In 1986, James Cameron was a young filmmaker under immense pressure as the writer and director of “Aliens,” a big-budget follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi classic. Although tensions were high, ...
James Cameron might be an iconic director now, but in the early '80s, he was a little-known creator just starting. His first film, 1982's Piranha II: The Spawning, wasn't great, to put it mildly.