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Piranha
MEANRANK
59/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 33, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 72. Critics average 72, everyone else 56.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An isolated mountain resort town is preparing for a massive influx of holiday swimmers. Just before the opening, a reckless skip tracer investigating a missing hiker accidentally releases a swarm of deadly, genetically engineered piranha into the river system. The lethal fish, bred for military purposes, now head straight for the crowded resort waters, and a race begins to warn the town before the piranha begin their feeding frenzy.
Details
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Writers
- John Sayles, Richard Robinson
- Studio
- New World Pictures, Chako Film Company
- Released
- 3 August 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $660.0K
- Box office
- $16.0M
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