Possibly Roger Corman's most famous, or at least most loved movie, Piranha was an early directorial job of a man named Joe Dante, who would later earn fame with excellent movies such as Gremlins and Matinee, often infusing horror and comedy seamlessly, creating very entertaining films that could be watched under any mood. When Jaws hit cinemas in 1975, a huge impact was made on cinema, and naturally numerous remakes about nature run amok followed, hoping to cash in on the success of Steven Spielberg's tale of a giant shark. Surprisingly, it took Corman, king of the rip-offs, until 1978 before his company, New World, would release their 'Jaws homage'. Joe Dante ...  Read the complete review

I watched this movie soon after I saw it on demand last year thinking the trailer looked a little fun so lets see what this has to offer. I wasn't really expecting much because any movie that contains teens, spring break and bikinis can't be that great. Despite me not expecting much I decided to watch it anyway. --------------Cast-------------- Elisabeth Shue as Sheriff Julie Forester Adam Scott as Novak Radzinsky Jerry O'Connell as Derrick Jones Ving Rhames as Deputy Fallon Jessica Szohr as Kelly Driscoll Steven R. McQueen as Jake Forester Dina Meyer as Paula Montellano Christopher Lloyd as Carl Goodman Richard ...  Read the complete review

Director Joe Dante showed some of the potential he would have in later movies with this, his first offering. He of course went on to direct some classics like The Howling, and in Piranha shows some of the tongue-in-cheek humour that would be displayed to better effect in these later more accomplished efforts. That is not to say that Piranha can not stand up on its own merits, because it most certainly can. No, its not the mst brilliant movie in the world and does strangely have few really suspenseful moments, which seems somewhat impossible when you are basically talking about a movie which ought to have rested upon the same ideas as Jaws which was around at the same ...  Read the complete review

Piranha was Joe Dantes first attempt at directing a movie and it shows that he had some potential to go on and become a good director. Made in 1978 the year horror was changed by Halloween and Dawn of the Dead it is stil quite a fun film to watch now and again. The film opens with two people who are hiking, they come across a copmex with a fence around it, they see a swimming pool and decide to climb over the fence and go for a swim. Soon after getting in the pool they disappear, people start to notcie that the two are missing and the father of one hires a private investiagor Maggie McKeown (in the shape of Heather Menzies) to try and find them. When looking around the ..  Read the complete review