Piranha 3DD(2012)
2012 · John Gulager · 83 min
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Horror · Thriller · Comedy
4.31.2k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Piranha 3DD?
Watching this feels like a goofy, over-the-top creature romp rather than anything close to real fear. The pace is quick and silly, tossing in gross-out kills and cheap jolts more for laughs than dread. It leans hard into campy gore and exploitation humor, so nothing here is meant to unsettle you afterward. Great for a group who wants to laugh at ridiculous carnage rather than get scared.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Piranha 3DD rates psychological 1/5, visceral 3/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 70 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 85 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 10 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A goofy, low-stakes setup coasts along with playful jabs of tension before erupting into a chaotic, gory carnage-filled climax, then quickly winds down.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5, 3.
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