Directed by Joe Dante. Written by Richard Robinson and John Sayles. Starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller, Keenan Wynn and Richard Deacon.
Plot: a military experiment gone wrong releases deadly piranhas into a lake and people start getting eaten.
Two teenagers go missing ater exploring an abandoned military post and a skiptracer, Maggie (Menzies) is sent to find them. She hires a local, Paul (Dillman), to accompany her. Together, they find the military post, a body and some interesting specimens in jars. They accidentally release the piranhas into a nearby river and get Paul’s friend killed. And it’s actually sad.
For a 1978 film about killer fish, there’s a lot of emotion. Like, when you think that Paul might bite it, you’re really scared. Also, the motive is good, the soundtrack is fantastic and it’s funny, too. It followed rules, had a good story, just no Freddy Claws. No one believed Paul and Maggie. Still the nods to other famous “fish” stories push this past the mediocre mark as one woman reads Moby Dick and another plays a Jaws video game.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. My favorite place in the world is Atlantic City. The food, the smells, the beach - I love it all.
2. I am particularly good at crafting. Especially scrapbooking and cross-stitch.
3. I am mixed. My dad is black and my mom is white. I'm very proud of both sides of myself.
4. My favorite food is either the cheesesteak or the hoagie. Not the sub, not the grinder, the hoagie. Totally different experience.
5. I have a number of pen pals I write snail mail to. We exchange stickers and little gifts sometimes, too. I have an extensive sticker collection.
6. I just reconnected with my father after 15+ years. It's going great so far. I've missed him.
7. My brother is my best friend, hence the reason we do this together.
8. I don't have a favorite book. I like too many to have a favorite. But Paul Zindel is my favorite author. Stephen King and Jane Austen are close seconds. I know, eclectic.
9. I'm not very religious at all. I consider myself agnostic.
10. I would say that my most prized possessions are my dogs, but I don't consider them possessions. I consider them people. They are my people.
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