PIRANHA (1978) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Joe Dante
Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy,
Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller,
Belinda Belaski, Bruce Gordon, Paul Bartel
"Lost River Lake. Terror. Horror. Death. Film at eleven." A tongue-in-gill monster movie in which ravenous aquatic creatures with sharp pointed teeth are released from a secret Army research station and head downstream to the sea, chewing up campers, fishermen, water-skiers, beach bunnies and anybody else unlucky enough to get in their way. Think "Jaws" with a B-movie budget and much smaller fish. Roger Corman produced. John Sayles wrote the script and plays a small role as the sentry who gets flashed by Heather Menzies.
Kevin McCarthy
(1914-2010)
