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Beyond Parody
The Asylum's Mega Piranha is a cheap quickie, a so-called 'mockbuster' designed to glide in the wake of the big budget summer release Piranha 3D, just as The Da Vinci Treasure, Pirates of Treasure Island, and Paranormal Entity cashed in on The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean and Paranormal Activity respectively. But since the original 1978 Piranha, of which Piranha 3D is pretty much a remake, was itself a knowing parody of Jaws, has it all gone a little too far? And where did it all start anyway?
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