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UNITED STATES · 1978

Piranha

Joe Dante
New Hollywood creature feature summer resort biological horror man-made disaster survival
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Synopsis

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Year1978
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoe Dante
MovementNew Hollywood
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