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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Piranha’ – Roger Corman’s Homage To ‘Jaws’

August 30, 2018 by James Jay Edwards

A scene from Roger Corman's 'Piranha.'

In 1975, the movie world was changed by Steven Spielberg’s summer blockbuster Jaws. And almost immediately, schlock filmmakers started imitating it, hoping some of the success would rub off. And some did. The Jaws clone trend has given us awesome movies like Orca, Tentacles, and even Grizzly. Oh, and Piranha.

Filed Under: Cinema Fearité, Entertainment, Horror, Movie Review, Movies Tagged With: Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Bradford Dillman, Dick Miller, Heather Menzies, Janie Squire, Joe Dante, John Sayles, Keenan Wynn, Kevin McCarthy, Melody Thomas, Paul Bartel, Phil Tippett, Pino Donaggio, Richard Robinson, Rob Bottin, Roger Corman, Roger Richman, Vincent Prentice

Cinema Fearité Says Goodbye To Carrie Fisher With ‘The Burbs’

December 29, 2016 by James Jay Edwards

The science fiction world suffered a huge blow this week when Carrie Fisher died of a heart attack at the age of 60.  Of course, Fisher’s career-defining role was her portrayal of Princess Leia Organa, the leader of the rebel forces in the Star Wars movies, but she had a pretty lengthy resume of other […]

Filed Under: Cinema Fearité Tagged With: Brother Theodore, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Cory Danziger, Courtney Gains, Dana Olsen, Dick Miller, Henry Gibson, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, Rick Ducommun, Robert Picardo, Tom Hanks, Wendy Schaal

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