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Piranha II: The Spawning

4.4

Released August 14, 1982Runtime 1h 24min

It started as a vacation...

A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Brouwersgracht Investments

Chako Film Company

Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

Italy

Netherlands

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $145,786
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Tricia O'NeilAnne Kimbrough

Steve MarachukTyler Sherman

Lance HenriksenPolice Chief Steve Kimbrough

Ricky Paull GoldinChris Kimbrough

Ted RichertRaoul, Hotel Manager

Leslie GravesAllison Dumont

Carole DavisJai

Connie Lynn HaddenLoretta

Arnie RossMal the Cook

Tracey BergBeverly

Albert SandersLeo Bell

Anne PollackMrs. Wilson

Hildy MagnasunMyrna Benotti

Phil ColbyRalph Benotti

Lee KrugRon 'Ronny', the Lifeguard

Sally RiccaCindy

Ward WhiteMr. Dumont

Ancile GloudonGabby

Paul DrummondFrank

Dorothy CunninghamNurse April

Aston S. YoungAaron

Paul IssaWaiter

Gaetano Del GrandeRandy

Myra WeislerRandy's Wife

Johnny RalstonRandy's Son

Jim PairRobert Haywood

Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.Lou

Jan Eisner MannonLisa

Carolyn De FonsecaJai (voice) (uncredited)

Ted RusoffOpening Victim (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

James CameronDirector

Ruggero SalvadoriAssistant Director

Alessandro VivarelliAssistant Director

James CameronScreenplay

Ovidio G. AssonitisScreenplay

Charles H. EgleeScreenplay

Ovidio G. AssonitisExecutive Producer

Jeff SchechtmanProducer

Hisako TsukubaProducer

Stelvio CiprianiOriginal Music Composer

Roberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliCinematography

Vincenzo MedusaArt Direction

Roberto SilviEditor

Stefano PaltrinieriArt Direction

Franco VanorioArt Direction

Nicoletta ErcoleCostume Design

Mirella De RossiHairstylist

Maurizio TraniMakeup Artist

Stephane GouletProperty Master

Ronnie LombardGreensman

Roberto Edwin ForrestBoom Operator

Alessandro PeticcaSound Editor

Giannetto De RossiSpecial Effects Supervisor

Ennio BrizzolariKey Grip

Gianni CaramanicoStill Photographer

Roberto Forges DavanzatiUnderwater Camera

Roberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliUnderwater Director of Photography

Erich HeindlUnderwater Camera

Carlo TafaniCamera Operator

Ada GrimaldiAssistant Editor

Roberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliDirector of Photography

Giannetto De RossiMakeup Designer

Luigi PasqualiniGaffer

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Reviews

You've finally got a fix for "Hey you can beat this villain by just staying out of the water" and then they **barely ever use it**. Sure, it makes no sense that the piranha can fly, but seeing as they can, you may as well have used that ability to the max. But 99% of the victims are still water-bou...

<em>'Piranha II: The Spawning'</em> is woeful. You'd expect more with James Cameron at the helm, but everyone has to start somewhere; he followed up with <em>'The Terminator'</em> and <em>'Aliens'</em> so he did alright! This, his feature directorial debut, is proper rubbish though. It's seeming...