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| Credits | |
| Title: | Piranha 3DD |
| Director: | John Gulager |
| Writers: | Patrick Melton; Marcus Dunstan; Joel Soisson |
| Producers: | Mark Canton; Peter Goldfinger; Ben Ormand; Joel Soisson; Matthew Stein; Josh Stolberg; Marc Toberoff; Chako van Leeuwen; Bob Weinstein; Harvey Weinstein; Jonathan Shore |
| Composer: | Elia Cmiral |
| Cinematography: | Alexandre Lehmann |
| Editors: | Martin Bernfeld; Devin C. Lussier; Kirk Morri |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | IPW Dimension Films Mark Canton Productions Neo Art & Logic |
| Released: | May 11th, 2012 [1] June 1st, 2012 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 83 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Gross: | $8,493,728 [2] |
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Piranha 3DD is an American horror movie of the predatory animal and comedy genres. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Piranha 3D, which is a remake of the original 1978 movie Piranha by director Joe Dante. Director John Gulager brings you twice the terror and double the D's with a script written by Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, and Joel Soisson. It was produced by Mark Canton and IPW in association with Neo Art & Logic and presented by Dimension Films. It was initially released in the United Kingdom on May 11th, 2012. It received limited U.S. screening on June 1st, 2012 and was released on video-on-demand that same day. The movie stars Danielle Panabaker as Maddy, with Matt Bush as Barry, Katrina Bowden as Shelby, Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Josh, David Koechner as Chet, Chris Zylka as Kyle, Meagan Tandy as Ashley. Includes guest appearances by Christopher Lloyd and David Freakin' Hasselhoff!
Plot[]
Maddy has no idea what she's in for.
A year after the massacre by prehistoric piranhas in Lake Victoria, Arizona, a massive eradication program has left the lake uninhabitable and the town largely abandoned. At Cross Lake, two farmers search the waters. Piranha eggs laid inside a dead cow hatch, and the farmers are killed and eaten.
Maddy, a marine biology student, returns home for the summer to the water park she co-owns and is annoyed to find that the other owner, her stepfather Chet, plans to add an adult-themed section to the water park that allows nudity. Later that night, Maddy's friend Shelby and her boyfriend Josh go skinny-dipping in the lake, where a piranha fry enters Shelby's vagina. Their friends Ashley and Travis begin to have sex in their van, but Ashley accidentally releases the parking brake, causing the van to roll into the lake. Handcuffed to the van during foreplay and unable to escape, Travis is devoured by piranhas while Ashley, on the roof, calls for help. No one is around to rescue her. The van sinks into the lake and the piranhas eat her.
Shelby isn't having a great day either.
The next day, the van is dragged out of the lake, where it is found to be empty. Kyle relays this to Shelby, who attempts to call Ashley, only for the call to go straight to voicemail. A distraught Shelby runs off, with Maddy following after her. Maddy finds Shelby sitting on a jetty, and goes on to console Shelby about their missing friends. While they are sitting on the jetty, they are both attacked by a school of piranhas. They manage to kill one, and Maddy, Kyle (a cop and Maddy’s ex) and Maddy’s coworker Barry take it to marine expert Carl Goodman to examine. He informs them that the piranhas may be moving between lakes and could evolve to travel over land. The trio returns to the lake, where they establish that the piranhas cannot enter the pipes connecting the lake and the water park. While Shelby and Josh are having sex, the piranha in Shelby's vagina bites Josh's penis, forcing him to chop it off. Both are hospitalized but survive. Kyle is revealed to be corrupt and taking bribes from Chet, who is pumping water from an underground river into the water park. Chet orders Kyle to keep Maddy from finding out about his plans.
Never fear... the HOFF is here!
The adult water park opens with David Hasselhoff in attendance as a celebrity guest. Among the guests are Deputy Fallon and former cameraman Andrew Cunningham, survivors of the previous year's piranha attacks in which Fallon lost his legs. Fallon is there in the hope of overcoming his fear of the water. Maddy attempts to shut the water park down but is stopped by Chet and Kyle. The piranhas enter the area through the pipes and attack, killing many guests. Fallon uses a shotgun leg prosthesis to fight the piranhas, while Hasselhoff rescues a young boy named David. An uncaring Chet attempts to escape, but a low-hanging pendant banner decapitates him.
It's all fun and games until somebody busts out the Gun-Leg!
