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Joe Dante’s Piranha snaps its way onto 4K Ultra HD in November

September 3, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Shout Factory has announced that Joe Dante’s cult 1978 horror-comedy Piranha is set to snap its way on a collector’s edition 4K Ultra HD this November; check out the cover artwork and details below…

While searching for missing teenagers, novice skip tracer Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) and one of the locals, town boozer Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman), stumble upon a top-secret Army laboratory doing genetic research on piranha for the purpose of biological warfare. When they are accidentally released from the compound, the deadly school of eating machines head downstream and eat everything and anything in their path.

Piranha features a stellar group of talent in front of as well as behind the camera. The top-notch cast of cult stars includes Kevin McCarthy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Barbara Steele (Black Sunday), Belinda Balaski (The Howling), Dick Miller (A Bucket Of Blood), Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul), and Richard Deacon (The Dick Van Dyke Show).

BONUS FEATURES

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

  • NEW 2022 Restoration Of The 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
  • Audio Commentary With Executive Producer Roger Corman
  • Audio Commentary With Director Joe Dante And Producer Jon Davison

DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

  • NEW 2022 Restoration Of The 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
  • Audio Commentary With Roger Corman
  • Audio Commentary With Joe Dante And Jon Davison
  • “The Making Of Piranha – Interviews With Roger Corman, Joe Dante And Actors Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski And More …
  • Behind-The-Scenes Footage
  • Bloopers And Outtakes
  • Still Galleries
  • Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery Featuring Photos From Creature Designer/Animator Phil Tippett’s Archives
  • Additional Scenes From The TV Version
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • TV Spot
  • Radio Spots

This ShoutFactory.com exclusive offer contains the following items:

  • Piranha [Collector’s Edition] 2-Disc UHD/Blu-ray set (with slipcover)
  • Limited edition 18” x 24” rolled poster of original theatrical artwork

Plus, Scream Factory and Gutter Garbs have teamed up to bring you the official Piranha Collectible Enamel Pin Set, exclusive to ShoutFactory.com and limited to 1,000 units.

  • Set includes 5 hard enamel pins
  • Pins measure 1.5” – 2” in height and/or width
  • Set includes a backer card, which measures approximately 6” x 5”, housed in a custom keepsake box, which measures approximately 7” x 6”
  • Art by Matthew Skiff

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: Joe Dante, Pirahna

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick is Executive Editor of Flickering Myth, responsible for overseeing editorial coverage across film, television and pop culture.

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