10 Directors Who Slammed Their Own Movies

10. James Cameron (Piranha II: The Spawning)

James Cameron has made some of the greatest movie sequels of all time in Terminator 2 and Aliens, but a followup that audiences, critics, and the man himself aren't too fond of is 1982's box-office bomb Piranha II: The Spawning.

Though it was Cameron's feature debut, he's distanced himself from the project in the years since, even stating "I don't feel it was my first movie". This is because he was fired midway through production, thus unable to finish the film himself. Understandably, he considers the far-superior Terminator his actual feature debut.

What's more, Cameron hasn't been afraid to talk about how badly Piranha II turned out, once labelling it "horrible", while discussing its troubled production:

"Technically, I have a credit as the director on that film. However, I was replaced after two-and-a-half weeks by the Italian producer. It was like, 'Oh, man, I thought I was doing a good job.' But when I saw what they were cutting together, it was horrible."

You can't blame the man for feeling that way, but in the end, he at least got the last laugh, with two of his movies (Titanic and Avatar) ranking in the top three highest-grossing releases in the history of cinema.