Films: Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981)

Alias: None

Type: Man-Made

Location: Ocean/Civilized area

Height/Weight: That of seagulls.

Affiliation: Neutral

Summary: Remember Operation: Razorteeth? Remember how well that went over? Well, someone thought that another brood of killer little fish needed to be brought into the world. One with wings.

History: An attempt at making the ultimate bio-weapon, these genetically-modified piranha were carelessly cast into the Caribbean sea by their creators. They found refuge in a shipwreck, but as food grew scarce, they decided to take to the skies and pick off any human who dared be near their lair.

Notable Kills: Nothing special.

Final Fate: Most of the piranha are still in the shipwreck by the time someone manages to get explosives in there. Boom. No more piranha.

Powers/Abilities: None

Weakness: Anything conventional.

Scariness Factor: 4-A school of overly homicidal piranha is bad enough. But now it's like getting swarmed by seagulls with razor-sharp teeth. As a person who was assaulted by those beach rats before, I'd know the feeling.

Trivia: -There are flying fish, but they have the bodies of anchovies, and usually stay far away from civilization.

-This film's making involved an editorial tug-of-war between a young James Cameron and the more experienced director Ovidio G. Assonitis. It got to the point where James broke into the editing room to get his cut out there, but he was caught. All he got out of the experience was a nightmarish dream that involved a certain metal murder-bot...