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Behold The Gnarly Magnificence Of PIRANHA 3-D!!

Published at:  Jan 14, 2010 11:39:21 AM CST


Merrick here...



Harry knew that I'd love waking up to an Inbox load of meaty, savagely dismembered corpses floating in blood-stained pools of gunk that used to be people. And, he was right! So now that I'm in a good mood, I'll share the NSFW love with you, our dear readers.

Below you'll find set photographs from Alexandre Aja's PIRANHA 3-D, which features the Geektastic cast of Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, and a newly de-Urchined Eli Roth.


























James Cameron directed (depending on who you talk to) a previous installment of this venerable franchise: PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING. In later interviews, Cameron asserted that P2 is:

"...the finest flying piranha movie ever made."


You can find PIRANHA 2: THE SPAWNING, along with other PIRANHA greatness, HERE.

I noticed that Bloody Disgusting is also running some of these images, but the album link these are taken from came to me outside of that context - so apologies in advance if we've inadvertently stepped on anyone's feet here. Not sure of the photos' lineage in this instance.

If ever there was a Drafthouse screening waiting to happen...




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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:30:52 AM CST

    ....eh...

    by yourstepdaddy

  • Jan 14, 2010 11:31:31 AM CST

    first?

    by fanboy71

  • Jan 14, 2010 11:31:47 AM CST

    and btw to you "1st" guys...

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...thats how you make a first post... by not sayin fuckin first or makin some stupid sad tale bout not ever havin first...

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:32:04 AM CST

    darn. Missed it by THAT much.

    by fanboy71

    That's what I get for reading first.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:32:10 AM CST

    Good or bad we got Hooper!

    by cupcakepirate

    Some decent looking gore going on there.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:32:55 AM CST

    lol...

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...at that one pic of the girl missin her vagina... guess piranhas like cunninglingus

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:36:40 AM CST

    When there's a bloody mangled tit in play

    by terry1978

    You know it's something special.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:38:08 AM CST

    re: fanboy

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...next time dont ask if you got first, ya gotta be assertive...use exclamation points!...you dont say to a lady "can I get head?" you say "give me head!"...

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:39:40 AM CST

    The girl in the fourth picture down...

    by sansara07

    ...looks like someone sprayed bloody cum over her tits.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:40:12 AM CST

    Piranha ALWAYS go straight for the Tits and Vag...

    by conspiracy

    Luckily for the effects guys, given the somewhat weighty/gravity influenced nature of the above titage, these are real tits; and therefore they didnt have to design a way to show an all to common implant poping out.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:40:40 AM CST

    whats NSFW here?

    by series7

  • Jan 14, 2010 11:42:14 AM CST

    Good work being displayed there,

    by gabba-uk

    Never really been a horror fan as such but I've always admired the skill that goes into their creation, make-up, SFX and that sort of gunk. It looks like a lovely bloody mess.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:42:52 AM CST

    Series7...

    by conspiracy

    Remember where you are...NSFW HERE is FAR different from NSFW at more professional places.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:44:38 AM CST

    Wow, That Looks Gore Tastic!!

    by freebeer

    Ha dno interest in seeing this before these pics, looks like good old retro explotationful fun!!

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:46:49 AM CST

    jim cam's laughing in pandora

    by meadowe

    Aja's coo', and I bet in avatar 2 just to mess with him jim cam will have like a 2 minute sequence of ravenous meat eating fish that will blow this entire 3d fliq out of the water.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 11:57:15 AM CST

    I thought the trailer for this was a joke when I saw it before A

    by chewyou812

  • Jan 14, 2010 11:58:13 AM CST

    before Avatar 3D

    by chewyou812

  • Jan 14, 2010 11:59:36 AM CST

    honestly

    by chewyou812

    I thought the mighty Cameron was poking fun @ his start.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:07:05 PM CST

    see the one with a bitted tit?

    by argentino

    I almost did that to my girlfriend once

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:10:32 PM CST

    Why can't they just eat the ugly people?

    by castlemonster

    Piranha movies should be upbeat and life-affirming.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:12:01 PM CST

    3rd pic

    by anything but tangerines

    is my new wallpaper. is that OK?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 12:15:02 PM CST

