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Overall Rank: 15844
Average Rating: 2.2/4
# of Ratings: 25
Theatrical Release Date: 08/03/1978
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 08/03/2010
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski
Plot: A summer river resort becomes an all-you-can-eat buffet when a group of blood-thirsty piranhas are thrown into the mix. -- Chris Kavan
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Indyfreak - wrote on 08/01/2021
Joe Dante's riff on the Jaws formula reportedly received Spielberg's own seal of approval, avoiding a costly lawsuit accusing this horror-comedy of plagiarism. There are some similarities to JAWS (a community threatened by aquatic predators) but PIRANHA distinguishes itself thanks to a weirdly offbeat sensibility that Dante would later hone in for his later movies like Gremlins or Innerspace. The poor special effects are a bit disappointing but the gore and Dante's willingness to let the title creatures attack and kill men, women, and children alike lends to a high body count. Dillman is serviceable as the everyman protagonist but Heather Menzies steals the movie as a brave if ditzy sidekick.
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Yojimbo - wrote on 07/12/2012
Daft B-movie semi-spoof that sees a murderous shoal of piranhas munching through local inhabitants. It's not particularly funny or scary, but it's inoffensive enough. Fans of Arachnophobia will probably like it.
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