Piranhaconda
2012 television film directed by Jim Wynorski
Piranhaconda is an American science fiction horror B-movie film premiered on June 16, 2012, on the Syfy Channel. It is directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Forest King and stars Michael Madsen, Rib Hillis, Rachel Hunter and Terri Ivens.
Plot
On a Hawaiian island, Professor Lovegrove and a group of scientists are researching eggs that belong to two gigantic piranha/anaconda hybrids. However, one of the snakes kills all of the scientists except for Lovegrove, who escapes into the jungle. Meanwhile, a film crew on the island is in the middle of filming a slasher movie. Several crew members wander off and are killed by the snakes before director Milo, lead actress Kimmy Weston, scriptwriter Rose, her stuntman boyfriend Jack, and pyrotech expert Gunner are captured by a group of criminals led by Pike and his girlfriend Talia, and held for ransom in an abandoned mill, along with Lovegrove, whom the criminals had discovered wandering the jungle. Jack, and Gunner escape and systematically take out a few of the criminals before placing Gunner's explosives around the mill as a diversion to rescue the hostages. During the escape, Milo steals a gun and stays behind as a distraction so the others can escape.
The group reaches a car, but a giant green piranhaconda soon arrives and kills Talia. Gunner detonates the explosives, only to be killed by a stray bullet moments later.
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