| Killer Fish | |
| Director: | Antonio Margheriti |
| Producer: | Alex Ponti |
| Starring: | Lee Majors Karen Black Margaux Hemingway Marisa Berenson James Franciscus |
| Music: | Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis |
| Cinematography: | Alberto Spagnoli |
| Editing: | Cesare D'Amico |
| Studio: | Fawcett-Majors Productions Victoria Productions Filmar do Brasil |
| Distributor: | Paris Filmes ITC Entertainment[1] |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | Italy France Brazil |
| Language: | English Portuguese Italian |
Killer Fish is an Italian-French-Brazilian horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti.[2]
The mastermind behind a precision theft of priceless emeralds decides to hide the jewels at the bottom of a reservoir he has secretly stocked with savage deadly piranha. Retrieving the gems turns out to be a caper in itself since the group is now torn by suspicion and jealousy. Several gang members try to recover the loot on their own, only to become screaming victims of the insatiable horde of killer fish. The treasure is down there just waiting to be brought up. To get them, everyone must face the inescapable terror of thousands of man-eating creatures.
The film was made on location in the city of Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
The Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the film "appears to have a greater budget than Piranha" and that it "exhibits considerably less imagination".[4] Vincent Canby of The New York Times stated that the film "may not be a good movie — it's really inept—but it's friendly, like Mr. Majors's quizzical squint, which is, I'm told by people who watch more television than I do, what Mr. Majors does best. Everyone, in fact, carries on gamely, as people do at a picnic when it rains."[5]
The film is one of six movies featured in Season 12 of .[6]
The film was broadcast on Tele 5 as part of the programme format SchleFaZ in season 1.