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The Black Scorpion

See alternate titles

Directed by

Edward Ludwig

Producer

Jack Dietz, Frank Melford

Written by

Robert Blees, David Duncan

Music by

Paul Sawtell

Distributor

Warner Bros.

Rating

Not Rated

Running time

88 minutes
(1 hour, 28 minutes)

Aspect ratio

1.85:1

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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 produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment. The film was released to American theaters on October 11, 1957.

Plot

	*“I knew that『plot』wasn't up to much.”* This plot synopsis is missing or incomplete. Please help by editing this section.

To be added.

Staff

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

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

Cast

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

Richard Denning as Dr. Hank Scott
Mara Corday as Teresa Alvarez
Fanny Schiller as Florentina

Appearances

Monsters

Giant scorpions

Gallery

Main article: The Black Scorpion/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: The Black Scorpion (Soundtrack).

Theatrical releases

United States - October 11, 1957
Japan - January 15, 1958
Finland - March 14, 1958
Sweden - December 1, 1958
Denmark - January 26, 1959
United Kingdom - February 23, 1959

Alternate titles

Black Scorpion (黒い蠍 Kuroisasori, Japan)

Video releases

Warner Bros. Archive Collection DVD/Blu-ray

Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Videos

Trailers

The Black Scorpion trailer

References

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Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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-a Volcanic erupts in [[Mexico]] freeing Giant scorpions who destroy the mexican countryside.
+{{Plot Missing}}
+To be added.
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-{{Staffs |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 |7=Sound effects by|8=Mandine Rogne}}
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+|Special Effects by=[[Willis O'Brien]]
+|Visual effects by|Pete Peterson, Ralph Hammeras
+|Puppet creator|Wah Chang
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 ==Appearances==
 ===Monsters===
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-{{Stub|section}}[[Willis O'Brien]] and [[Pete Peterson]] collaborate again for the production of the film after ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1949). Later they continued to work together on ''[[The Giant Behemoth]]''.
 ==Gallery==
 {{Main|The Black Scorpion/Gallery}}
 ==Soundtrack==
 {{Main|The Black Scorpion (Soundtrack)}}
 ==Theatrical releases==
 *[[United States]] - October 11, 1957
+*[[Japan]] - January 15, 1958
-*[[Japan]] - January 15, 1958
+*Finland - March 14, 1958
-*Finland - March 14, 1958
+*Sweden - December 1, 1958
+*Denmark - January 26, 1959
-*Sweden - December 1, 1958
+*United Kingdom - February 23, 1959
-*Denmark - January 26, 1959
-*United Kingdom - February 23, 1959
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 *'''''Black Scorpion''''' (黒い蠍 ''Kuroisasori'', [[Japan]])
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 '''[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Archive Collection]]''' DVD/Blu-ray
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+== References ==
-==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Kaiju Movies}}{{Comments}}
+{{Kaiju Movies}}
+{{Comments}}
 {{Era|WB|FIL}}
 [[Category:Films]]

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