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Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)

This movie could not have been made to be a serious “sequel” to the original Pirahna. The film was originally called Flying Killers and now for some reason it’s been renamed as The Spawning or vice versa. It did actually see a poster that had The spawning on it so made it was called spawning before flying killers. Well the concept is just so ridiculous, I have enjoyed some other no brainer Sci-fi movies (Sci-fi channel has them all the time) but this is both an insult to the greatness that Cameron later created and got him noticed in Hollywood and to me the fan of sci-fi horror and Cameron’s work. Who the hell thought of Flying Piranhas? It totally ruined a great classic film to me with this horrid mess. Whether the deleted director’s cut version was better like The Crow City of Angels then i guess i’ll never know. According to sources, it was on the set of this film that Cameron came up with the idea for The Terminator, the film that made him a star and matured him as a director, so much so that this was forgotten for years until now. That aside it is one of those so bad it’s watchable films. Definitely one for a beer and pizza night with friends for a laugh. Just don’t expect something awe-inspiring as you will be disappointed with it. Lance Henriksen is totally wasted in this. Although he does play a amicable heroic lead, you can tell he was a better actor destined for better things and later he was (Pumpkinhead aka Vengeance the demon, The Terminator, Aliens…… list goes on.) If you have an hour and half to kill then you could do worse. At least you have do see it once.