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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

It's a good thing that this film also didn't include smell. The drool was bad enough. But I would have loved to have been able to smell their breaths. Unbelievably inadvertently hilarious horror flick from the 1950's when monster horror flicks were popular. Mind you I was impressed with the special effects given that this was 1957 and not 2017. In that respect it is even more impressive. No CGI no 3D just plain old special effects from the people that brought you King Kong. These are monsters that don't want to die. Of course they came as the result of a volcano that blew rather than nuclear mutants a theme that was popular back then. Absolutely hilarious when they grab people and you see their little arms and feet waving about before they are presumably eaten. They attack Mexico City. You are almost cheering for these monsters. The whole thing is a hoot. And of course you have the de rigeur love story in behind. In the end all is well that ends well and the lovers are off to we presume marriage bliss. Them remains the best of the bunch.

Prehistoric giant scorpions are terrorizing the Mexican countryside. It's up to scientist Richard Denning to put a stop to them. An enjoyable 'giant bug' movie from a decade that specialized in them. It's not one of my favorites of this particular horror subgenre but it is fun. The highlights of the film are the stop-motion special effects created by Willis O'Brien and sexy Mara Corday as the rancher Richard Denning immediately falls for (who can blame him?). For his part, Denning does fine in another of those cardboard hero roles that were common in 1950s sci-fi and horror films. The supporting cast of mostly Mexican actors adds some flavor to things. The amazing stop-motion effects are what most people will love about this one. It's definitely worth a look if you're a fan of 1950s sci-fi and horror. A little slow-going early on but never dull.

THE BLACK SCORPION offers Fright Film Fans a look at the last work of the legendary Willis O'Brien of KING KONG fame and so deserves at least a modicum of Respect. That said, it's only the stop-motion animation featuring the scorpions themselves that warrants mention: the story is about as by-the-numbers as anything you're ever likely to see, although the always durable Richard Denning turns in another solid performance despite the reworked writing. On the DVD that I saw, there was an Extras feature: an animated short featuring a VERY cool monster with ape-like long arms and short legs and tentacles for tusks. It's all-too BRIEF, but was VERY impressive: it would've made an interesting prehistoric Flashback sequence. Come to think of it, it'd STILL make an interesting prehistoric Flashback sequence- even in Black and White (as I'm fairly certain prehistoric cameras were all B&W...)...

I caught this movie on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was almost a pretty good movie, not in the same class with others the gang of the Satellite of Love have riffed. This film features pretty good monster effects for the time and an interesting premise. The thing that drags the film into the not all that good realm is the lack of anything really going on anytime the scorpions are not on the screen and terrorizing the locals. Which happens a lot, unfortunately. Making the scenes where there is nothing going on but speculation drag on. Add an annoying child and a pointless love story arc and at times you almost forget there are killer scorpions on the rampage. Heck, near the end the film seems like it is wrapping up and we finally get the scorpions coming back and staging their final assault.The story has a volcanic eruption that causes a lot of damage to a small town. Well, not only does it cause destruction by the typical way a volcano causes damage it also unleashes something horrific...giant scorpions! A couple of scientist guys try to figure a way to stop this horde of arachnids from their reign of terror and it soon leads them to a hole that takes them to the very depths of the earth where even more horrors await them and their sidekick annoying child who just wanted to help.This movie was featured on Mystery Science Theater during their first season. I usually find the first season episodes to be a bit weak, but this was one of the strongest ones. It helps that the film is not too terribly bad...I actually think that a almost good or okay film works just as well for riffing as does a completely horrid film, sometimes they work better. You get into the film a bit and then something stupid does happen and they catch it and it enhances it.So this film was not terrible, just nothing good either. I like the whole cave portion of the film and when scorpions were on the attack, but the other aspects of the story were simply too weak and too much like things we had seen countless times before. The opening reminded me of, Beginning of the End and other films of the giant bug genre. The monsters looked good most of the time, but there were times they simply looked bad when you could see through them. So a bit of work, and this one could have been pretty good, but as it is, a rather nice episode of MST3K.