    I'd Bite That Boobie Too...

    by karl childers

    The trailer I saw for this before Avatar looked like the worst use of 3D since Jaws 3D.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:15:19 PM CST

    Tangerines

    by argentino

    You've got my aproval. Now, is that a big hole where her vagina used to be?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 12:20:51 PM CST

    I rented Piranah 2: The Spawning once...

    by turketron_2

    Laughs were had. The blockbuster guy kept telling my friend and I, "I can't believe you guys are renting Piranah 2: The Spawning". He made sure to say the entire title name whenever he spoke of the movie. Good times.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:21:11 PM CST

    So, uh, the Na'vi are being inserted LATER?

    by ricarleite2

    I mean... Right next to that greenscreen boat, right?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:21:17 PM CST

    Somewhere, Rob Bottin is smiling

    by skimn

    at all the gore...

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:23:26 PM CST

    They seem to favor girl meat.

    by cookylamoo

    But, don't we all?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:33:47 PM CST

    btw...

    by yourstepdaddy

    ...thats the biggst "3rd leg" I have ever seen... MiniMe would be put to shame

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:36:56 PM CST

    Aimed at the necro zombie fetish crowd then...

    by v'shael

    Cute girl corpses with bits hanging off them. Oooookay then.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:40:42 PM CST

    This could be all kinds of awesome...

    by harrycalder

    Or giant vats of suckage... I'm betting on the awesome, so far.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:41:49 PM CST

    said the Navi "I see you...being eaten by Piranhas."

    by heavenlykid

  • Jan 14, 2010 12:42:35 PM CST

    Ah yes, next summer's...

    by jaylenotookmyjob

    ..."Snakes On A Plane". (And we all know how well that one turned out) Has anyone called Cobra Starship yet? (smirk)

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  • Jan 14, 2010 12:44:17 PM CST

    Greenscreen boat....

    by jaylenotookmyjob

    That's going to be the Invisible Boat-Mobile? So Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are fighting the evil piranha hordes?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 1:01:34 PM CST

    Nice carnage

    by subtlety

    It looks like people on set were having lots of fun with their dismembered selves, too. I just hope this isn't one of those FROM HELL situations where the great gore and models ends up never appearing on-screen. If like this stuff check out the doc on the X-FILES I WANT TO BELIEVE disc about the guy who makes the models, it's a hoot.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 1:07:48 PM CST

    haute tension seems so far away. :(

    by alice133

  • Jan 14, 2010 1:10:27 PM CST

    this will be great

    by waka_flocka_flame

  • Jan 14, 2010 1:10:50 PM CST

    Life's a beach and then you're stripped to the

    by castlemonster

    bone and hideous geeks drool over pictures of your bikini-clad skeleton on teh internet.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 1:15:18 PM CST

    You know...

    by red ned lynch

    ...this will be garbage. But with even a little luck (and Aja has his talents) this will be enjoyable garbage. And with a reasonable amount of luck this could be epic garbage. And I love that stuff.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 1:35:48 PM CST

    Wonder if Dreyfuss gets to say something along

    by skimn

    the lines of, "And you're going to ignore this problem until it swims right up and bites you in the ass!", or some such line. Too bad there are only a few drive-ins still in operation, cuz this looks like a six-pack and a bong movie for sure.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 1:38:26 PM CST

    FreeBeer

    by skimn

    You're not of Free Beer & Hot Wings, are you?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 1:46:37 PM CST

    KELLY BROOK'S TITS IN 3-D!!! TICKET SOLD!!!

    by tehcreepythinman

  • Jan 14, 2010 1:52:39 PM CST

    Those are gay fish

    by castlemonster

    They left the chicks clothes on! I'll bet at least one of the chicks said "Stop eating when I'm down to a small."

