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Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller, Keenan Wynn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Piranha |
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Written by John Sayles, PIRANHA is a Roger Corman production directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins) in 1978.
Piranhas genetically modified to live in salted or cold waters are accidentally thrown into an American river. A private detective searching for missing students tries to forewarn the army but she's jailed because a colonel made investments in a new summer resort that is just opening next to the river and doesn't want bad press. Meanwhile, the piranhas keep eating all those who have the misfortune to enjoy the water pleasures the river is offering to them.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- The hungry animal ate me!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- animal
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- super strength
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- swimming on
- lifeboat
- scuba under
- river
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
Unusual forms of death
- eaten
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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