Maddy instructs Barry to begin draining the pools while she attempts to save those still in the water. However, while rescuing people, she becomes caught in the suction and is dragged down to the bottom of the pool. Barry sees a human-sized adult piranha swimming toward her and throws a litter trident to kill it. After Kyle refuses to save her because of his fear of piranhas, Barry, despite being unable to swim, leaps down and brings her to the surface, at which point Maddy is revived. Thankful to him for saving her, she shares a kiss with Barry, who reveals that he has a crush on her.
And in case you were wondering... Yes, this movie is very gratuitous.
Another employee, Big Dave, pours chlorine into the pipes, followed by a lit joint. A resulting explosion kills most of the piranhas. Kyle is also killed by a falling trident. The celebrations are cut short when Maddy receives a phone call from Mr. Goodman, who informs them that the piranha left with him has escaped its tank and can now move on land, to which Maddy replies that she already knows. A lone piranha emerges from the pool and decapitates David while he tries to photograph it. The film ends with the survivors taking pictures of David's corpse on their phones, with his hysterical mother covered in his blood.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Danielle Panabaker | Maddy |
| Matt Bush | Barry |
| Katrina Bowden | Shelby |
| Jean-Luc Bilodeau | Josh |
| David Koechner | Chet |
| Chris Zylka | Kyle |
| Adrian Martinez | Big Dave |
| Paul James Jordan | Travis |
| Meagan Tandy | Ashley |
| David Hasselhoff | David Hasselhoff |
| Christopher Lloyd | Mister Goodman |
| Paul Scheer | Andrew |
| Gary Busey | Clayton |
| Clu Gulager | Mo |
| Sierra Fisk | Bethany |
| Matthew Lintz | Freckled boy |
| Sylvia Jefferies | Young mother |
| Jenna Hurt | Rochelle |
| Rozlyn Papa | Dawn |
| Alisa Harris | Hysteric stocky woman |
| Stacy Rabon | Fearful woman |
| Nate Panning | Waterpark patron |
| Kathy Sue Holtorf | Bimbo lifeguard |
| Irina Voronina | Kiki |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Piranha 3DD is based in part on the 1978 creature feature film Piranha by director Joe Dante and writers Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. Goldfinger and Stolberg both worked as co-producers on this film.
- The tagline for this film is "Double the action. Double the terror. Double the D's". Another tagline used on many of the promotional posters is "No Body is Safe".
- Piranha 3DD (2012) redirects to this page.
- Production on Piranha 3DD began on April 25th, 2011. Principal shooting concluded on June 10th, 2011. [3]
- Scenes from this film were shot at Kure Beach and Wilmington, North Carolina. The opening shots of Lake Victoria were filmed at the Salton Sea in California. [3]
- At its widest release, Piranha 3DD was screened in eighty-six theaters internationally. [2]
- Piranha 3DD closed out of theaters on June 21st, 2012. It had been in release for a total of three weeks (21 days). [2]
- Director John Gulager is the son of actors Clu Gulager and Miriam Byrd-Nethery. Clu Gulager makes an appearance in this film.
- This is director of photography Alexandre Lehmann's first 3D film work.
- Actor Ving Rhames makes an uncredited appearance in the film, reprising the role of Deputy Fallon from Piranha 3D.
- Actor David Hasselhoff plays a parody of himself in this film. He is an iconic TV actor from the 1980s and 1990s best known for playing Michael Knight on Knight Rider and Mitch Buchanan on Baywatch. This film takes several jabs at Hasselhoff's Baywatch career.
- Actor Matt Lintz will go on to play the role of Henry on episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead. His siblings Madison and Macsen Lintz have also made appearances on the show.
- Along with Ving Rhames, actor Christopher Lloyd is the only other cast member to appear in both Piranha 3D and Piranha 3DD.
- Lead actress Danielle Panabaker is also known for playing the role of Jenna in the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th.
- Actress Katrina Bowden is also known for playing the role of Allison in Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
- Actress Sylvia Jefferies is also known for playing the role of Misty Dawn in Rob Zombie's Halloween II.
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
- Piranha 3DD at IMDB
- Piranha 3DD at Wikipedia
- Piranha 3DD at Letterboxd.com
- Piranha 3DD at Themoviedb.org
References[]
- ↑ BBFC.co.uk; Piranha 3DD (2012). Release date.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Box Office Mojo; Piranha 3DD (2012); Total Lifetime Grosses; Domestic Summary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IMDB; Piranha 3DD (2012); Filming & Production.
Keywords[]
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