Piranha

Sci-Fi Horror

1978, Movie, 1h 34min

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

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5.9

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8.0

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Critic Kim Newman

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Joe Dante's first solo feature, scripted by John Sayles, is a textbook example of how to get the most out of a Roger Corman budget and a shoddy premise.

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In Piranha, a group of unsuspecting tourists at a summer resort are about to become the next meal for a horde of mutated, flesh-eating fish, accidentally released into the river by a crazed scientist. As the body count rises, a brave ecologist and a beautiful investigator team up to stop the carnage and uncover the truth behind the government's secret experiment. With a twisted sense of humor and plenty of suspense, this cult classic will keep you hooked until the very end.

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You can stream Piranha on: Apple TV Store

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Piranha include The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Evilspeak, Eraserhead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Silent Rage.