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Quando i piranha carnivori vengono rilasciati accidentalmente nei fiumi di una località estiva, gli ospiti diventano il loro prossimo pasto.Quando i piranha carnivori vengono rilasciati accidentalmente nei fiumi di una località estiva, gli ospiti diventano il loro prossimo pasto.Quando i piranha carnivori vengono rilasciati accidentalmente nei fiumi di una località estiva, gli ospiti diventano il loro prossimo pasto.
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- 1 vittoria e 1 candidatura in totale
Heather Menzies-Urich
- Maggie McKeown
- (as Heather Menzies)
Melody Thomas Scott
- Laura Dickinson
- (as Melody Thomas)
Recensioni in evidenza
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 1978 Roger Corman produced picture Piranha was about
well, piranha. Killer fish escape a government research lab and kill hapless vacationers, fishermen, and scientists. The film could have been real hokey if not for writer John Sayles and director Joe Dante. The two of them would become very successful in Hollywood with the release of The Howling. The cast is full of familiar faces such as Kevin McCarthy, Paul Bartel, Dante regulars Robert Picardo and Dick Miller, and Barbra Steele. The effects are cheesy but that's part of the fun. I believe that they made the best movie about menacing fish that they could. It has just the right mix of comedy and terror and it's entertaining. The Jaws video game was a nice touch too.
"They're eating the guests, sir."
"They're eating the guests, sir."
The ultimate underwater horror movie. Well at first Piranha does seem to live up to other horror films but it does have various goofy and campy moments. The beginning is quite fine whilst the film does show a bit of nudity. However, during the middle of the film viewers will be on the edge of their seats, wanting to find out how these small killer fish might cause relentless horror and unspeakable doom. Given its popularity and its mediocre writing I'd rather be not wanting to watch its sequels rather than only watching this movie. In the end, while the movie may be an edge of your seat roller coaster ride, it may also have its ups and its downs.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizUniversal Studios attempted to sue New World for spoofing Lo squalo (1975) , but Steven Spielberg saw the movie in advance and loved it. After that, Universal dropped the lawsuit.
- BlooperThe 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.
- Citazioni
Whitney: The piranhas...
Buck Gardner: What about the goddamn piranhas?
Whitney: They're eating the guests, sir.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe 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."
- Versioni alternativeCut in Finland for K16/cut 3 min 18 sec! The cuts include: 1.The death of the boy's dad is shortened. 2.The death of Dr. Hoak is shortened to that point, that we lose almost every shot of the piranhas ripping his flesh. 3.The piranhas attack on the children has lost lots of footage; tons of close-ups of the piranhas ripping the children's flesh, and a piranha attacking on the male camp counselor. 4.The death of Betsy is less graphic. 5.When the piranhas attack on the guests in The Lost River Lake, the beginning of the sequence has lost several killings done by the piranhas. 6.After Dick Miller's line We've got a situation down here, we don't see a very grisly corpse (a'la Rob Bottin) floating in the water, nor the piranhas eating tons and tons of people, and the by-standers watching (this scene is cut almost TWO minutes!). 7.The piranhas attack on Paul (Bradford Dillman) under water lasts much lesser time. NOTE: The Finnish video version re-release in the 90's (above on the right) passed surprisingly uncut with a K16-rating! The US DVD (a part of the "Roger Corman Classics" series) is uncut (the image being presented full screen, which is the director's preferred aspect ratio for the movie), rated 'R', and contains some nice extras.
- ConnessioniEdited into Forza bruta (1982)
- Colonne sonoreGreat Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
(uncredited)
Traditional camp song
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Dettagli
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- Budget
- 600.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 321 USD
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