A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
- Animal harm
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Unpretentious, effortless, classical in form and raw.
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Bradford DillmanPaul Grogan
- Heather MenziesMaggie McKeown
- Kevin McCarthyDr. Robert Hoak
- Keenan WynnJack
- Dick MillerBuck Gardner
- Barbara SteeleDr. Mengers
- Belinda BalaskiBetsy
- Melody Thomas ScottLaura Dickinson
- Bruce GordonColonel Waxman
- Barry BrownTrooper
Crew
- Joe DanteDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Jamie AndersonDirector of Photography
- Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
- Joe DanteEditor
- Mark GoldblattEditor
- Jon DavisonProducer
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