Piranha

About Piranha

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

Joe Dante's Piranha is a 1978 comedy horror film. Bradford Dillman takes the lead as Paul Grogan, Heather Menzies as Maggie McKeown, Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Robert Hoak, and Keenan Wynn as Jack.

Released in August 1978, it runs 94 minutes. Written by John Sayles.

Members will find campy, experiment, animal horror, and reporter in it. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AMC+. It scores 6.0 out of 10 from 785 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Lake Placid, Piranha 3DD, and Zombeavers make useful companions to Piranha, all filed under animal attack and b-horror.