Question 1

Why is James Cameron credited as director of Piranha II: The Spawning despite not directing most of it?

Accepted Answer

Producer Ovidio G. Assonitis needed an American credited as director to deliver the film to Warner Bros., so he hired Cameron but fired him after 2.5 weeks and took over. Cameron's name stayed due to contract.

Question 2

What nightmare inspired James Cameron's The Terminator?

Accepted Answer

While in Rome for post-production, Cameron fell ill with fever and had a nightmare about a metallic torso emerging from an explosion and dragging itself with kitchen knives, which gave him the idea for The Terminator (1984).

Question 3

Which James Cameron film reused the flying piranha effects from this movie?

Accepted Answer

James Cameron reused the flying piranha effects in Aliens (1986) for the face-huggers.

Question 4

What is the synopsis of Piranha II: The Spawning?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Who plays Police Chief Steve Kimbrough in the film?

Accepted Answer

Lance Henriksen plays Police Chief Steve Kimbrough.

Piranha II: The Spawning

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