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  • Jan 14, 2010 2:27:05 PM CST

    disturbing

    by cifra

    but that is exactly what a Piranha film should be.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:28:44 PM CST

    Now that's a PARTY!

    by drpain

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:30:13 PM CST

    Yeah, it's disturbing, alright...

    by bobafetish

    But not in a good way. Why do they keep making shit like this? Please tell me this isn't real...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:32:04 PM CST

    This was not a boating accident!

    by creamfinger

    Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:34:13 PM CST

    FreeBeer and skimn

    by maxer

    I wondered the same thing, but for some reason doubt Free Beer would be on aintitcool. Too busy playing racquetball and learning sports factoids.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:35:53 PM CST

    I feel sorry for the compositors that green spill —

    by blakindigo

    —from the cyc is gonna be hell to deal with…

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 2:47:18 PM CST

    I'll have the pirahna with fries

    by sansara07

    With extra mayo.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 3:29:12 PM CST

    I'd have been pumped from seeing these pics...

    by nice marmot

    Had I not already seen the trailer before Avatar. Looked really really bad. The scene w/ Ving Rhames shoving an outboard motor into the camera induced many moans. At best it'll be another Anaconda. At worst, another Snakes on a Plane.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 4:46:52 PM CST

    BLOOD BEACH

    by spartacushughes

    Remake that.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 4:52:16 PM CST

    The trailer played with Avatar in the UK

    by irc-hollywood

    and the movie looks really cheeseball tongue in cheek horror, and not in a good way, like it's trying to be camp horror and failing. The 3D is really in your face and very gimmicky. I was hoping for a straight horror movie with killer piranah, the trailer plays like Scary Movie.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 6:22:14 PM CST

    On paper, this sounds lame.

    by outlawsdelejos

    But the more set pics I see the more I'm beginning to think this could be a lot of fun.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 6:51:06 PM CST

    I don't know what piranha ravaged bodies look like....

    by alice cooper stalker

    ...but this is what I'd imagine that they would look like. Good work by the special effects people. The non-ravaged body parts attached to the piranha-ravaged parts look very realistic. That's what really makes the look work. Great work by the effects people!

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  • Jan 14, 2010 6:59:29 PM CST

    that right boobie

    by yabory

    still looks fantastic. suckle.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 7:22:36 PM CST

    YARRR!

    by castlemonster

    More pirate ghosts!

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  • Jan 14, 2010 7:27:07 PM CST

    Piranha-gored Real Dolls!

    by kafka07

    I didn't know they could do that...or that they would ever want to.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 14, 2010 7:47:11 PM CST

    Yeah, Remake Blood Beach

    by cookylamoo

    And this time put a good monster in it.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 8:04:05 PM CST

    MEAT!!! GOOD!!!

    by haterofcrap

    at least the dead bodies aren't cgi...or something.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 8:27:45 PM CST

    But the actual pirahna design SUCKS!

    by cervantes

    I expected an in-your-face 3D SHLOCKER out of this, and I even expected this to make Joe Dante's original look like a masterwork....but what I DIDN'T expect was 'Jurrasic Park' prehistoric-looking Pirahnas!They blow! Real-life Pirahnas look far scarier than these, and Joe Dante's designs looked far superior.In my humble opinion, this movie is going to be worse than I thought....which is a pity, considering I like the cast so much.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 8:46:10 PM CST

    Nice Marmot...

    by red ned lynch

    ...I understand you saying that at best it will be like Anaconda and at worst it will be like Snakes on a Plane... What I don't understand is you seem to be saying that and intending it to be...a negative?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 9:13:58 PM CST

    Apparently, implants are a turn-off for these carnivorous fish

    by monkey_king

    but they love to chomp on other genatalia. Is that Dreyfus in the boat and green screen?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 9:56:56 PM CST

    Mmmmm, Elisabeth Shue's curves in 3D...

    by nasty in the pasty

    MILF-y goodness.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 10:33:26 PM CST

    Is it wrong...

    by wrath4771

    That I need to grab my body pillow and go "comb my hair" to all of this awesomeness gruesome?

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  • Jan 14, 2010 10:55:37 PM CST

    GOOD CLEAN FUN

    by terrynation

    Thank God we still have a drive-in in Atlanta, or I'd pass on this, but no matter how big a suckfest it may be, this has drive-in party written all over it. I'm there with a case of beer, lawn chairs, 'party favors', and about six other loaded happy people.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 10:57:33 PM CST

    Series 7...you know, a job

    by murdermostfowl

    Just because the people can't see over your shoulder well enough at the library or starbucks or wherever you are, those of us with jobs that reside within 4 walls and cubicle farms would get easily fired over those pics.

