Piranha
Directed by Joe Dante
While searching for missing teenagers, novice skip tracer Maggie McKeown and local town boozer Paul Grogan stumble upon a top-secret Army laboratory conducting genetic research on piranha fish for the purpose of developing biological warfare. When the deadly eating machines are accidently released from the compound, they're soon headed downstream and consuming everything, and anything, in their path.
Two people unwittingly unleash a school of deadly genetically modified piranha in Joe Dante's killer fish fav.
Cast: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy
Member Reviews
I like to put this on for fun background sound while I’m cleaning the house. When the monster is in the water and the healthiest thing you can do is stay out of the water these folks find every reason to get in it.
Cheesy Dante classic
love it
great movie with an excellent script, so much detail and off-kilter character was built in to every scene that really kicks it up to the next notch. the one problem i think is the amount of danger the piranhas represent is presented somewhat inconsistently, and i feel like the effects could have had a little more "bite" to them even for the time. but otherwise, you're going to have a great time.
Quite possibly the first and last time in my life I will ever utter the phrase “skip this and watch the remake. ” It’s bloodier, sexier, and more fun in every way.