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.
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2 films
Cast
30 people
Tricia O'Neil
Anne Kimbrough
Known for
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
The Gumball Rally
Steve Marachuk
Tyler Sherman
Known for
Eyes of Laura Mars
Lance Henriksen
Police Chief Steve Kimbrough
Known for
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
The Terminator
Ricky Paull Goldin
Chris Kimbrough
Known for
The Blob
Going Overboard
Ted Richert
Raoul, Hotel Manager
Known for
The Final Countdown
Eyes of a Stranger
Leslie Graves
Allison Dumont
Also in
Capitol
Death Wish II
Carole Davis
Jai
Known for
Mannequin
If Looks Could Kill
Connie Lynn Hadden
Loretta
No other roles listed
Arnie Ross
Mal the Cook
Known for
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Absence of Malice
Tracey Berg
Beverly
Known for
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Albert Sanders
Leo Bell
No other roles listed
Anne Pollack
Mrs. Wilson
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James Cameron Director · Ovidio G. Assonitis Screenplay Charles H. Eglee Screenplay
Worldwide gross $389K · Budget $146K · United States release November 5, 1982
Box office
Budget
$145,786
Worldwide gross
$389,106
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Brouwersgracht Investments
Production
Chako Film Company
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Italy · Netherlands · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 13, 1982
Theatrical · Rated X
United States · November 5, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
June 24, 1983 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 28, 1983 · Theatrical
Italy
August 14, 1982 · Theatrical
Japan
October 23, 1982 · Theatrical
Spain
January 3, 1983 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 7, 1993 · Physical · VHS
June 19, 2003 · Physical · DVD
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