The Black Scorpion (1957) - Stop Motion Shots

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    This film once again showcases the incredible work of Pete Peterson who performed all of the animation in this film under the supervision of Willis O'Brien. This collaboration started on Mighty Joe Young and together the two would achieve some masterful stop motion sequences despite having hardly any budget to speak of and working mostly out of Peterson's home studio. Just as in The Giant Behemoth two years later, Peterson's and O'Brien's animated sequences brings a level of quality to each respective film that not even the horrendous editing and lack of support from the studio could overshadow.

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  • @TheGodzilla713
    @TheGodzilla713 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Even the low budget film Pete Peterson delivered some of the best stop motion footage and scenes,

  • @edwardjcurtis85
    @edwardjcurtis85 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like these old films that have shots that seem like poetic primeval landscapes ❤

  • @DesGardius-me7gf
    @DesGardius-me7gf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The final battle scene is spectacular. Not only are the scorpions well animated, but so are the miniature Pershing tanks.

  • @andrewwales8827
    @andrewwales8827 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    For 1957, the entire train sequence looks fantastic. The whole part with the dude getting snatched and fought over at 6:32 in black and white just looks horrifying.

  • @davidholman48
    @davidholman48 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    CGI is all well and good, but stop motion monsters have an intensity that make them seem all the more frightening.

  • @queenglamazona8789
    @queenglamazona8789 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Saw this Movie as a Kid.
    Those Giant Scorpions Were Actually Pretty Frightening.

  • @whyyyyou
    @whyyyyou ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a great old school monster film. It's incredible how aggressive & powerful the stop motion monsters in Willis O'Brien & Pete Petersons films are. They really set a good example of how it ought to be done. The Black Scorpion is one of the most formidable stop motion monsters ever. The big showdown at the stadium is magnificent with Mr. Black throwing tanks effortlessly around while withstanding constant heavy bombardment. The military finally managed to bring him down but it was not easy.

  • @ChrisMaxfieldActs
    @ChrisMaxfieldActs ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This movie really does have some of the best stop motion humans animation of any film. Peterson really had a feel for realistic movements of his human puppets.

  • @mimzy4319
    @mimzy4319 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Practical effects and stop motion is so much better than cgi

  • @TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan
    @TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Stop Motion and Suitmation are Much Better Than CGI

    • @IsaacClips-mh5nc
      @IsaacClips-mh5nc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Stop motion yes summation no

    • @TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan
      @TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IsaacClips-mh5nc Suitmation is Great as Stop-Motion in My Opinion!
      Opinion Handled on Suitmation (Like)

    • @triplehate6759
      @triplehate6759 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan It all depends on the usage, of course; I have seen plenty of examples of both done beautifully, and done cheaply and shoddily. Would still take either over CGI, since with both there is at least an actual physical object being filmed.

  • @old-manparker6153
    @old-manparker6153 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    BLACK SCORPION: A stop motion animation fan's dream. In glorious B & W - which I think helps the effects. You get animated giant insects. SCORPIONS no less - one of the top 3 creepy crawlies ever! And..not one just scorpion but a rampaging hoard of them!
    Best of all, you don't only see the monster at the very end of the movie, oh no, you see the giant scorpions a whole lot! Destroying all kinds of things! My favorite is the head-on collision with the train - the train's POV of it's lights hitting the on coming behemoth-bug is spectacular. An awesome scene. As are many of the shots showing battles with other monsters, houses being destroyed and people getting devoured. Whew!
    The animators in this film really thought up every great action they could they could imagine with their monster scorpions, with no less a talent then the great Willis O'Brien ( King Kong ) supervising. Really one of the best stop-motion animated films from that period.
    One of my favorite science fiction / horror films from that time period.

  • @TheDavidPdx
    @TheDavidPdx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have this movie, excellent

  • @charlesweeks5027
    @charlesweeks5027 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best movies ever as a 9yr i lived them and then played with my toy soldier's recreating these moments, don't forget king kong and godzilla glue models, the mummy, hunchback ,dracula ,the creature of the black lagoon, i miss those day's they where great

  • @user-hv3zc2jf1k
    @user-hv3zc2jf1k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kick ass...

  • @Cat_mask0
    @Cat_mask0 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful

  • @nickdalby2168
    @nickdalby2168 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yeah I love the 1957 movie the black scorpion with Mara corday

  • @5XM-Film
    @5XM-Film 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sound Design is the sound of the ants from „ Them“

  • @mikekomarinski
    @mikekomarinski 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:40 That's an imperative shot, especially with the bat flying in the background.

  • @DavidSamuelBl10
    @DavidSamuelBl10 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:37-3;21 -That *_Black Scorpion_* moment is 2 big ugly different destroying each other, reminded me of *David Attenborugh's **_Trials Of Life_* commercial.
    *[**#TheTrialsOfLife**]*

  • @Theweirdo98776
    @Theweirdo98776 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:10 i love spider

  • @user-xb3qd7yp6d
    @user-xb3qd7yp6d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The train sequence uses a Lionel engine # 1666 and the cars are people silhouette lit and for a brief second you can see on the coal car where it reads Lionel Lines. The ending scene where the Scorpion is being attacked and killed by the military---Some of the vehicles look like they used Dinky toy military vehicles. Oh the wonders of freeze frames.

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta Get the DVD.

  • @triplehate6759
    @triplehate6759 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:54 I'm assuming most people here know the urban legend of how the spider thing here MIGHT be recycled from the lost spider pit sequence in the original King Kong.

    • @SupremeGreatGrandmaster
      @SupremeGreatGrandmaster 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's DEFINITELY the pit spider. The inch-worm creature is the monster referred to as "tentacled creature" in the King Kong script. It's also from the pit scene.

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    ❤️🦂 also some critters like that worm and spider are from that King Kong lost pit fottage!!

    • @Bullboy_Adventures
      @Bullboy_Adventures ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just a myth

    • @juanisol8275
      @juanisol8275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bullboy_Adventures Probably , sad but also true. And yet a between production and cancelation of that idea...Who really knows...Good thing Peter Jackson bring it to Life! (Even in stop Motion too!!)

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Marvelous work!

  • @rickriffel6246
    @rickriffel6246 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This movie has some of Willis O'Brien's best work. Unfortunately, his has to share the screen with other effects artists whose work is obviously lesser. What is not shown in this clip is the director's habit of re-using effects shots, and resorting to using traveling matte shadows, with rostrum zooming in, and recycling them to boot. The sight is embarassing. The movie itself is average for its type, but it would have been better had it relied on sparing use of O'Brien's effects and done without the bad-looking ones.

  • @Shadowofthebarren7286
    @Shadowofthebarren7286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pulmonoscorpius eats better than I do.

  • @G1Grimlock94
    @G1Grimlock94 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sasori

  • @user-xz6yf8sy5c
    @user-xz6yf8sy5c 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ‏ليس لطيف ذاك عقرب

  • @lewisgoldsberry2201
    @lewisgoldsberry2201 ปีที่แล้ว

    Angel Dragon will fight those giant scorpions in Mexico