A government tank containing genetically engineered piranha is unwittingly emptied into a river that flows past a resort area.
In the mid 90’s Roger Corman made a deal with cable TV to remake several of his films, “Piranha” would be one of them.
As with any remake it’s inevitable that it will be compared to the original, call it unfair or whatever else you want but in all honesty this film doesn’t hold a candle to it’s predecessor, not one little bit. It’s such a shame really.
In hindsight this remake was extremely pointless, sure Corman would have got a good deal out of it and the money would’ve funded other projects but was it worth it? From a business point of view I’m sure it was but as a fan I can wholeheartedly say that it truly wasn’t.
The film has some good casting with the likes of William Katt but it’s all just subpar, the writing is seriously sloppy and the film-making is just pure laziness. Rather than shoot new special effects for the film, they simply recycled the effects from the original.
Sets and props for this feature were also designed to look like the first film to help accommodate the recycling of the special effects for this feature, because o this you feel like you’re watching the original with all the good parts cut out.
“Piranha” is an awful film, just awful. Just watch the original instead.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Even though special effects had made considerable progress since 1978, stock-footage from Joe Dante’s version was used for close-ups of the killing fish of that film.
Some of the scenes were shot in the same locations as the original.
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