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.

Approfondimenti

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