Piranha

Piranha     Medium Count 1     Medium Blu-ray     DVD Region 1     Running Time 90     Studio SHOUT! FACTORY     Theatrical Date 12/31/1978     Cast Menzies, Heather / Dillman, Bradford / McCarthy, Kevin / Miller, Dick     Director Dante, Joe     Features Limited Edition Steelbook / NEW 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative Approved By Director Joe Dante / NEW Audio Commentary With Executive Producer Roger Corman / Audio Commentary With Director Joe Dante And Producer Jon Davison / "The Making Of Piranha" – Interviews With Executive Producer Roger Corman, Director Joe Dante, And Actors Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski And More... / Behind-The-Scenes Footage / Bloopers And Outtakes / Stills Galleries / Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery Featuring Photos From Creature Designer/Animator Phil Tippett's Archives / Additional Scenes From The TV Version / Theatrical Trailers / TV Spots / Radio Spots     Date Imported 12/31/2020     List Price $17.49     Rating 3.03.03.03.03.0     Subjects SpookySeason     Genre Horror     Copy Count 1     Location SpookySeason     Tag Hollywood     Creator Corman, Roger     IMDb Rating 0      While searching for missing teenagers, novice skip tracer Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) and one of the locals, town boozer Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman) stumble upon a top-secret Army laboratory doing genetic research on piranha fish for the purpose of developing biological warfare. When they are accidentally released from the compound, the deadly school of eating machines head downstream and eat everything, and anything, in their path.

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the river...

Piranha features a stellar group of talent in front of as well as behind the camera. The top-notch cast of cult stars includes Kevin McCarthy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Barbara Steele (Black Sunday), Belinda Balaski (The Howling), Dick Miller (A Bucket Of Blood), Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul) and Richard Deacon (The Dick Van Dyke Show).