Piranha (1995)

Director
Scott P. Levy

Main cast
William Katt; Alexandra Paul; Mila Kunis; Soleil Moon Frye; Leland Orser

Genres
Horror

Description
Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?


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