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|composer    =Paul Sawtell
|composer    =Paul Sawtell
|produced    =Amex Productions, Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions{{sfn|Bogue|2017|p=164}}
|produced    =Amex Productions, Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions{{sfn|Bogue|2017|p=164}}
|distributor  =[[Warner Bros.]]
|distributor  =[[Warner Bros.]]{{sfn|Kulon|2022|p=30}}
|rating      =X
|rating      =X{{sup|[[United Kingdom|UK]]}}{{sfn|Kulon|2022|p=31}}
|runtime      =88 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 28 minutes)}}<br>108 minutes<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 48 minutes)}}
|runtime      =88 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 28 minutes)}}<br>108 minutes<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 48 minutes)}}
|aspectratio  =1.85:1 (intended ratio),<br>1.37:1 (negative ratio)
|aspectratio  =1.85:1 (intended ratio),<br>1.37:1 (negative ratio)
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{{Notice|For the monsters, see [[Giant scorpions]].}}
{{Notice|For the titular monsters, see [[Giant scorpions]].}}
{{Quote|Every horror you've seen on the screen grows pale beside the horror of '''"The Black Scorpion"'''|Tagline}}
{{Quote|Every horror you've seen on the screen grows pale beside the horror of '''"The Black Scorpion"'''|Tagline}}
'''''The Black Scorpion''''' is a [[1957]] [[Kaiju|giant monster]] horror [[:Category:Films|film]] co-produced by Amex Productions and Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions.{{sfn|Bogue|2017|p=164}} [[Warner Bros.]] released it to [[United States|America]]n theaters on October 11, [[1957]].
'''''The Black Scorpion''''' is a [[1957]] [[Kaiju|giant monster]] horror [[:Category:Films|film]] co-produced by Amex Productions and Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions.{{sfn|Bogue|2017|p=164}} [[Warner Bros.]] released it to [[United States|America]]n theaters on October 11, [[1957]].
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{{Main|The Black Scorpion/Credits}}
{{Main|The Black Scorpion/Credits}}
{{Staffs
{{Staffs
|Directed by=Edward Ludwig
|Directed by|Edward Ludwig
|Produced by=Jack Dietz, Frank Melford
|Produced by|Jack Dietz, Frank Melford
|Written by=Robert Blees, David Duncan
|Written by|Robert Blees, David Duncan
|Music by=Paul Sawtell
|Music by|Paul Sawtell
|Edited by=Richard Van Enger
|Edited by|Richard Van Enger
|Cinematography by=Lionel Lindon
|Cinematography by|Lionel Lindon
|Special Effects by=[[Willis O'Brien]]
|Special effects by|[[Willis O'Brien]]
|Visual effects by|[[Pete Peterson]], Ralph Hammeras
|Visual effects by|[[Pete Peterson]], Ralph Hammeras
|Puppet creator|Wah Chang
|Puppet creator|Wah Chang
|Sound effects by|Mandine Rogne
|Sound effects by|Mandine Rogne
|Assistant directors=Jaime Contreras, Ray Heinz
|Assistant directors|Jaime Contreras, Ray Heinz
}}
}}
==Cast==
==Cast==
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{{Cast
{{Cast|Carlos Múzquiz|Dr. Velasco|23=José L. Murillo|24=Military Man|25=Manuel Sánchez Navarro|26=Victor Steven|27=Isabel Vázquez 'La Chichimeca'|28=Villager|29=Enrique Zambrano|30=Cayetano, lineman killed in truck|31=Pascual García Peña|32=José de la Cruz|33=Fanny Schiller|Fanny Schiller|34=Florentina|35=Arturo Martínez|36=Major Cosio|37=Quintín Bulnes|38=Lineman killed on pole|39=José Chávez|22=Military Man|21=Héctor Mateos|20=Crane operator|10=Chumacho|Mara Corday|Teresa Alvarez|Mario Navarro|Juanito|Pedro Galván|Father Delgado|Roberto Contreras|Chumacho|11=Ángel Di Stefani|19=Margarito Luna|12=Military Man|13=Jaime González Quiñones|14=Boy in San Lorenzo|15=Leonor Gómez|16=Villager|17=Bob Johnson|18=Narrator /  Radio Newscaster / Police Radio Dispatcher / Public Address Announcer|40=Train conductor
|Carlos Múzquiz|Dr. Velasco
|Fanny Schiller|Mara Corday
|Teresa Alvarez|Mario Navarro
|Juanito|Pedro Galván
|Father Delgado|Roberto Contreras
|Ángel Di Stefani|Military Man
|Jaime González Quiñones|Boy in San Lorenzo
|Leonor Gómez|Villager
|Bob Johnson|Narrator / Radio Newscaster / Police Radio Dispatcher / Public Address Announcer
|Margarito Luna|Crane operator
|Héctor Mateos|Military Man
|José L. Murillo|Military Man
|Manuel Sánchez Navarro|Victor Steven
|Isabel Vázquez|Villager
|Enrique Zambrano|Cayetano, lineman killed in truck
|Pascual García Peña|José de la Cruz
|Fanny Schiller|Florentina
|Arturo Martínez|Major Cosio
|Quintín Bulnes|Lineman killed on pole
|José Chávez|Train conductor
}}
}}
==Appearances==  
==Appearances==  
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}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* The miniatures used for the trapdoor spider, the giant tentacled insect and the giant spider, briefly seen in the film, are reportedly reused models of some of the creatures from [[The Lost Spider Pit Sequence|the Lost Spider Pit Sequence]], a lost and deleted scene from the [[King Kong (1933 film)|original 1933 ''King Kong'' film]]. However, in the book ''Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life'', [[Ray Harryhausen]] noted that many models used in ''King Kong'' were still in storage at [[RKO Pictures|RKO]] in the 1950s, by which time many of them had decayed. Biographers have disputed whether O'Brien actually saved any of his models.
* The miniatures used for the trapdoor spider, the giant tentacled insect, and the giant spider, briefly seen in the film, are reportedly reused models of some of the creatures from [[The Lost Spider Pit Sequence|the Lost Spider Pit Sequence]], a lost and deleted scene from the [[King Kong (1933 film)|original 1933 ''King Kong'' film]]. However, in the book ''Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life'', [[Ray Harryhausen]] noted that many models used in ''King Kong'' were still in storage at [[RKO Pictures|RKO]] in the 1950s, by which time many of them had decayed. Biographers have disputed whether O'Brien actually saved any of his models.
*Concept artist and television writer William Stout revealed in a 2021 video interview that the main inspiration for [[Ts-eh-GO and the Mutant Scorpions]] from ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' were the titular monsters from the ''The Black Scorpion'', Stout himself an admitted fan of stop-motion effect artist [[Willis O'Brien]] and his various creature creations.<ref>https://youtu.be/tECzlxgnItc</ref>
*Concept artist and television writer William Stout revealed in a 2021 video interview that the main inspiration for [[Ts-eh-GO and the Mutant Scorpions]] from ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' were the titular monsters from the ''The Black Scorpion'', Stout himself an admitted fan of stop-motion effect artist [[Willis O'Brien]] and his various creature creations.<ref>https://youtu.be/tECzlxgnItc</ref>


