Black Scorpion (film)

Infobox Film
name = Black Scorpion


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caption = "Black Scorpion" DVD cover
director = Jonathan Winfrey
producer = Mike Elliott
writer = Craig J. Nevius
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starring = Joan Severance
Bruce Abbott
Garrett Morris
music = Kevin Kiner
cinematography = Geoff George
editing = Tom Petersen
Gwyneth Gibby
distributor = Showtime
released = August 12, 1995
runtime = 90 minutes
country = United States
language = English
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gross =
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amg_id = 1:154472
imdb_id = 0112519

"Black Scorpion" is a 1995 comedy-action film starring Joan Severance as the eponymous costumed crime fighter. Roger Corman was the executive producer, and it was originally released on the Showtime cable network as part of the "Roger Corman Presents" series.

The movie concerns the comic book style adventures of Darcy Walker, a police detective whose secret identity is the Black Scorpion, a superhero vigilante for justice. The Black Scorpion does not have any actual super powers but, like Batman, she fights evildoers with a combination of martial arts, great agility and strength, and many technological devices, including a high powered, specially equipped car. And like the "Batman" TV series of the 1960s, "Black Scorpion" is a work of camp, using deliberately exaggerated and unrealistic characters and events to comic effect.

"Black Scorpion" was followed by a 1997 sequel, "". In 2001, the Sci-Fi Channel aired a "Black Scorpion" TV series that starred Michelle Lintel in the title role.

Cast

* Joan Severance as Darcy Walker, the Black Scorpion
* Bruce Abbott as Michael Russo
* Garrett Morris as Argyle
* Rick Rossovich as Stan Walker
* Stephen Lee as Captain Strickland
* Terry J. Vaughn as Tender Lovin'
* Michael Wiseman as Hacksaw
* Brad Tatum as Razor
* Steven Kravitz as Slugger
* Darryl M. Bell as E-Z Street
* Casey Siemaszko as Dr. Goddard
* John Sanderford as Aldridge
* Matt Roe as Mayor Artie Worth

External links

*imdb title|0112519