The Black Scorpion (1957) on Netflix
Approved19571h 28mHorrorSci-Fi
An earthquake strikes Mexico and a new volcano rises overnight. Geologists Hank Scott and Arturo Ramos reach San Lorenzo, where livestock is dying and villagers blame a demon bull.
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Plot summary
An earthquake strikes Mexico and a new volcano rises overnight. Geologists Hank Scott and Arturo Ramos are sent to the village of San Lorenzo to study it. On the road they pass a wrecked house and a totaled police car, find a dead officer nearby and take in an abandoned infant, whom they hand to friends of the child's missing parents. Father Delgado welcomes them and reports that livestock is being slaughtered, which the villagers blame on a demon bull and press him to answer with divine help. Major Cosio and Mexican army soldiers arrive to begin disaster relief. Hank meets Teresa Alvarez, a local rancher, and becomes friends with a boy named Juanito.
Cast
- Mario Navarroas Juanito
- Pedro Galvánas Father Delgado (as Pedro Galvan)
- Manuel Sánchez Navarroas Victor Steven (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Black Scorpion (1957)
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- Willis O'Brien, who created the stop-motion effects for the original King Kong, borrowed heavily from his earlier films for The Black Scorpion: the trapdoor spider and giant tentacled worm miniatures have been reported to be the same ones used in King Kong's "Lost Spider Pit Sequence" (1933).
- The opening sequence uses genuine footage of the eruption of Parícutin, a Mexican volcano active from 1943 to 1952, and the train in the film was a model provided by Lionel.
