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6.0When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Released: 1978-08-0394 minDir: Joe DanteHorror, Science Fiction, ComedyBudget: $660,000Box office: $16.0MPart of: Piranha Collection
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Cast
- Bradford Dillman as Paul Grogan
- Heather Menzies as Maggie McKeown
- Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Robert Hoak
- Keenan Wynn as Jack
- Dick Miller as Buck Gardner
- Barbara Steele as Dr. Mengers
Themes
- fish
- experiment
- summer camp
- river
- animal attack
- us army
- reporter
- piranha
- tent camp
- eugenics
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
26,438 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Screenwriter
- John Sayles
- Cast member
- Bruce Gordon
- Composer
- Pino Donaggio
- Producer
- Roger Corman
- Production company
- United Artists
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 612076
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-11-17
- title
- Piranha
- distributed by
- New World Pictures
- film editor
- Joe Dante
- derivative work
- Piranha
- review score
- 72%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 770000
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