The Black Scorpion is a 1957 black-and-white giant arachnid horror film from Warner Bros., produced by Jack Dietz and Frank Melford, directed by Edward Ludwig, and starring Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, and Mario Navarro.

Geologists Dr. Hank Scott and Dr. Arturo Ramos are dispatched to study this crisis at the village of San Lorenzo, the two men finding a destroyed house and a totaled police car en route.

While also fending off giant worms and spiders, Hank and Arturo observe that the scorpions kill each other by striking a small white spot on their throats.

Returning to the surface, they report that the cavern is too vast for poison gas to fill it at sufficient density, so Velasco says their only choice is to seal the entrance with dynamite.

Hank and Arturo come up with a plan to lure it to a stadium with a truckload of meat, with the military distracting it long enough to kill it by shooting an electric cable attached to a spear into the white spot on its throat.

Harrison's Reports gave The Black Scorpion a mixed review, with praise for its special effects but reservations about its unexceptional storytelling, long running time, and mediocre photography with revolting closeups.

In show continuity, this was the last episode for Josh Weinstein, who voiced robot Tom Servo and portrayed Dr. Clayton Forrester's assistant, Dr. Laurence "Larry" Erhardt.

"It's a little tedious, sure, but the film actually sports some pretty damn cool-looking stop-motion animation special effects," Vogel wrote, but "the story ... is instantly forgettable.

"[8] The MST3K version of The Black Scorpion was included as part of the Mystery Science Theater 3000, Volume XXX DVD collection, released by Shout!