Piranha 3D

About Piranha 3D

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh.

Piranha 3D is a 2010 comedy horror film directed by Alexandre Aja. It runs 88 minutes and was released in August 2010.

The film is filed under animal horror, grave, film in film, and ghoulish.

Elisabeth Shue takes the lead as Julie Forester, Jerry O'Connell as Derrick Jones, Steven R. McQueen as Jake Forester, and Jessica Szohr as Kelly Driscoll. The screenplay is by Josh Stolberg. Produced by Atmosphere Entertainment MM. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount+ Amazon Channel.

Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and Piranha 3DD make useful companions to Piranha 3D, all filed under creature and scuba diving. TMDB voters put it at 5.4 out of 10 across 2,471 votes and it carries a R rating.