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===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|last=Bogue|first=Mike|title=Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967|date=31 August 2017|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|isbn=978-1476668413}}
*{{cite book|last=Bogue|first=Mike|title=Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967|date=31 August 2017|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|isbn=978-1476668413}}
*{{cite magazine|editor-last=Bryce|editor-first=Allan|title=Teaching the World to Sting... ''The Black Scorpion''<!--|chapter=He'll Get You Scared Stiff!-->|magazine=Infinity|issue=48|date=May 2022|publisher=Ghoulish Publishing|issn=2514-3654|ref={{harvid|Bryce|2022}}}}
*{{cite magazine|last=Kulon|first=Gregory|title=Teaching the World to Sting... ''The Black Scorpion''<!--|chapter=He'll Get You Scared Stiff!-->|magazine=Infinity|issue=48|date=May 2022|publisher=Ghoulish Publishing|issn=2514-3654|ref={{harvid|Bryce|2022}}}}
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The Black Scorpion
The American poster for The Black Scorpion
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Black Scorpion (1958)
See alternate titles
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Producer Jack Dietz, Frank Melford
Written by Robert Blees, David Duncan,
Paul Yawitz (story)
Music by Paul Sawtell
Production company Amex Productions, Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions[1]
Distributor Warner Bros.[2]
Rating XUK[3]
Running time 88 minutesUS
(1 hour, 28 minutes)
108 minutes
(1 hour, 48 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (intended ratio),
1.37:1 (negative ratio)
Rate this film!
3.33
(3 votes)

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For the titular monsters, see Giant scorpions.
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Every horror you've seen on the screen grows pale beside the horror of "The Black Scorpion"
„ 

— Tagline

The Black Scorpion is a 1957 giant monster horror film co-produced by Amex Productions and Frank Melford-Jack Dietz Productions.[1] Warner Bros. released it to American theaters on October 11, 1957.

