Piranha
1978
A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...
Directed by Joe Dante
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When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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- Director
- Joe Dante
- Written by
- John Sayles, Richard Robinson
- Produced by
- Jon Davison
- Composer
- Pino Donaggio
- Cinematographer
- Jamie Anderson
- Editors
- Joe Dante, Mark Goldblatt
- Makeup FX
- Rob Bottin, Vincent Prentice
- Studios
- New World Pictures, Chako Film Company
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 5.9/10 (774 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 72% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 71/100
- IMDb
- 5.9/10 (26,438 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1979)
Cast
Bradford Dillman
Paul Grogan
Heather Menzies
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
Bruce Gordon
Colonel Waxman
Barry Brown
Trooper
Paul Bartel
Mr. Dumont
Shannon Collins
Suzie Grogan
Shawn Nelson
Whitney
Richard Deacon
Earl Lyon
Janie Squire
Barbara Randolph
Roger Richman
David
Bill Smillie
Jailer
Guich Koock
TV Pitchman
Crew
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Trailer
Piranha Collection
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