- Country: France, Italy
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Release: 1972-06-09
- Director: Paolo Cavara
- Writers: Marcello Danon , Lucile Laks
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Giancarlo Giannini , Claudine Auger , Barbara Bouchet , Rossella Falk , Silvano Tranquilli , Annabella Incontrera , Ezio Marano , Barbara Bach , Stefania Sandrelli , Giancarlo Prete
- Runtime: 89 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Taranchura (Japan) , Strele otrovnog pauka , Black Belly of the Tarantula (United Kingdom) , Med spindelns gift (Sweden) , Nålemordene (Denmark) , Der schwarze Leib der Tarantel , La tarántula del vientre negro (Spain) , I mavri arahni (Greece) , Black Belly of the Tarantula (Canada) , Sta nyhia tis mavris arahnis (Greece) , Salaperäinen tappaja (Finland) , Den sorte edderkopp (Norway) , La tarantola dal ventre nero , Black Belly of the Tarantula (United States of America) , O Ventre Negro da Tarântula (Brazil) , Czarny odwłok tarantuli (Poland) , Черное брюхо тарантула , 摧花奪命針 (Taiwan) , O Ventre Negro da Aranha (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La tarentule au ventre noir (France, French Republic) , Den mystiske dråparen (Finland) , La tarántula del vientre negro (Mexico) , タランチュラ (Japan) , Juodas tarantulo pilvas (Lithuania) , La tarantola dal ventre nero (Korea) , La tarantola dal ventre nero (Italy)
- Plot: Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. As suspects keep dying, Inspector directs his attention to a spa all the victims had a connection with.
- IMDB:tt0069343
Black Belly of the Tarantula Cast · · · ALL
Paolo Cavara
Director
Giancarlo Giannini
Inspector Tellini
Claudine Auger
Laura
Barbara Bouchet
Maria Zani
Rossella Falk
Franca Valentino
Silvano Tranquilli
Paolo Zani
Annabella Incontrera
Mirta Ricci
Ezio Marano
Masseur
Barbara Bach
Jenny
Stefania Sandrelli
Anna Tellini
Giancarlo Prete
Mario
Anna Saia
Maria's friend
Nino Vingelli
Inspector Di Giacomo
Daniele Dublino
Entomologist
Giuseppe Fortis
Psychiatrist
Guerrino Crivello
Informer
Fulvio Mingozzi
Surgeon
Giorgio Dolfin
Policeman
Carla Mancini
Client at beauty parlor
Alfonso Giganti
Policeman in projection room
Eleonora Giorgi
Maid in beauty parlor
Ettore Mattia
La catapulta
Eugene Walter
Ginetto, the waiter (as Walter Eugene)
Giuliana Farnese
Mrs. Fluzzi (uncredited)