the scorpion with two tail have all the making of a great giallo . aside from the intriguing title and it also direct by sergio martino while the same man who make some of the best giallo of the seventy with film such a the strange vice of mr wardh and it write by ernesto gastaldi while whose name will mean a lot to every giallo fan worth their salt a he have write many of the best film that the genre have to offer and and on top of that we have even get a performance from cult actor john saxon . however and martino clearly do not have his penchant for direct by 1982 and gastaldi be have an off day and john saxon character last all of about two minute . like the early giallo and the dead be alive and this film focus on the ancient etruscan civilisation . joan barnard and the wife of arthur barnard while a famous archaeologist be have problem . she suffer from nightmare that focus around ancient tomb . her woe increase when her husband call from italy and end up get his neck snap mid phone call . she then travel to italy to investigate . this film be apparently cut down from a television series and and i can only assume that they leave the bad part in . there barely any excitement to speak of whatsoever and and this ensure that the film be very hard to care about . add in some extremely unenthusiastic performance ( unenthusiastic even by italian horror standard . ) and some silly fantasy crap and what we have end up with here be one of the bad giallo ever make . it a real shame too a this film blend in a few different style and if martino could have just pull it all together good and this could definitely have sit alongside his more esteemed film credit . one of the few saving grace in this film be the music while but once you recognise it from the beyond and the credibility soon dry up . at least the film manage to limp through with a decent finale while though once you have sit through the first eighty five minute of the film and it could be the best end of all time and most people would be unlikely to care . overall and this be absolutely nothing to recommend this film for and i recommend that everyone skip it .