Piranha (film series)
Piranha is a horror franchise that comprises five horror comedy films. The original film is a parody of the 1975 film "Jaws". Films. Section::::"Piranha" (1978). "Piranha" is a 1978 American horror B movie about a swarm of killer piranhas. It was directed and co-edited by Joe Dante and starred Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. Produced by Roger Corman, "Piranha" was inspired by the 1975 film "Jaws," which had been a major success for distributor Universal Studios and director Steven Spielberg, and inspired a series of similarly themed B  movies such as "Grizzly". Section::::"Piranha II: The Spawning" (1982). "Piranha II: The Spawning", also known as "Piranha II: Flying Killers", is a 1982 horror film and the sequel to the 1978 low-budget cult film "Piranha", and the feature film directorial debut of James Cameron. The 1978 film involves a private investigator Maggie McNamara from Lyon Investigation hired by the wealthy J.R. Randolph to find his niece that has disappeared with her boyfriend. Maggie seeks out the lonely environmentalist Paul Grogan to help her to look for the teenager. They head to an abandoned army facility and Maggie decides to  drain the pools to see whether the body of the girl is there. They are assaulted by a man with a crowbar but they subdue him. However she escapes and soon they learn that the woman is Dr. Leticia Baines, who is researching a hybrid species of piranha that is capable of surviving in fresh and sea waters for military purposes. Furthermore, Maggie has released the piranhas on the river and they are heading to the Lost River Lake Resort. Section::::"Piranha" (1995). "Piranha", also known as "Piranhas", is a 1995 American horror film directed by Scott P. Levy about a  school of killer piranhas descending upon the bustling Lost River Lake Resort. Produced as part of "Roger Corman Presents", a series of TV films by Roger Corman for Showtime, it is a remake of the 1978 film "Piranha". Section::::"Piranha 3D" (2010). "Piranha 3D" is a 2010 American 3D horror comedy film and a remake of the 1978 film "Piranha". It was directed by Alexandre Aja and sports an ensemble cast featuring Steven R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd, Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Kelly Brook, Riley Steele, Ving Rhames and Eli Roth. The film begins with a  sudden underwater tremor that frees scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, and an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents. Section::::"Piranha 3DD" (2012). "Piranha 3DD" is a 2012 American 3D comedy horror film and sequel to the 2010 film "Piranha 3D". It is directed by John Gulager from a screenplay by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. It stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Katrina Bowden, Gary Busey, Christopher Lloyd, and David Hasselhoff. Production began on April 27, 2011 with a release  scheduled for November 23, 2011, but a month prior to release this date was revised to an unspecified 2012 date. The film was eventually released in the UK on May 11, 2012 and in the U.S. on June 1, 2012.