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"The Black Scorpion" - 1957: A Brief Review

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Posted by AudioHead on September 18, 2000 at 10:59:20

Viewed as as child in the 1950s, this film made a lasting impression
upon me; the scene where a giant scorpion snatches a telephone lineman
off a pole and impales him with its tail stinger has remained vivid
in memory throughout the years. The train wreck scene involving
many giant scorpions killing dozens of passengers remains a classic.
Perhaps somewhat inferior overall to "Them"-1954(the first giant bug movie of the 50s) - "The Black Scorpion" has superior special effects,
thanks to effects wizard, Willis O'Brien. Unlike "Them" and
other giant insect films of this 50s sci-fi sub-genre, the scientific
premise of "The Black Scorpion" does not involve the effects of atomic
radiation, but rather insect gigantism due to long term isolation deep
within volcanic caverns of Mexico. Not only scorpions are affected,
but also worm/catepillar-like creatures and spiders (the spider featured was one of several cut from the original "King Kong" due to
the horrendous nature of the scene - they ate the men in the giant
gorge that were shaken off the log by the giant gorilla.)
Richard Denning plays another geologist, as in the earlier sci-fi
release, "The Day The World Ended"-1956; however, the real stars of
the film are the marauding, vicious, slobbering giant scorpions.
Highly recommended for children and adults with childlike imaginations.

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