It's a strange phenomenon, but considering how ridiculously schlock-filled the Piranha series of "don't go in the water" horror sub-genre films are they all sure have some heavy-hitting Hollywood faces attached to them. Roger "King of B-movies" Corman produced the first one while Joe Dante (Gremlins) directed. A young James Cameron found his first feature-length paid directing gig in Piranha II: The Spawning (my favorite). Now Alexandre Aja of 2006's bloody The Hills Have Eyes remake fame is helming the upcoming Piranha 3D and I, for one, am stoked.
Today Funny or Die released a video from some of the cast of that film who have humbly asked the Academy to review...wait, that's not right...I meant give unconditionally, Oscars to them in every category possible. And then some. Let's quickly review why the movie might deserve such a prestigious honor:
- Some poor sap's wang is eaten by a piranha and spit out
- Cartoonish torso-leg severing
- British model/actress/Playboy model Kelly Brook in a bikini
- Pornstar Riley Steele in a bikini
- Ving Rhames rips an outboard motor off a boat and makes a piranha smoothie with it
All those compelling arguments and Paul Scheer holding a stagehand in a headlock in the above video.
