FilmRMonster & Creature Comedy Horror Splatter & Gore

Piranha 3D2010

Name: Piranha 3D
Genre: Monster & Creature, Comedy Horror, Splatter & Gore, Survival
Released: 2010-08-20
Rating: 5.6

“There's something in the water.”

Directed by Alexandre Aja

5.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.5Rotten Tomatoes 76%Metacritic 53TMDB 5.4

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Year

2010

Runtime

88 min

Box Office

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$83,188,165

Domestic

$25,003,155

🏆 2 wins & 12 nominations total

The premise

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

Horror Vault's take

When a seismic event cracks open the lakebed beneath party-central Lake Victoria, it unleashes a prehistoric school of piranha that have been sealed away for millennia — and they are ravenous. With tens of thousands of spring breakers packed onto the water, local law enforcement faces an almost impossible race against the clock. Equal parts bloodbath and B-movie spectacle, Piranha 3D leans hard into its outrageous premise with gleeful excess and a knowing wink at the camera.

Content: Extreme Graphic Violence, Gore, Nudity, Sexual Content, Jump Scares, Mass Casualty Sequences