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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Black Belly of the Tarantula]]''' ([[:Category:1971|1971]], [[:Category:Italy|Italy]]) is a prototypical [[:Category:Giallo|Giallo]] film directed by Paolo Cavara, who also co-directed [[Mondo Cane]] and the spaghetti western [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Amigos,_Los Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears].
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Black Belly of the Tarantula]]''' ([[:Category:1971|1971]], [[:Category:Italy|Italy]]) is a prototypical [[:Category:Giallo|Giallo]] film directed by Paolo Cavara, who also co-directed [[Mondo Cane]] and the spaghetti western [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Amigos,_Los Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears].
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|DVD releases]] | [[The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)|Poster Art]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay releases]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[Weekend Murders/The Black Belly of the Tarantula|Double-Feature Poster]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|DVD releases]] | [[The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)|Poster Art]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay releases]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[Weekend Murders/The Black Belly of the Tarantula|Double-Feature Poster]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (BluRay)]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (BluRay)]] | [[Celluloid Bloodbath: More Prevues From Hell]]
*'''Included in''': [[Giallo Cinema: 20 Classic Spaghetti Slashers]]
*'''Included in''': [[Giallo Cinema: 20 Classic Spaghetti Slashers]]
[[File:Black_belly_tarantula.jpg|Black Belly of the Tarantula]]
[[File:Black_belly_tarantula.jpg|Black Belly of the Tarantula]]
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====Main Details====
 
===Main Details===
* Released in 1971
* Released in 1971
* Color
* Color
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* Cinematography by Marcello Gatti
* Cinematography by Marcello Gatti
* Film Editing by Mario Morra
* Film Editing by Mario Morra
====Also Known As====
 
===Plot Summary===
*A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.
 
===Also Known As===
* Med spindelns gift (Sweden)
* Med spindelns gift (Sweden)
* Den Mystiske dråparen (Finland - Swedish title)
* Den Mystiske dråparen (Finland - Swedish title)
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* La Tarántula del vientre negro (Spain)
* La Tarántula del vientre negro (Spain)
* Tarentule au ventre noir (France)
* Tarentule au ventre noir (France)
====Tagline====
 
===Tagline===
* With needles dipped in deadly venom the victims are paralyzed - so they must lie awake and watch themselves die!
* With needles dipped in deadly venom the victims are paralyzed - so they must lie awake and watch themselves die!
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[[Category:1971]][[Category: Films]][[Category: Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Giallo]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:Paolo Cavara]][[Category:Barbara Bouchet]][[Category:Ennio Morricone]][[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
[[Category:1971]][[Category: Films]][[Category: Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Giallo]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:Paolo Cavara]][[Category:Barbara Bouchet]][[Category:Ennio Morricone]][[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]

Revision as of 17:11, 24 April 2021

Main Details

  • Released in 1971
  • Color
  • Running Time: 89 min | Italy:98 min (uncut)
  • Production Co: Da Ma Produzione | P.A.C.
  • Distribution Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | MGM-EMI (1972) (UK) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Paolo Cavara
  • Written by Marcello Danon, Lucile Laks
  • Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk, Silvano Tranquilli
  • Produced by Marcello Danon
  • Original Music by Ennio Morricone
  • Cinematography by Marcello Gatti
  • Film Editing by Mario Morra

Plot Summary

  • A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.

Also Known As

  • Med spindelns gift (Sweden)
  • Den Mystiske dråparen (Finland - Swedish title)
  • Salaperäinen tappaja (Finland)
  • Sta nyhia tis mavris arahnis (Greece) (DVD title)
  • La Tarántula del vientre negro (Spain)
  • Tarentule au ventre noir (France)

Tagline

  • With needles dipped in deadly venom the victims are paralyzed - so they must lie awake and watch themselves die!
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