Plot

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Staff

Main article: The Black Scorpion/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Edward Ludwig
  • Produced by   Jack Dietz, Frank Melford
  • Written by   Robert Blees, David Duncan
  • Music by   Paul Sawtell
  • Edited by   Richard Van Enger
  • Cinematography by   Lionel Lindon
  • Special effects by   Willis O'Brien
  • Visual effects by   Pete Peterson, Ralph Hammeras
  • Puppet creator   Wah Chang
  • Sound effects by   Mandine Rogne
  • Assistant directors   Jaime Contreras, Ray Heinz

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Carlos Múzquiz   as   Dr. Velasco
  • Fanny Schiller   as   Mara Corday
  • Teresa Alvarez   as   Mario Navarro
  • Juanito   as   Pedro Galván
  • Father Delgado   as   Roberto Contreras
  • Ángel Di Stefani   as   Military Man
  • Jaime González Quiñones   as   Boy in San Lorenzo
  • Leonor Gómez   as   Villager
  • Bob Johnson   as   Narrator / Radio Newscaster / Police Radio Dispatcher / Public Address Announcer
  • Margarito Luna   as   Crane operator
  • Héctor Mateos   as   Military Man
  • José L. Murillo   as   Military Man
  • Manuel Sánchez Navarro   as   Victor Steven
  • Isabel Vázquez   as   Villager
  • Enrique Zambrano   as   Cayetano, lineman killed in truck
  • Pascual García Peña   as   José de la Cruz
  • Fanny Schiller   as   Florentina
  • Arturo Martínez   as   Major Cosio
  • Quintín Bulnes   as   Lineman killed on pole
  • José Chávez   as   Train conductor

Appearances

Monsters

Production

[4]

Gallery

Main article: The Black Scorpion/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: The Black Scorpion (Soundtrack).

Alternate titles

  • Black Scorpion (American VHS title; Siyah akrep; Turkey; Musta skorpioni; Finland; 黒い蠍 Kuroisasori, Japan)

Theatrical releases

  • United States - October 11, 1957
  • Japan - January 15, 1958  [view poster]Japanese poster
  • Finland - March 14, 1958
  • Sweden - December 1, 1958
  • Denmark - January 26, 1959
  • United Kingdom - February 23, 1959  [view poster]British poster
  • Italy  [view poster]Italian poster
  • Australia  [view poster]Australian poster
  • French Belgium  [view poster]French poster

Reception

Harrison's Reports voluntarily gave The Black Scorpion a mixed review in September 1957, rating it acceptable for its stop-motion and special effects on the monsters, but having reservations about its unexceptional character storytelling.[5]

Video releases

Warner Home Video VHS (1993)

  • Tapes: 2
  • Audio: English
  • Notes: Released on December 13, 1993

Warner Home Video DVD (2006)

  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: English, Japanese
  • Notes: Aspect ratio is 1.37:1.

Shout! Factory DVD (2014) [Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XXX]

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 4
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: Stinger of Death: Making The Black Scorpion, Writer of Gor: The Novels of John Norman, Director of Gor: On Set with John "Bud" Cardos, Producer of Gor: Adventures with Harry Alan Towers, Shock to the System: Creating The Projected Man, extended trailer for "The Frank" music video, four mini-posters by Steve Vance
  • Notes: Packaged with Outlaw (of Gor) (1988), The Projected Man (1966), and It Lives by Night (1974).

Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray (2018)

  • Region: N/A
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English (SDH)
  • Notes: Aspect ratio is 1.78:1.

Videos

Trailers

The Black Scorpion trailer

Trivia

  • The miniatures used for the trapdoor spider, the giant tentacled insect, and the giant spider, briefly seen in the film, are reportedly reused models of some of the creatures from the Lost Spider Pit Sequence, a lost and deleted scene from the original 1933 King Kong film. However, in the book Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen noted that many models used in King Kong were still in storage at RKO in the 1950s, by which time many of them had decayed. Biographers have disputed whether O'Brien actually saved any of his models.
  • Concept artist and television writer William Stout revealed in a 2021 video interview that the main inspiration for Ts-eh-GO and the Mutant Scorpions from Godzilla: The Series were the titular monsters from the The Black Scorpion, Stout himself an admitted fan of stop-motion effect artist Willis O'Brien and his various creature creations.[6]

References

This is a list of references for Kaiju No. 14/Sandbox/The Black Scorpion. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bogue 2017, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Kulon 2022, p. 30.
  3. ↑ Kulon 2022, p. 31.
  4. ↑ Bryce 2022, pp. 24–31
  5. ↑ "Harrison's Reports, September 21, 1957, page 151" (PDF).
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/tECzlxgnItc

Bibliography

  • Bogue, Mike (31 August 2017). Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-1476668413.
  • Kulon, Gregory (May 2022). "Teaching the World to Sting... The Black Scorpion". Infinity. No. 48. Ghoulish Publishing. ISSN 2514-3654.

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