"A hideous death lurked unseen in the river..."

1978

1h 34m

6.0(717 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

Overview

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

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34 members

Acting

Bradford Dillman

Paul Grogan

Acting

Heather Menzies

Maggie McKeown

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Kevin McCarthy

Dr. Robert Hoak

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Keenan Wynn

Jack

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Dick Miller

Buck Gardner

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Barbara Steele

Dr. Mengers

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Belinda Balaski

Betsy

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Melody Thomas Scott

Laura Dickinson

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Bruce Gordon

Colonel Waxman

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Barry Brown

Trooper

Directing

Paul Bartel

Mr. Dumont

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Shannon Collins

Suzie Grogan

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Shawn Nelson

Whitney

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Richard Deacon

Earl Lyon

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Janie Squire

Barbara Randolph

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Roger Richman

David

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Bill Smillie

Jailer

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Guich Koock

TV Pitchman

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Jack Pauleson

Boy in Canoe

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Eric Henshaw

Father in Canoe

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Robert Vinson

Soldier

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Virginia Dunnam

Girl

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Crew

Diamond Farnsworth

Water-skier

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Bruce Paul Barbour

Man in Boat

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Robyn Ray

Screaming Woman

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Mike Sullivan

Dam Guard

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Jack Cardwell

Brandy

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Sally Bondi

Swimming Deb (uncredited)

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Eric Braeden

Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)

Directing

Joe Dante

Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)

Writing

Amy Holden Jones

Hertz Clerk (uncredited)

Production

Andrew G. La Marca

Scuba Diver #1 (uncredited)

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Directing

John Sayles

Army Sentry (uncredited)

Visual Effects

Phil Tippett

Scuba Diver (uncredited)

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