Movie · Horror · Comedy

Mutant piranha escape from a secret research station and head downriver towards a summer camp and a small town's lakeside tourist attraction. A gruff loner and a daffy private-eye race against time to try to stop the creatures.

1978 · 1h 34m
  • 72%
  • 18+
Director Joe Dante

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Piranha

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Mutant piranha escape from a secret research station and head downriver towards a summer camp and a small town's lakeside tourist attraction. A gruff loner and a daffy private-eye race against time to try to stop the creatures.

COMMON SENSE

Extremely gory Jaws rip-off is too much for kids.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.5
Reviews 29
Fresh 21
Rotten 8

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Studio
Shout! Factory
Released
1978
Run Time
1 hr 34 min
Rated
Unrated
Content Advisories
Sexual Content, Suggestive Dialogue, Violence, Language
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.