Piranha II: The Spawning (released internationally as Piranha II: Flying Killers) is a 1982 horror film directed by James Cameron (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Charles H. Eglee (under the pseudonym H. A. Milton). The film stars Tricia O'Neil and Lance Henriksen, who would both later appear in Cameron's productions (Henriksen starred in The Terminator and Aliens; O'Neil had a small role in Titanic). It is the second installment in the Piranha film series and the sequel to Piranha (1978).

Plot

A Caribbean coastal resort, Hotel Elysium, is menaced by a series of vicious marine animal attacks originating from a nearby sunken shipwreck. Diving instructor Anne Kimbrough's student is one of the victims, but her estranged police officer husband Steve refuses to let her see the corpse despite the fact that, while she knows what didn't cause the death, she doesn't know what did, either. Soon after, two women and a man are killed by piranha which has developed the ability to fly.