Overview:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.| Status: | Released (1978-08-03) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Richard Robinson, John Sayles |
| Productions: | New World Pictures, Chako Film Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 18647: Bradford Dillman - Paul Grogan
- 92691: Heather Menzies - Maggie McKeown
- 34597: Kevin McCarthy - Dr. Robert Hoak
- 4966: Keenan Wynn - Jack
- 102441: Dick Miller - Buck Gardner
- 5685: Barbara Steele - Dr. Mengers
- 16173: Belinda Balaski - Betsy
Crews
- 4600: Joe Dante - Director - Directing
- 102445: John Sayles - Screenplay - Writing
- 102429: Roger Corman - Executive Producer - Production
- 7723: Jon Davison - Producer - Production
- 14138: Pino Donaggio - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 4600: Joe Dante - Editor - Editing
- 898: Mark Goldblatt - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Gimly
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Not a terrible film, but there was a remake in the 90s with the exact same story featuring better acting and better effects, so you can probably skip straight ahead to that one. Now I know that if I had been around when that remake came out, I'd probably be the first in line to compl ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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Adventuresome and fun "Jaws" homage with far superior women RELEASED IN 1978 and directed by Joe Dante, “Piranha” chronicles events when genetically-enhanced piranha are accidently released into a river system in central Texas, which threaten kids & counselors at a Summer Camp an ....
Continue reading ->Kamurai
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Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for fans of Jaws or any other version of this movie. There is a 1995 remake of this movie that I would probably watch instead if I wanted to watch this gain. Not-trigger warning: There is a surprising LACK of gore in t ....
Continue reading ->The Movie Mob
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**Piranha is bad 70s creature feature gold! It's so bad it's great and a fun ride as long as you expect a total cheesefest.** Piranha is cheesy 70s/80s creature films at their very best! It has everything - evil military generals, obligatory lake celebrations, scientific experimen ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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"People eat fish, fish don't eat people"! Well, that might be the theory but when a meddlesome couple accidentally release a swimming pool's worth of genetically modified fish into a river, we discover that that mantra isn't strictly true! It's only because "Dr. Hoak" (Kevin McCarthy ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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<em>'Piranha'</em> is short on laughs for a "comedy horror", though I did still enjoy this film. The elements to do with the titular fish are pretty strong, they are portrayed in the right way so the humans do feel in suitable danger. The piranhas aren't shown much, which is smart. ....
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