Piranha
Time Out says
Engaging tongue-in-cheek exploitation pic from the Corman stable, in which Menzies and Dillman stumble upon an army camp where mad scientist McCarthy has been developing a mutant strain of man-eating piranha fish for use in the Vietnam war. Things get worse when the finned flesh-eaters escape into a local river. John Sayles' witty script plays the action for laughs rather than chills, stealing wholesale from the plot of Spielberg's Jaws, while director Dante piles on the cinematic in-jokes and cheap shock effects.Author: NF
Release details
UK release:
1978
Duration:
94 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Melody Thomas, Bruce Gordon, Barry Brown, Heather Menzies, Bradford Dillman, Paul Bartel
Music:
Producer:
Jon Davison, Chako Van Leeuwen
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