--- title: 'Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'James Cameron' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 94 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'Netherlands' - 'Italy' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/piranha-ii-the-spawning-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082910/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) 1981 · 94 min · Horror, Science Fiction · Netherlands, Italy, United States Part of: Piranha ## Synopsis Piranha II: The Spawning is a 1982 monster film directed by James Cameron in his feature directorial debut. It is the sequel to Piranha (1978), and the second installment in the Piranha film series. The screenplay was written by Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, under the shared pseudonym "H.A. Milton". It stars Tricia O'Neil, Lance Henriksen, Steve Marachuk, Ted Richert, Ricky Paull Goldin, and Leslie Graves; no crew or cast members from the original film returned. The film is an international co-production between Netherlands and Italy. ## Credits - **Director:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron), [Ovidio G. Assonitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ovidio-g-assonitis) - **Screenplay:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron), [Ovidio G. Assonitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ovidio-g-assonitis), [Charles H. Eglee](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-h-eglee) - **Producer:** [Ovidio G. Assonitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ovidio-g-assonitis) - **Original Music Composer:** [Stelvio Cipriani](https://cinepixo.com/people/stelvio-cipriani) - **Director of Photography:** [Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-d-ettorre-piazzoli) ## Cast - [Carole Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-davis) - [Leslie Graves](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-graves) - [Carolyn De Fonseca](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-de-fonseca) - [Tricia O'Neil](https://cinepixo.com/people/tricia-o-neil) - [Lance Henriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-henriksen) - [Ricky Paull Goldin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricky-paull-goldin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/piranha-ii-the-spawning-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1576981); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.