Piranha (1978 film)

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film

Piranha (1978 film) is a 1978 American horror-comedy about genetically engineered killer fish terrorizing vacationers, often noted as a cult classic and a tongue-in-cheek riff on Jaws.

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Label	Occurrences
Piranha	10
Piranha (1978 film) canonical	1
Piranha film series	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
associatedWith	Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
budget	$600,000 ⓘ
castMember	Barbara Steele NERFINISHED ⓘ Belinda Balaski NERFINISHED ⓘ Bradford Dillman NERFINISHED ⓘ Dick Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Heather Menzies NERFINISHED ⓘ Keenan Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Melody Thomas Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Bartel NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPlayedBy	Buck Gardner – Dick Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Robert Hoak – Kevin McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie McKeown – Heather Menzies NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Grogan – Bradford Dillman NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Jamie Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	generally positive for a low-budget exploitation film ⓘ
cultStatus	cult classic ⓘ
director	Joe Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Joe Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Goldblatt NERFINISHED ⓘ
features	genetically engineered piranhas ⓘ
follows	Jaws (inspired by) ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ horror ⓘ horror comedy ⓘ
hasRemake	Piranha (1995 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Piranha 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSequel	Piranha II: The Spawning NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Robert Hoak NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie McKeown NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Grogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
MPAARating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Pino Donaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	cult classic status ⓘ tongue-in-cheek riff on Jaws ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	Genetically engineered piranhas are accidentally released into a river and attack vacationers at a resort and summer camp ⓘ
producer	Jon Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	August 3, 1978 ⓘ
releaseYear	1978 ⓘ
runningTime	94 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	John Sayles NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Texas river ⓘ
specialEffectsBy	Rob Bottin NERFINISHED ⓘ
storyBy	John Sayles NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgenre	creature feature ⓘ monster film ⓘ