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Title: Piranha
Post by: Joe Stalin on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
I watched this flick whaen I was about 10 years old.I would'nt go swimming at the cottage that summer and my parents did'nt know why.
I later watched the movie as an adult.I would have loved it if the piranhas saw action in 'Nam.Still, good plot and acting.What I learned fromthis movie is don't drain mysterious pools at old Army installations.It can only lead to trouble!


Title: Piranha
Post by: Joe 19 on June 29, 1999, 11:05:50 PM
I think this is one of THE best horror movies ever.  An excellent direction, good script, above average acting for a low budget flick.  And very eerie and terrifying.  One of the better horror movies to come out of the 70's  


Title: Piranha
Post by: Matt Tritico on July 05, 1999, 04:46:37 PM
This one is excellent! From all the in-jokes layered through John Sayles witty script to the creepy locations, eerie music, and top notch effects, Pirahna is a cult classic. Heather Menzies who plays Maggie is so funny and tough, she is the ultimate heroine. Dante also makes good use of comedy, drama, and terror throughout the film to make it a fun ride. This one needs to be re-released on video or DVD, it's a must see.


Title: Piranha
Post by: Warren H. on September 01, 1999, 01:38:21 PM
My favorite line from this movie that you didn't put in the dialgue sound bites, is "A pretty girl like you ought to be better than that at takin' a man's pants off."  Heh heh.


Title: Piranha
Post by: SaMhAin on September 04, 1999, 09:45:11 PM
I watched this movie on pay tv one night because I had heard all these reviews saying stuff like "A very enjoyable horror-comedy" .I already had a clear vision of what it was going to be like,and I wouldn't have even watched it if the consumer warning didn't say it had nudity. There turned out to be very little,and the movie was almost dead-set how I thought it would be- predictably set up attacks from the Piranha,lame 'gags' thrown in,and the predictable end where the hero disposes of the killer fish.Watch 'Jaws' or 'Tintorera' instead.


Title: Piranha
Post by: Paul H. on February 03, 2000, 10:00:28 AM
Corman is the best.  Such variety (in story and quality) between his films

For its time Piranha is a pretty good film and is worth watchng on a sunday afternoon (every sunday afternoon).  Despite being a Corman film I actually don't considure this a b-movie.  It was made with to much care and it really didn't have a tongue in cheek feel.  Nevertheless, still a good movie.  Actually better than Jaws in some ways.  Jaws won't be at my child's summercamp.

Watch back to back with any killer bee movie.

3 green globs or 6.5 out of 10


Title: Piranha
Post by: Chris K. on April 05, 2000, 07:36:33 AM
Better than Steven Speilbergs slow film JAWS. PIRAHNA is considered to be a parody of the 1950's monster films, but it is not. The specila effects are gross, the performances are top noch, the photography is colorful, and the script is witty. Available on DVD with thetarical trailer, bloopers, commentary by the director, and other stuff to look forward to. Like I always said, Roger Corman is the master of films and not George Lucas or Steven Speilberg.


Title: Piranha
Post by: T-Bone on July 28, 2000, 07:54:32 AM
I love this movie!  It has to be one of the best horror movies ever.  The script is hilarious and the special effects are pretty good for the budget.  The best part of the movie has to be the feeding noises, though.  I'd have to give Piranha 5 out of 5.


Title: Piranha
Post by: dustin(horror fan) on August 16, 2000, 08:56:20 PM
this movie has its scenes like near the end oh my god!that guys face is ripped up and his eyeball is turned over!then the kids bleeding and all its a pretty good movie and ill add my review to my site but the begining i mean come on!that was painful!!!except for breasts!


Title: Piranha
Post by: chadzilla on December 22, 2000, 07:18:04 PM
This movie, along with Alligator, is one of my two absolute favorite mutant monster movies from the seventies.  And, what do you know, both were written by John Sayles, mmmm I wonder...


Title: Piranha
Post by: lostmissy on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
I didn't enjoy this movie very much. There wasn't anything offbeat or even very interesting to it. just the regular hohum 'who gets eaten next' movie that Mr Corman can (and sometimes does) put out in a day. Not really trying to trash the film too much..just hard to get excited about it  one way or the other. Maybe if you were sick in bed it would be tolerable to watch.


Title: Piranha
Post by: Christopher Schneider on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
Interesting fact: piranha's are actually not that vicious! They only feed on dead or dying animals, which they sense their blood. The natives aren't that afraid of them (respectful, but not afraid) The real prick in the Amazon to watch for is this tiny, spiny minnow-sized fish that has the nasty habit of being attracted to peoples urine and swimming up a mans urethra (tinkle tube) getting lodged in the process. Ouch.


Title: Piranha
Post by: pete on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
Fun, campy low-budget JAWS rip-off, one of the better ones made. (Though, admittedly, that ain't saying much.) One thing, though, we see the heroine at the beginning playing a JAWS arcade game. A very primitive game, of course. (Remember, this from the late-seventies.) Still, I wonder if such a game was ever actually made, and if so just what it would be like to play it.  


Title: Piranha
Post by: fortheloveofGore on April 30, 2005, 12:12:40 PM
seen this movie,back in 1981,liked it then,still like it now.dick miller is nuts = funny as usual.


Title: Piranha
Post by: crystal on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
I'm still afraid to go in water I can't see to the bottom of. I just listened to the feeding noise and KNOW I'm going to have nightmares.


Title: Piranha
Post by: erri_wan on June 02, 2005, 06:03:09 AM
WHO wouldnt love to swim naked in a military researches pool with muddy water?


Title: Piranha
Post by: kjw on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
As much as this was good,I still like the second one of Piranha 2 better.After all they do something that they don't do in the first one and that is fly right at you.Believe it or not,seeing a piranha fly is funny in itself.I also think that is what made Piranha 2 even more scarier than the first one,because seeing it for the first time,you would never expect to see a piranha fly.Besides it's bite is much worse than it's bark in the second one.


Title: Piranha
Post by: Colin G. Davis on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM
Regarding the stop-motion walking piranha we see briefly in the lab - I read somewhere that the original intention was for a giant version to stride out of the ocean in the final shot before the closing credits, but there wasn't enough money.


Title: Piranha
Post by: IT on February 20, 2006, 04:57:54 PM
Best of the JAWS ripoffs.A very entertaining movie worth buying the scene where a piranha jumps out the water and bites this guys nose  was hilarious and what about the walking piranha I would of loved to have seen him strangle somebody instead of just looking around corners.Other then that a great movie to watch on a dark night.


Title: Re: Piranha
Post by: Patrick on January 26, 2008, 02:12:57 AM
I heard through the grape vine that they have a remake coming out.