Scream Factory has provided final details for its upcoming Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray of Joe Dante's
Piranha (1978), starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, and Dick Miller. The release will be available for purchase on November 1.
Official description: 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).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE (2022)
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Audio Commentary With Executive Producer Roger Corman
- Audio Commentary With Director Joe Dante And Producer Jon Davison
- DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
DISC TWO - BLU-RAY
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE (2022)
- NEW Interview with director Joe Dante
- 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
- DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature