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Piranha

  • 1978
  • 12
  • 1h 34min
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5,9/10
27 k
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Piranha (1978)
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Films d'horreur de série BComédieHorreurScience-fictionThriller

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  • Réalisation
    • Joe Dante
  • Scénario
    • Richard Robinson
    • John Sayles
  • Casting principal
    • Bradford Dillman
    • Heather Menzies-Urich
    • Kevin McCarthy
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,9/10
    27 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Joe Dante
    • Scénario
      • Richard Robinson
      • John Sayles
    • Casting principal
      • Bradford Dillman
      • Heather Menzies-Urich
      • Kevin McCarthy
    • 193avis d'utilisateurs
    • 132avis des critiques
    • 71Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

    Vidéos1

    Piranha: Roger Corman's Cult Classics
    Trailer 0:17
    Piranha: Roger Corman's Cult Classics

    Photos141

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    Rôles principaux35

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    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Paul Grogan
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    • Maggie McKeown
    • (as Heather Menzies)
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Dr. Robert Hoak
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Jack
    Dick Miller
    Dick Miller
    • Buck Gardner
    Barbara Steele
    Barbara Steele
    • Dr. Mengers
    Belinda Balaski
    Belinda Balaski
    • Betsy
    Melody Thomas Scott
    Melody Thomas Scott
    • Laura Dickinson
    • (as Melody Thomas)
    Bruce Gordon
    Bruce Gordon
    • Colonel Waxman
    Barry Brown
    Barry Brown
    • Trooper
    Paul Bartel
    Paul Bartel
    • Mr. Dumont
    Shannon Collins
    • Suzie Grogan
    Shawn Nelson
    • Whitney
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Earl Lyon
    Janie Squire
    • Barbara Randolph
    Roger Richman
    • David
    Bill Smillie
    Bill Smillie
    • Jailer
    Guich Koock
    • TV Pitchman
    • Réalisation
      • Joe Dante
    • Scénario
      • Richard Robinson
      • John Sayles
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    Avis des utilisateurs193

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    6barnabyrudge

    Jaws parody with enjoyable moments and plenty of gruesome carnage.

    Not many movie-makers do parodies better than Joe Dante – the director who brought us The Howling (a werewolf movie parody), Gremlins (a monster movie parody), Innerspace (a Fantastic Voyage parody), The 'Burbs (a neighbours-from-hell parody) and Piranha (a Jaws parody). This 1978 comedy-horror is one of Dante's early movies, but despite that he shows an assured touch and gets generously tongue-in-cheek performances from his cast of horror veterans. While the film is never a truly great rival to the awesome Jaws, it is a fun and entertaining homage that has much going for it. Easily the strong point of this film is the gruesome make-up provided by whiz-kid Rob Bottin, but more will be said of that later.

    A couple of teenagers go missing while trekking through the woods. Private eye Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) goes searching for them, and discovers a burnt-out hermit Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman) living on the mountainside who offers to help her in her hunt. McKeown and Grogan stumble upon a secluded military research centre where crazed scientist Dr. Hoak (Kevin McCarthy) is busily conducting experiments to create a strain of piranha fish able to survive in rivers and oceans, and always eager to devour anything in their way. The plan is to release these super-fish in enemy rivers, thereby making the entire river system too dangerous to use. McKeown and Grogan mistakenly release the piranhas into the local river, and realise that anyone using the river for recreation – including the bustling summer camp miles downstream – are now in desperate danger. The army is brought in, but instead of helping to solve the terrifying situation they seem more concerned with covering up the whole business. In particular, General Waxman (Bruce Gordon) has cause to keep the existence of the piranha secret, as he has invested his savings in the summer camp and doesn't want to scare away his paying customers. In a race against time, Grogan and McKeown try to release poison into the river to prevent the piranhas from devouring everyone in sight and proceeding to the ocean…..

    Piranha is fast-moving, gory fun. It's nice to see Dillman in a heroic leading role after so many years of playing the supporting bad guy in numerous films. Menzies is fine as his partner-in-adventure, and there are great supporting roles for horror legends like Barbara Steele (as a military scientist), Dick Miller (as a cowboy entertainer) and Keenan Wynn (as Grogan's doomed buddy who lives at the riverside). As I said earlier, Rob Bottin provides some bloody make up effects that make some of the half-eaten victims look pretty yucky. The gently mocking script is by John Sayles, and is full of humorous references to earlier books and films along the same theme. The finale in which the holiday-makers fall foul of the piranha fish is packed with blood and guts, and should definitely appeal to gore-hounds. Even though the film keeps its tongue in its cheek, there are still some dumb moments along the way that mar credibility even on this level. For instance, Grogan spends much of the closing scenes underwater being attacked by the piranha…. earlier in the film we were made to believe that the piranha devoured their victims in literally a few seconds, but they seem to make ludicrously hard work of attacking Grogan while he's in the water (in fact, he surfaces after several minutes in the firing line with just a few bites, which seems somewhat fortuitous!!) Piranha is enjoyable, though, and should be well received by genre addicts.
    6boblipton

    Funny!

    Scientists developed a variety of piranha which can live in fresh and salt water. Then the government project closed down, and they poisoned the water. But the fish survived, and eat Keenan Wynn.

