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Piranha II: The Spawning

1982 · 94 min

A schlocky creature feature with flying fish and cheesy scares, more amusing than frightening, best enjoyed as a campy B-movie.

Directed by
James Cameron
Genres
Horror
Tagline
It started as a vacation...
Overview
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.

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Directed by
James Cameron
Genres
Horror
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • nature
  • family
  • revenge
  • betrayal
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour3
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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  1. PiranhaMovie · 1978
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Genres
horror
Directed by
James Cameron
Written by
Charles H. Eglee, James Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis
Starring
Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen, Ricky Paull Goldin, Ted Richert, Leslie Graves, Carole Davis, Connie Lynn Hadden
Music
Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography
Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
Runtime
94 min
Country
Italy, Netherlands, United States of America
Languages
English

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