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  • Jan 14, 2010 10:58:07 PM CST

    High Tension

    by unchienandalou

    Has got to be the most overrated horror film of the modern era.

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  • Jan 15, 2010 12:52:25 AM CST

    Jesus,

    by sai_justin

    you people are classy. Majority of AICN talkbackers = sad, immature, bottom-feeding scum.

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  • Jan 15, 2010 1:29:01 AM CST

    looks liek cheesy fun

    by the_crimson_king

  • Jan 15, 2010 3:09:56 AM CST

    Maxer, skim and Free Beer?

    by pitofbenders

    That's what I thought too! Is it really the real Free Beer of Free Beer and Hot Wings? Now I need to know.....

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  • Jan 15, 2010 5:06:20 AM CST

    AJA'S HILLS HAVE EYES IS THIS DECADES ONLY GOOD REMAKE!!!FACT!!!

    by tehcreepythinman

    IMHO I think it's better then Craven's original and the only remake I've seen in the last ten years that had any real quality to it.

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  • Jan 15, 2010 5:09:31 AM CST

    sai_justin, WHY DON'T YOU FUCK OFF THEN ASSHOLE?

    by tehcreepythinman

    How sad is it that you have to try to make yourself feel superior to strangers on a website.

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  • Jan 15, 2010 6:58:09 AM CST

    This is one of those movies where...

    by biggusdickus

    ...you convince yourself that it's going to be so bad it's great - only to pay your money and, half an hour in, realise that it's actually so bad it's shite.'Snakes On A Plane' anyone?

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  • Jan 15, 2010 8:09:05 AM CST

    no subject

    by refutethehype

    NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!

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  • Jan 15, 2010 10:38:06 AM CST

    Piranha 3-D DELAYED TIL AUGUST

    by kaiser soze

    The Weinsteins have decided to delay this film "at least until August" to move it out of the way of Kick Ass since both will be chasing the same demographic. This according to comingcoon.net

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  • Jan 15, 2010 11:00:10 AM CST

    Saw a screening of this

    by macgruder

    a month or so ago. I enjoyed it, reminded me of a good 80's schlocky horror. The effects weren't done at all, and you saw rudimentary cgi fish. Of course it wasnt in 3-D either. But there was plenty of gore and gruesome deaths. I think it will be a fun crowd pleaser when it comes out. If you like imaginative deaths and gore, this one will be worth seeing in 3-D. Plus lots of gratuitous 3-d boobs, from what I gather of the footage. I just read elsewhere that it got pushed back to august and that it may only come out in 2-D, which is a shame.

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  • Jan 15, 2010 12:14:17 PM CST

    Richard Dreyfus gotta eat?

    by royston lodge

  • Jan 16, 2010 12:20:31 PM CST

    Play that funky eaten leg, white boy!

    by mrmysteryguest

  • Jan 16, 2010 12:22:18 PM CST

    WORST. SPRING BREAK. EVER.

    by mrmysteryguest

  • Jan 16, 2010 12:23:21 PM CST

    How much you wanna bet most of this stuff's in the background?

    by mrmysteryguest

  • Jan 16, 2010 8:26:14 PM CST

    MIRRORS was one of the worst movies ever made

    by redmond

    Saw a FREE screening at the DGA, which are usually packed, but only about 15 people showed up, and half of them walked out after 20 minutes. Wish I had been one of them.

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  • Jan 17, 2010 5:14:26 AM CST

    Beach Piranha's

    by angrytex

    And hears me thinking they were a fresh water fish! FAIL!!!

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  • Jan 18, 2010 2:16:56 PM CST

    You're complaining about scientific accuracy?

    by royston lodge

    It's Piranha Freakin' 3-D!
    (Dontcha hate it when people get so worked up over kids' movies? Heh heh heh . . .)

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  • Jan 18, 2010 2:17:57 PM CST

    macgruder: I'd love to see it with wireframe fishies!

    by royston lodge

    It would be like a weird outtake from TR2N!

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