | scorpion | geologist | volcanic eruption | crater |
Cast: Richard Denning | Mara Corday | Carlos Rivas | Mario Navarro | Carlos Múzquiz | Pascual García Peña | Fanny Schiller | Arturo Martínez | Pedro Galván | José Chávez | Manuel Sánchez Navarro | Roberto Contreras | Quintín Bulnes | Isabel Vázquez | Leonor Gómez | Bob Johnson |

In una desolata regione del Messico, dopo un terremoto, dalle voragini del terreno fuoriescono degli scorpioni giganti che cominciano a seminare morte e terrore. Due geologi, in collaborazione con i militari, predispongono un piano per fermarli.

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This film is mentioned in Stephen King's famous best-selling novel, "It." D
Many of the screams heard are stock sound effects that can also be heard in many Republic movie seri [...] D
The voice actor Bob Johnson who narrates the beginning, the radio announcer and 3 other v/o's is als [...] D
O'Brien came in for ridicule with the close-ups of the scorpions, with their immovable bug eyes and [...] D
While filming the stop-motion effects at Tepeac Studios, O'Brien and Peterson were assisted with min [...] D
That giant worm with the "octopus-like arms" seen in this film is a prop from the unused spider pit [...] D
The sounds of the scorpions are the same sounds as the ant chirps in Assalto alla terra (1954). D
Willis H. O'Brien and Pete Peterson began filming the special effects of this film in a large remode [...] D
A clip from this movie was featured in a Film Dub segment during episode 603 of "Whose Line Is It An [...] D
As the scorpion attacks and derails the passenger train, the label "Lionel Lines" is clearly seen on [...] D
The trapdoor spider that attacks Juanito in the scorpions' underground home is one of the original m [...] D
A typical Willis O'Brien touch - in a long shot of the cage descending into the cave, a tiny stop mo [...] D
At the conclusion of the scene where Hank and Arturo have arrived in the village for the first time, [...] D
The volcano shown at the beginning was Paricutin which erupted in 1943 and was active for about a de [...] D
Six actors from The Black Scorpion have appeared in two films together. Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro, [...] D

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The final battle takes place in a stadium in Mexico, but the field is laid out in the grid lines use [...] D
The shot of the stinger entering the victim's throat when the big scorpion kills the smaller scorpio [...] D
This occurs in the interior scene in Teresa's house after the nighttime cattle round-up, Dr. Scott h [...] D
At almost the end of the movie the train passes the same entrance of a cave three times within one m [...] D
When the animated scorpion model approaches the telephone repair truck, the sun is coming from the l [...] D
When the man is getting tired while being pulled up he is sliding down the rope. Finally he is at th [...] D
When the giant scorpions appear as totally black silhouettes, it is because the money ran out when o [...] D
Most likely due to budgetary issues, the voices of the opening sequence's narrator, the police radio [...] D
When the train is being attacked, the "passengers" are just black silhouettes painted on the train w [...] D
When Sgt. Vega's body is found, Hank takes his gun away and mentions that every round had been fired [...] D
The scene after Hank and Teresa's night out on the town, a full passenger train is about to be throw [...] D
(36 min 35 sec-42 sec) During the "earthquake", the house collapses but the furniture stays still. D
Drs. Scott and Ramos switch positions three times while driving in the Jeep. D
When the worm-like creature is slithering along the cavern floor, a wire appears attached to it duri [...] D
The shadow of the boom mic is visible against the back wall in the scene at Dr. De La Cruz' laborato [...] D
(49 min 51 sec) When the scientists land in the cave, Hank says, "we've reached the bottom", but we [...] D
As the black scorpion dies at the end, it closes it's eyes. Scorpions are in the class Arachnida, wi [...] D
When the scorpions attack the passenger train, the words "Lionel Lines", trademark name for the famo [...] D
Richard Denning (Hank Scott) alternates between calling Juanito (masculine) 'Juanita' (feminine) in [...] D
When the scorpion passes in front of the classical architecture, the structure can be seen through i [...] D
The entire film is shot in Mexico, but the radio announcer, the PA announcer and the police dispatch [...] D
Some shots are repeated, like the train passing the same cave three times. D
When the dead policeman is found (Sgt. Vega), Hank removes his weapon and inspects it to see if it w [...] D
In the final scene, when the soldier is shooting an electrified dart at the scorpion, the scientist [...] D

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