Piranha

Name: Piranha
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1978-08-03
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller

A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...

Piranha (1978)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film Piranha — TCM Underground Presents: Slumberground - Piranha (1978)

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Release date

1978-08-03

Country

United States

Production

Chako Film Company, New World Pictures

Genre

Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction

Budget

$600 000

Box office

$6 000 000

Website

Director

Joe Dante

Actors

Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Melody Thomas Scott, Bruce Gordon, Barry Brown
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Jon Davison, Roger Corman, Jeff Schechtman

Camera operator

Jamie Anderson

Composer

Pino Donaggio

Artist

Adam Beckett, Tim Doughten

Audition

Susan Arnold

Editing

Mark Goldblatt, Joe Dante
Whole Team (70)

Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

Rubber figures on sticks were used to create the image of the piranhas.
Maggie (Heather Menzies) plays a video game called 'Jaws'.
Roger Corman insistently demanded an increase in gory scenes, while the financial and technical capabilities for using piranha models were quite limited.
Filming took 30 days.
Heather Menzies was a Playboy magazine model.
Peter Fonda turned down the role of Paul Grogan.
A 17-year-old Rob Bottin worked on the fish models at that time.
Maggie (Heather Menzies) is playing the video game "Jaws".
Steven Spielberg was going to sue the filmmakers for plagiarism, but after watching the film, he abandoned the idea and then included Joe Dante among his protégés.
The fish models were created by Rob Bottin, who was only 17 at the time.
Steven Spielberg intended to sue the filmmakers for plagiarism, but after watching the movie, he abandoned the idea and subsequently took Joe Dante under his wing as one of his protégés.
Despite being a hit for New World Pictures, the film was shot under extremely difficult conditions, ranging from most of the actors being replaced at the last minute to film defects.
Roger Corman persistently demanded more bloody scenes, and the financial and technical capabilities for using piranha models were quite limited.
Despite being a hit for New World Pictures, the film was shot in extremely difficult conditions, ranging from most of the actors being replaced at the last minute to film stock defects.