"Operation Razorteeth," a government project involving the breeding of mutant piranhas, gets way out of hand when the fish raid a lake at a summer camp for kids in this Roger Corman-produced, Joe Dante-directed classic. Heather Menzies stars as Maggie McKeown, an insurance investigator out to trace a missing teenage couple who have disappeared in the woods. With the help of a drunken recluse, Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman), they come across a supposedly deserted army base inhabited by Dr. Robert Hoak (Kevin McCarthy) who has been breeding the deadly fish in secret. In their hunt for the missing couple McKeown and Grogan drain the army pool, unleashing millions of mutant piranhas into the lake of a nearby children's summer camp and a newly opened tourist resort. Smart exploitation with a ludicrous and clever script co-written by John Sayles, this drive-in answer to JAWS is full of film references and plenty of B-movie thrills (gore and nudity). PIRANHA is the kind of movie they don't make anymore--and better yet--it holds up well.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Joe Dante - Director
- Jon Davison - Producer
Behind-the-Scenes Making of Footage
Bloopers and Outtakes
Trailer - Theatrical
- Preview Attractions
Cast Biographies
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Products:
Reproduction of the Original Theatrical Marketing Guide
8 Page Booklet - "History of Roger Corman"

Bradford Dillman: American actor
Heather Menzies: American actress, 1960s-1980s. PIRANHA (1978)
Kevin McCarthy: Star, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956, 1978)
Keenan Wynn: American actor
Dick Miller: American character actor
Barbara Steele: British actress, producer
Belinda Balaski: Actress, PIRANHA, GREMLINS, THE HOWLING,
Melody Thomas: American Actress\Beguiled
Shawn Nelson: 
Bruce Gordon: American character actor

Joe Dante: American director, editor

Jon Davison: 

John Sayles: Director/Writer/Producer

Pino Donaggio: Film composer, TEX (1982)

Mark Goldblatt: Editor, PEARL HARBOR (2001)

"...A surprisingly effective gag-barrel of B-movie cliches and JAWS guffaws....It's a reminder of when Hollywood could laugh at itself with unself-conscious glee..."
"...This is one film where the fish win...Menzies is attractively competent..."