Also known as just Piranha and Caribe.
Years later, a little dude with the name of Joe Dante would direct another movie called Piranha in the 80s, and it would go on to become a cult fave, so how does this one work? This Venezualan, insect-ridden film is quite different from Dante's horror-comedy aesthetic.
I would have to think that this may rank highly in the list of the most erroneously named films, if that list exists, then may I suggest we put this in the top ten. Piranha Piranha? Okay, we do have one Piranha related death, and they are a thing to worry about, but piranha barely plays any part of this largely human-based threat movie.
Some guys are in the wildlife taking pictures and they run into fellow white person Caribe, who seems nice enough and offers to show them around. He speaks the local language, they don't, and they all bond over drinking at a local bar one night. The photographers are two men and a woman, and soon enough our plucky little Caribe is hitting on her and letting her know he's interested. She isn't, and some tensions rise. But what's coming, what they'll find out, is this Caribe fellow is actually more dangerous than the piranha could ever be....
This movie pulls you into the muck and pretty much keeps you there. There are not many likeable characters in the movie, and the gritty-ness of the film and the darkness of it's content is really quite palpable. This movie feels a bit like chewing on sandy rocks.
The tension is good and the characters are interesting enough, though not developed at all. It's exploitation feeling while still being remarkably tame, besides the slimier parts of the plot the rest of the movie could practically be rated PG. So all in all it's quite well balanced, and shit, I liked it! I'll give it like 3 stars.
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