Details
- Status
- Released
- Release
- August 3, 1978 (48 years ago)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Origins
- Tags
- Companies
- Chako Film Company, New World Pictures
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Cast View all

Bradford DillmanPaul Grogan

Heather MenziesMaggie McKeown

Kevin McCarthyDr. Robert Hoak

Keenan WynnJack

Dick MillerBuck Gardner

Barbara SteeleDr. Mengers

Belinda BalaskiBetsy

Melody Thomas ScottLaura Dickinson

Bruce GordonColonel Waxman

Barry BrownTrooper

Paul BartelMr. Dumont
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Crew View all

Joe DanteDirector

John SaylesScreenplay & Story
Richard RobinsonStory

Jon DavisonProducer

Roger CormanExecutive Producer
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External reviews
Blu-ray Review: 'Piranha'★★★★☆ Producer Roger Corman’s modus operandi was to take guys who wanted to be the next Godard and get them to make a 90-minute low […]
PiranhaRead the Empire Movie review of Piranha. Like all the best exploitation flicks, Piranha is driven by a ruthless desire to entertain and, in...
Piranha Blu-ray Review - IGN"They're eating the guests, sir." In a timely move meant, no doubt, to capitalize on the 3D update hitting theaters later this month, Shout! Factory has just...
PiranhaEngaging 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 d
PiranhaSince the title characters in Piranha are never actually seen (there's lots of speeded-up nibbling, but no closeups of the deadly Brazilian river munchers), ...


