Piranha (1978)

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5.9	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Joe Dante

Starring (View all)

Bradford Dillman
Paul Grogan

Heather Menzies-Urich
Maggie McKeown

Kevin McCarthy
Dr. Robert Hoak

Keenan Wynn
Jack

Dick Miller
Buck Gardner

Barbara Steele
Dr. Mengers

Belinda Balaski
Betsy

Melody Thomas Scott
Laura Dickinson

Written by

John Sayles
(story)

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An average movie

12 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 21:33

johanlefourbe

Since I'm not a huge fan of this genre, I wasn't expecting much from this flick. However, since I have a weak spot for Joe Dante's work, I still wanted to check it out. First of all, I was quite surprising to discover that John Sayles was one of the writers on this movie (Apparently, he used the profits from the film to fund his own projects. It was also his scriptwriting debut). Eventually, since... read more

"Piranha" (1978)

6 years, 11 months ago at May 3 20:48

MaxL

FIRST IMPRESSIONSWhen flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.As it's a creature feature, I didn't expect much. What I got was a mixed bag. Some elements were surprisingly brilliant, like the relationship between the daughter and the camp counsellor, and the plan to distract the guard – which, in a sense, was ahead of its t... read more

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When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Release date: 3 August 1978
UPC: 736991418943

Tags: Horror (12), 1978 (9), Comedy (5), Sci-fi (5), 1970s (4), Animal Attack (3), Piranha (3), Boats (3), Monster (3), Water (3), Blood (2), Rated R (2), Joe Dante (2), Animals (2), Fish (1), 94 Min (1), Not Dumb (1), Saipal Sucks (1), (1), Piranhas (1)

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