Piranha 46 years old

A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...

Piranha

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Credits

Piranha Cast

Name Character
Joe Dante He was 31, now 78 years old as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
John Sayles He was 27, now 74 years old as Army Sentry
Phil Tippett He was 27, now 73 years old as Scuba Diver
Paul Bartel He was 39, 61 years old when he died as Mr. Dumont
Barbara Steele She was 40, now 86 years old as Dr. Mengers
Bradford Dillman He was 48, 87 years old when he died as Paul Grogan
Eric Braeden He was 37, now 83 years old as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Keenan Wynn He was 62, 70 years old when he died as Jack
Richard Deacon He was 57, 63 years old when he died as Earl Lyon
Heather Menzies She was 28, 68 years old when she died as Maggie McKeown
Guich Koock He was 34, now 80 years old as TV Pitchman
Kevin McCarthy He was 64, 96 years old when he died as Dr. Robert Hoak
Belinda Balaski She was 30, now 77 years old as Betsy
Amy Holden Jones She was 22, now 68 years old as Hertz Clerk (uncredited)
Melody Thomas Scott She was 22, now 68 years old as Laura Dickinson
Janie Squire as Barbara Randolph
Dick Miller He was 49, 90 years old when he died as Buck Gardner
Andrew G. La Marca He was 24, 57 years old when he died as Scuba Diver #1 (uncredited)
Bruce Gordon He was 62, 94 years old when he died as Colonel Waxman
Sally Bondi as Swimming Deb (uncredited)
Barry Brown He was 27, 27 years old when he died as Trooper
Diamond Farnsworth He was 28, now 75 years old as Water-skier (as Hill Farnsworth)
Eric Henshaw as Father in Canoe
Bruce Paul Barbour He was 29, now 75 years old as Man in Boat (as Bruce Barbour)
Robert Vinson as Soldier
Shawn Nelson He was 18, 35 years old when he died as Whitney

Piranha Crew

Name Department
Vincent Prentice as Makeup Effects. Crew
Rob Bottin as Makeup Effects. He was 19 (now 65) years old Crew
John Sayles as Screenplay. He was 27 (now 74) years old Writing
John Sayles as Story. He was 27 (now 74) years old Writing
Mark Goldblatt as Editor. He was 21 (now 24) years old Editing
Jamie Anderson as Director of Photography. She was 12 (now 34) years old Camera
Pino Donaggio as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (now 83) years old Sound
Susan Arnold as Casting. She was 24 (now 70) years old Production
Chris Walas as Visual Effects. He was 23 (now 69) years old Visual Effects
Roger Corman as Executive Producer. He was 52 (now 98) years old Production
Hisako Tsukuba as Co-Producer. She was 39 (now 85) years old Production
Jeff Schechtman as Executive Producer. Production
Richard Robinson as Story. Writing
Piranha poster
Piranha (46 years)

A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...

  • Release day: Thursday, August 03, 1978
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Budget: 660000.00
  • Revenue: 16000000.00