Black Scorpion (1995)
August 22, 1995Release Date
Black Scorpion (1995)
August 22, 1995Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Joan Severance
Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
Bruce Abbott
Michael Russo
Rick Rossovich
Lt. Stan Walker
Stephen Lee
Captain Strickland
Anita Hart
Scary Mary
Ashley Peldon
Little Darcy
Paula Trickey
Leslie Vance
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem
Connie the Crusher
Kyle Fredericks
Orderly
Kimberley Roberts
Nurse
Janelle Paradee
Babette
Garrett Morris
Argyle
Casey Siemaszko
Dr. Goddard / The Breath Taker
Darryl M. Bell
E-Z Street
Matt Roe
Mayor Artie Worth
Michael Wiseman
Hacksaw
John Sanderford
Thomas Aldridge
Rodman Flender
Hank
Rick Dean
Wino
Mike Elliott
Cop / Producer
Jonathan Winfrey
Bar Patron / Director
Gregg Brazzel
Guard in Store
Terri J. Vaughn
Veronica / Tender Lovin'
Bradford Tatum
Razor
David Kilde
Security Guard #1 (uncredited)
Shane Powers
Cop #2
Craig J. Nevius
Screenplay
Roger Corman
Executive Producer
Lance H. Robbins
Executive Producer
Kevin Kiner
Music
Gwyneth Gibby
Editor
Thomas Petersen
Editor
Aaron Mays
Art Direction
Cynthia Anne Slagter
Set Decoration
Jud Cremata
Unit Production Manager
Carlos Montaner
Gaffer
Nava
Production Design
Stephanie L. Massie
Key Makeup Artist
Lynne Burnett
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jan Glaser
Casting
Geoff George
Director of Photography
Ellen Statham
Stunts
William Smith
Supervising Sound Editor
David Bondelevitch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill V. Robbins
Sound Mixer
Cole S. McKay
Stunt Coordinator
Claudette James
Stunt Double
Bret Davidson
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 22, 1995
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingR
Genres
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Wiki.
Black Scorpion is a 1995 American superhero comedy television film directed by Jonathan Winfrey, written by Craig J. Nevius, and 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 film concerns the comic book-style adventures of Darcy Walker, a police detective whose secret identity is the Black Scorpion, a superhero vigilante for justice. While the movie doesn't explicitly spell out whether she has any special powers or not, it is shown in multiple scenes, through use of an electrical charge, that she is being enhanced by the scorpion ring she wears, a gift from her late father. 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. Also 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, Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. In 2001, the Sci-Fi Channel aired a Black Scorpion TV series that starred Michelle Lintel in the title role.
Black Scorpion was turned into a comic-book series, published digitally by Devil's Due Digital. There was also a one-off Legend of Isis / Black Scorpion comic published by Bluewater Productions.