When Actor Paul Logan was kicking the piranhas, he was not actually kicking anything.
2.2 million views for the films premiere.
The movie is not really filmed in Venezuela. In fact, it was filmed in Belize, a tropical country very different from the true climate of the Venezuelan Amazon.
As with other low budget features shot for the SyFy Channel, popular personalities from the past were cast. For this film, the cast included Barry Williams (of "The Brady Bunch" (1969)) and Tiffany Darwicsh (credited as simply "Tiffany"). Tiffany was a famous teen pop singer from the 1980s. That is Tiffany singing over the ending credits.
This was the first of the SyFy Channel features for Tiffany Darwisch (credited as simply "Tiffany").