Piranha II: The Spawning!

Happy September, everyone! Here’s a big long movie to help ring it in…

Tonight’s pick was suggested by the always-reliable Jugendsehnsucht, who as I understand it recently celebrated his 666th birthday. Happy birthday, Juge!

From 1981, it’s Piranha II: The Spawning. Yessss. The film was (partly) directed by James Cameron, and Juge thought I should mention this interesting trivia bit, yanked from Wikipedia:

“Ovidio G. Assonitis took over the editing when Cameron was stricken with food poisoning. During his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator, which later catapulted his film career.”

So in a roundabout way, you can thank Piranha II for The Terminator!

If you’re not sure about watching this, here’s a Piranha II WPIX promo from the ‘90s. If this doesn’t make you wanna see it, nothing will:

Enjoy the film, or just chat about whatever ya want.