Horror

Piranha II: The Spawning

- 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.

Release Date : 1982-08-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Brouwersgracht InvestmentsChako Film CompanyColumbia Pictures

Production Country : ItalyNetherlandsUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : The SpawningPiranha 2: The Spawning

Cast

Character Name : Anne Kimbrough

Original Name : Tricia O'Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tyler Sherman

Original Name : Steve Marachuk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Chief Steve Kimbrough

Original Name : Lance Henriksen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chris Kimbrough

Original Name : Ricky Paull Goldin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raoul, Hotel Manager

Original Name : Ted Richert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Allison Dumont

Original Name : Leslie Graves

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jai

Original Name : Carole Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Loretta

Original Name : Connie Lynn Hadden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mal the Cook

Original Name : Arnie Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beverly

Original Name : Tracey Berg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leo Bell

Original Name : Albert Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wilson

Original Name : Anne Pollack

Gender : Female

Character Name : Myrna Benotti

Original Name : Hildy Magnasun

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ralph Benotti

Original Name : Phil Colby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ron 'Ronny', the Lifeguard

Original Name : Lee Krug

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cindy

Original Name : Sally Ricca

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Dumont

Original Name : Ward White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gabby

Original Name : Ancile Gloudon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank

Original Name : Paul Drummond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse April

Original Name : Dorothy Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aaron

Original Name : Aston S. Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Paul Issa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Randy

Original Name : Gaetano Del Grande

Gender : Male

Character Name : Randy's Wife

Original Name : Myra Weisler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Randy's Son

Original Name : Johnny Ralston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Haywood

Original Name : Jim Pair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou

Original Name : Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Jan Eisner Mannon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jai (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Carolyn De Fonseca

Gender : Female

Character Name : Opening Victim (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ted Rusoff

Gender : Male

Reviews

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

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-bound. Whatever, it's a modicum of fun in that dated practical effects way. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

r96sk

@r96sk

2025-02-23

'Piranha II: The Spawning' is woeful. You'd expect more with James Cameron at the helm, but everyone has to start somewhere; he followed up with 'The Terminator' and 'Aliens' so he did alright! This, his feature directorial debut, is proper rubbish though. It's seemingly less to do with Cameron anyway in fairness, it sounds like producer Ovidio G. Assonitis had his hands all over this; Miller Drake was the original director, who Assonitis evidently fired. I think that speaks for itself. Either way, it's low-quality and I hold no positives. The editing is all over the place, there are moments where it cuts to characters for a relative few seconds for no apparent reason; notably with Chris & Allison and that random couple whose names didn't even register. Some of the character interactions, mainly early, are weird too. How the film utilises the piranha is the big issue, though. Unlike the Joe Dante original, we see so much of the fish that it becomes ineffective; less is more and all that. And that's without mentioning the biggest howler produced: they made them fly. It plays as terribly as it sounds. I don't have anything all that noteworthy to say about the cast, but to be honest this film's issues have very little to do with them. Tricia O'Neil is the standout if I had to pick one. Perhaps only an all-star cast would've saved this, but probably not given all the offscreen problems.