Directed by:
Joe DanteScreenplay:
John SaylesCinematography:
Jamie AndersonComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Bruce Gordon, Barry Brown, Paul Bartel (more)Plots(1)
Man has meddled again with mother nature and the result is not only deadly... it's voracious! With a clever screenplay written by John Sayles from a story by Richard Robinson, director Joe Dante creates an eerie and devilishly fun tale of mutant piranha terrorizing a local swimming hole. On an inviting tranquil evening, two venturesome teenagers take a moonlit skinny-dip in the inviting waters of Lost River Lake... little did they know they would quickly become fish food for a hungry school of man-eating piranha! Their deaths prompt an investigation that reveals a governmental cover-up of a top secret experiment called Operation Razorteeth. And it only gets worse. These insatiable, gilled monsters are heading downstream where a newly opened swimming resort will give them a smorgasbord of tasty vacationers, unless a brave outdoorsman (Bradford Dillman) and a sharp, beautiful investigator (Heather Menzies) can stop their deadly spawn... for good. (Final Cut Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Bradford Dillman
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Compulsion (1959)
Heather Menzies-Urich
Canada
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Hawaii (1966)
Kevin McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Keenan Wynn
USA
Best movies:
Dick Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Barbara Steele
UK
Best movies:
8½ (1963)
Young Törless (1966)
For Love and Gold (1966)
Belinda Balaski
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Black Eye (1974)
Gremlins (1984)
Bruce Gordon
USA
Best movies:
The Naked City (1948)
The Street with No Name (1948)
Hello Down There (1969)
Barry Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Bad Company (1972)
Daisy Miller (1974)
Paul Bartel
USA
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Basquiat (1996)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
John Sayles
USA
Best movies:
Matewan (1987)
Passion Fish (1992)
Gridlock'd (1997)
Joe Dante
USA
Best movies:
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Oscar (1991)
Eric Braeden
German Empire
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Morituri (1965)
Melody Thomas Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Beguiled (1971)
Marnie (1964)
The Shootist (1976)
Richard Deacon
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Guich Koock
USA
Best movies:
North Dallas Forty (1979)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Texas Justice (1995) (TV movie)
Jack Pauleson
Best movies:
Piranha (1978)