Mega Piranha is an American horror film of the predatory animal/giant animal subgenres. It was produced by The Asylum for Syfy and is considered a Syfy Pictures Original film. The movie was written and directed by Eric Forsberg and first aired on April 10th, 2010. It stars Paul Logan as Jason Fitch, Tiffany as Sarah Monroe, Barry Williams as Bob Grady, David Labiosa as Colonel Antonio Diaz, Jude Gerard Priest as Doctor Brian Higgins, Jesse Daly as Doctor Ely Gordon and Cooper Harris as Lieutenant Julia. As its title suggests, Mega Piranha deals with the concept of over-sized piranha fish that attack the Florida coastline and the beaches of Miami. Though the United States government and a team of scientists try to find a way to stop the carnage, relief can only come from one single-minded fish-hating ass-kicker.
The tagline for this film is "They were created to save mankind. Something went wrong."
Is a knockoff of the theatrically released killer fish film Piranha 3D.
Production on Mega Piranha began in January, 2010. The film was shot in Long Beach and Los Angeles, California. Scenes from South America were shot in Belize.
No actual piranhas were harmed during the making of this film.
Syfy's Saturday night movie "Mega Piranha" drew 2.2 million viewers, making it the channel's most-watched movie of the year
Director Eric Forsberg makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of the film as Ambassador Arnold Regis. He is one of the first victims of the mutated piranha.
Tiffany Darwisch is a former pop star from the 1980s who later turned to acting. She also appeared in the 2011 film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid. For Mega Piranha, Tiffany also wrote the song "Frozen Skies", which is played during the end credits.
