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Aug 20, 2010 · 74% Tomatometer 133 Reviews 45% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Spring break turns gory when an underground tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, carnivorous fish into Lake Victoria, a popular...
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Piranha 3D is more funny than disgusting, even when screen...
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Aug 3, 1978 · Piranha: Directed by Joe Dante. With Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn. When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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- Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Joe Dante
- 1978-08-03
Jan 25, 2023 · Joe Dante’s Piranha is one of the many animal attack movies that followed in the wake of the unprecedented success of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws in 1975. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Jaws definitely received more than its fair share of sycophancy.
Whether Piranha was made as an intentionally cheesy spoof of Jaws or a cynical bargain-basement imitation, the fact remains that it's just bad enough to qualify as good. As long as you don't take it too seriously (after all, the filmmakers clearly didn't).
Nov 9, 2022 · Piranha (1978) 4K UHD Review. Matt Paprocki. November 9, 2022. “They’re Eating the Guests, Sir” Plumbing the depths of iconic b-level government paranoia thrillers, Piranha’s script doles out numerous winning lines. In casually referencing nuclear-esque combat, Colonel Waxman (Bruce Gordon) notes, “Sometimes it’s necessary to destroy to save.”
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