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Piranha is a 1978 American B movie about a swarm of killer piranhas. It was directed and co-edited by Joe Dante and starred Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. Produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is a parody of the 1975 film Jaws, which had been a major success for distributor Universal Studios and director Steven Spielberg, and inspired a series of similarly themed B movies such as Grizzly, Tintorera, Tentacles, Orca, Monster Shark and Great White .

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  • Piranha (1978)
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  • Piranha is a 1978 American B movie about a swarm of killer piranhas. It was directed and co-edited by Joe Dante and starred Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. Produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is a parody of the 1975 film Jaws, which had been a major success for distributor Universal Studios and director Steven Spielberg, and inspired a series of similarly themed B movies such as Grizzly, Tintorera, Tentacles, Orca, Monster Shark and Great White .
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Tagline
  • There's something in the water at Lost River Lake. Something you can't see...something you can't feel...until it's too late!
Starring
  • Bradford Dillman
  • Heather Menzies-Urich
  • Keenan Wynn
  • Kevin McCarthy
Editing
Runtime
  • 5640.0
Producer
  • Roger Corman
  • Jeff Schechtman
  • Jon Davison
Name
  • Piranha
Language
  • English
Cinematography
  • Jamie Anderson
Music
  • Pino Donaggio
Distributor
  • New World Pictures
Released
  • 1978-08-03(xsd:date)
Rating
  • 5(xsd:double)
Budget
  • 600.0
Writer
  • John Sayles
  • Richard Robinson
Director
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  • Piranha
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  • Piranha is a 1978 American B movie about a swarm of killer piranhas. It was directed and co-edited by Joe Dante and starred Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. Produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is a parody of the 1975 film Jaws, which had been a major success for distributor Universal Studios and director Steven Spielberg, and inspired a series of similarly themed B movies such as Grizzly, Tintorera, Tentacles, Orca, Monster Shark and Great White . Piranha was followed by a sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning, in 1981 and two remakes, one in 1995, and another one in 2010, which spawned its own sequel in 2012.
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