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UNITED STATES · 1978

Piranha (Joe Dante, ) script

John Sayles
genetic engineering creature feature environmental disaster military conspiracy river danger
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Synopsis

Piranha is a 1978 American comedy horror film directed and co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. It tells the story of a river being infested by lethal, genetically altered piranhas, threatening the lives of the local in

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