The "Tooth" Hurts: Piranha is Good - Xenomania 34

Forget Jaws—this week, the boys dive mouth-first into a blood-soaked lake filled with genetically engineered aquatic nightmares and unapologetic B-movie brilliance. In Episode 34, Jon, Ryan, and Kearns sink their teeth into Joe Dante’s Piranha (1978), a horror-comedy creature feature where the gore is plentiful, the budget is questionable, and the fish have an agenda. What begins as a government oopsie spirals into a screaming satire of Cold War paranoia, summer vacation, and the dangers of skinny-dipping. Is Piranha a cheap Jaws knockoff or a glorious toothy gem? Why does the soundtrack go so hard? And would any of us survive a piranha attack, emotionally or physically? This one’s messy, bloody, and a little too fun. The “Tooth” Hurts. But the episode? Feeds. New episode drops Thursday on Piranha.