29th
August
2010
On Piranha 3D
Sinners in the Fins of an Angry Fish:
A Review of Piranha 3D:
by John David Ebert
I was ten years old when the original 1978 Piranha came out. It was Joe Dante’s first film (he would later go on to do The Howling, Gremlins and Innerspace) which he made for Roger Corman in something like two weeks. Steven Spielberg has always said that it was his personal favorite of all the Jaws rip-offs. The sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning (1991) was James Cameron’s first film, and also his worst. The original Joe Dante movie, though, was quite good, and it still holds up. Read the rest of this entry »
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