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Posted on May 21, 2019

Eat ‘Em All: Talking the Piranha Franchise

Elizabeth Erwin

Think Jaws is the scariest reason to stay out of the water? Well, think again! In today’s episode, we’re deep diving into the Piranha franchise. A glorious mixture of exploitation and, at times, shockingly relevant social critique, Piranha is often dismissed as an uninspired parody but does it deserve that label? We’re breaking it all down on today’s episode so stay tuned!

You will find that we were in some serious disagreement over our favorite Piranha film, with some arguing that the first, directed by Joe Dante and written by John Sayles, is by far the best. You can stream that 1978 original here: Read more

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