    It's a dumb-sounding idea for a film, one of the many movies that came out after the success of JAWS. Surprisingly, it's a funny spoof of the movie, from the posters based on the mega-hit's poster, to director Joe Dante having two-legged reptiles running around, to a silly pastiche of the beach scene. Writer John Sayles was so disgusted that he thought about giving up on film, returning to novels Instead, he took his earnings and made RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN, and Steven Spielberg thought it was so funny, you talked Universal out of a lawsuit and hired Dante.
    5Paragon240

    Piranha is bad 70s creature feature gold! It's so bad it's great and a fun ride as long as you expect a total cheesefest.

    Piranha is cheesy 70s/80s creature films at their very best! It has everything - evil military generals, obligatory lake celebrations, scientific experimentation gone wrong, horrible dialogue, low-budget effects, and more. It's clear as you watch the film that Piranha was heavily influenced by Jaws, with the city ignoring the warnings of the dangerous underwater creature, the very similar movie poster, and much more. Steven Spielberg has even named it his favorite Jaws rip-off movie. This low-budget gem was a zeitgeist of creature horror cinema of the decade that didn't allow bad effects, poor acting, or no money to stop them from making their movies. The remakes in the 2000's just used this movie as an excuse to show a lot of nudity, and while there is a little nudity in Piranha (1978), it is much briefer than its predecessors. Pirahna (1978) focuses on letting the army of hungry fish gnaw on its helpless victims. This goofy little creature flick launched the career of director Joe Dante, who later collaborated with Steven Spielberg himself to make Gremlins - a real creature masterpiece! Piranha is no Gremlins, but it sure is a fun start to Dante's creepy creature-filled career.
    6grantss

    Better than expected

    Better than expected.

    Having seen the 2010 version of Piranha (and the 2012 sequel, which was even worse) I really didn't expect much from this, the 1978 original. Turns out it's not bad, and better than I expected.

    Starts very well - setting the scene, developing the plot and characters. There is a genuine feeling of intrigue and engagement. You keep thinking "How are they going to stop this?".

    From a point, however, it does degenerate into a B-grade creature feature, with action, body count and gore being the main drivers. It also feels like a bad ripoff of Jaws.

    However, for the most part it is reasonably enjoyable and worth the watch.
    Poseidon-3

    This movie bites....in a good way.

    In the wake of "Jaws" came countless man vs. nature flicks with everything from bees to grizzly bears to frogs coming out to get man back for his crimes against the ecology (and don't forget "Night of the Lepus" in which huge bunny rabbits munched on hapless victims!) This film is considered one of the best imitators, primarily because of its tongue-in-cheek approach and it's deliberately campy writing and casting. Menzies is a hotshot missing persons expert who goes in search of two young hikers who have disappeared. She enlists the aid of hermit-like Dillman who lives near an abandoned government testing facility where the hikers were last suspected to have been. When they come upon a murky tank and believe the bodies could be at the bottom, Menzies releases the contents, unwittingly unleashing a school of vicious, genetically-altered piranha onto an unsuspecting river full of camp kids and park revelers. From there, it's a race against the clock to get to Dillman's young daughter who is about to enter a camp relay race in the water downstream. The film is deliberately peppered with actors who've made their mark in either horror or suspense films and it makes no pretenses about its lack of originality (though it does manage to come up with some despite itself!) Dillman (sporting an atrocious come-and-go Southern accent) and Menzies have a surprisingly decent rapport with each other with a few amusing scenes tossed in amongst all the panic. McCarthy pops up as a terrified scientist who knows his plans have gone awry. Wynn has a cameo as a gruff, but likable neighbor of Dillman's. Steele plays an ominous scientist in cahoots with Army colonel Gordon to keep the whole situation under wraps. Bartel is the persnickety camp counselor and Miller is the smarmy amusement park owner, both of whom disbelieve that there's any danger. Despite it's minuscule budget and rather homemade effects, the film does generate a bit of eye-opening gore and more than a little discomfort as these tiny fish nibble away at anything in the water. If "Jaws" caused people to avoid the ocean, this film could make people think twice about cloudy rivers and lakes! The murkiness of the water only adds to the horror of it all as the bikini-clad tourists and innertube-wielding kids can't begin to see what's coming. It's just a sting, then a nibble, then blood everywhere! Some of the effects are tacky and amusing, but there's a certain level of true fear as well. If one likes this genre to begin with, it will probably be a pleasure to watch. Others may be less enthralled.

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    • Anecdotes
      Universal Studios attempted to sue New World for spoofing Les Dents de la mer (1975) , but Steven Spielberg saw the movie in advance and loved it. After that, Universal dropped the lawsuit.
    • Gaffes
      The speed boat is racing in the lake at full speed. The shot cuts to the skiers POV looking at the boat and the pull rope is slack and there isn't any tension on the line at all.
    • Citations

      Whitney: The piranhas...

      Buck Gardner: What about the goddamn piranhas?

      Whitney: They're eating the guests, sir.

    • Crédits fous
      The FBI warning at the end of the credits ends with the phrase "So There." Producer Jon Davison used the same joke for the FBI warning in his later picture "Airplane."
    • Connexions
      Edited into Special Force (1982)
    • Bandes originales
      Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
      (uncredited)

      Traditional camp song

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 15 novembre 1978 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Japon
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Piranhas
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Seguin, Texas, États-Unis
    • Sociétés de production
      • New World Pictures
      • Chako Film Company
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    • Budget
      • 600 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 321 $US
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    • Durée
      • 1h 34min(94 min)
    • Couleur
      • Color
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.85 : 1

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