Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2023 / No comments / antonio margheriti , exploitation , frank pesce , heist , james francsiscus , jaws-clone , karen black , karen black interviews , lee majors , margaux hemingway , marisa berenson , neo noir , piranha , seventies
LEE MAJORS, MARGAUX HEMINGWAY & KAREN BLACK IN 'KILLER FISH'
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The Naked Sun poster aka KILLER FISH Year: 1979 |
All pets of millionaire James Franciscus (or more like his weapons, so they're not the central and/or focal point like Joe Dante's PIRANHA the previous year)... Deadly insurance to weed-out any takers, and a couple of the thieves (including a scene-stealing Frank Pesce) are gobbled up attempting a premature recovery in the lake... Because of this, Lee Majors and Karen Black are pitted against each other in a double-crossing Film Noir fashion: Black joins with Fransiscus and beautiful Margaux Hemingway, as a model on a location-shoot, beds the Bionic Man.
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KILLER FISH Rating: ***1/2 |
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Killer blonde Margaux Hemingway |
The piranha resemble soup crackers on underwater strings... people fall into the water, scream, sink, and red-die rises; there are small town-destroying explosions wedged into this no holds barred multi-exploitation flick as the music is porno-esque yet catchy; but on the plus-side, an immanent sense of danger is palpable throughout the credible and creative shots of Italian director Antonio Margheriti: Basically, whoever goes in the water is most likely dead... And for a movie called KILLER FISH, what else matters?
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Interview: KAREN BLACK reflects on KILLER FISH |
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Karen Black takes it black in Killer Fish |
And I can remember that the coffee was unlike any coffee I have ever tasted – the only coffee to drink is in Brazil, in my opinion. I’ve never drank it since I’ve come home. And nothing can compare with it. And I knew, um, ah… I forgot her name. Do you? There’s a beautiful girl… They had a beautiful girl…
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Marisa Berenson in Killer Fish |
Marisa Berenson! I knew her… she was a friend of mine. And she was walking one day… She used to dress so beautifully. She was such a beautiful thing... And her hat… The brim of her hat was like, huge and little bathing suits and… She was wonderful. I loved Brazil...
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They're gonna need a bigger budget |
And they would have all these people living in the house; it was some habit they had. I was so shocked: I would get up and walk in the kitchen and someone would be sitting, sewing-up something of something of mine or, raking the sand in front of my house and there were all these people...
I guess I was supposed to pay them. Nobody asked me... They’d just turn up. And then nobody had anything to read. We were out in the bush and finally somebody would have a magazine, like a Vogue and then we would stand in line to get the Vogue. We’d all be hysterical to get a Vogue magazine to read. And we ran out of books. And there were no bookstores… But it was nice.
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Karen Black reaches a scream queen hand in KILLER FISH |
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James Franciscus and Karen Black sort of teamed up in KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors, Frank Pesce and Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka Deadly Treasure of the Piranha |
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Italian star Anthony Steffen in Killer Fish - L'agguato sul fondo aka KILLER FISH |
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Killer Fish aka Pirañas asesinas eclectic has an eclectic cast includes Gary Collins w/ Marisa Berenson |
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Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway in KILLER FISH aka NAKED SUN |
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Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway in KILLER FISH with Karen Black |
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Karen Black takes aim for Pirañas asesinas aka KILLER FISH |
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Real life model Marisa Berenson as a modelling producer w/ Roy Brocksmith & Anthony Steffen KILLER FISH |
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Marisa Berenson and Anthony Steffen in KILLER FISH aka Piranha: Kolasi sto vytho |
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Great foreign poster artwork for KILLER FISH aka Piraijat - raatelijat |
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Ah, now eventually you do plan to have KILLER FISH in a KILLER FISH review, right? |
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Margaux Hemingway and Lee Majors showering KILLER FISH ironically titled Naked Sun in the Philippines |
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Margaux Hemingway facing Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka Helvedet i dybet |
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Karen Black's back against the wall in KILLER FISH aka Treasure of the Piranha |
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"I was supposed to be underwater in this skin-tight thing and they shot me in a swimming pool." |
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James Franciscus and Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka Deadly Treasure of the Piranha |
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Marisa Berenson w/ Italian actor Anthony Steffan in Italian director Antonio Margheriti's KILLER FISH |
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The beautifully tragic Margaux Hemingway (looking like little sis Mariel) modelling in KILLER FISH |
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Margaux Hemingway as a model in KILLER FISH aka The Naked Sun |
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Karen Black with her sexy zebra bikini in KILLER FISH aka Kolasi sto vytho |
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Greedy guido heist partners Charles Guardino and Frank Pesce face Lee Majors in KILLER FISH |
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Frank Pesce takes aim at Lee Majors in KILLER FISH aka O Peixe Assassino |
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Lee Majors strikes back at Frank Pesce in Esmeraldas y pirañas aka KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors bionics heist loudmouth Frank Pesce in KILLER FISH aka Sto kynigi tou paranomou thisavrou |
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Football QB Dan Pastorini in KILLER FISHRibe ubice aka Рыба-убийца aka aka Çiplak günes |
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Posters come from somewhere as Margaux Hemingway holds Lee Majors in KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway in KILLER FISH aka Piranhas II: Die Rache der Killerfische |
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Marisa Berenson looking gorgeous in KILLER FISH aka Sto kynigi tou paranomou thisavrou |
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Karen Black taking a drink in KILLER FISH aka Zabójcza ryba |
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James Franciscus and Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka Рыба-убийца |
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James Franciscus and Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka L'invasion des piranhas |
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Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway poolside in KILLER FISH aka Agguato sul fondo |
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Parenthetical beauties Gary Collins and Marisa Berenson in KILLER FISH |
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Karen Black walks through KILLER FISH which is a Fawcett/Majors production, and how |
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Karen Black and boyfriend/partner James Franciscus and his pet KILLER FISH |
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Other side of Karen Black and heavy James Franciscus and his pet KILLER FISH |
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As James Franciscus is revealed with his KILLER FISH aka Piraijat raatelijat |
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Karen Black facing the shocking titular truth in KILLER FISH aka L'agguato sul fondo |
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James Franciscus w/ Karen Black in KILLER FISH aka Helvedet i dybet and Dödens käftar and Piranha: Kolasi sto vytho |
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KILLER FISH presented by Fawcett-Majors Productions, Filmar do Brasil and Incorporated Television Company (ITC) |
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Turns out this aforementioned explosion is taken from another film by the same producer but it's cool nonetheless |
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Opening credit title card for KILLER FISH with the working production date |
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Marisa Berenson and Anthony Steffen in KILLER FISH |
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James Franciscus and Karen Black in KILLER FISH with Lee Majors |
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James Franciscus in KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors in KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway in KILLER FISH with Roy Brocksmith |
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Lee Majors and Frank Pesce in KILLER FISH |
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Lee Majors and Frank Pesce in KILLER FISH |
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