Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star as two country handymen who lead a cast of zany characters to safety in this exciting sci-fi creature comedy.
Just as Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) decide to leave Perfection, Nevada, strange rumblings prevent their departure. With the help of a shapely seismology student (Finn Carter), they discover their desolate town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
The race is on to overcome these slimy subterraneans and find a way to higher ground, in this enjoyable thriller co-starring Michael Gross and Reba McEntire.
Who would have guessed that this clever, fast-paced creature feature from 1990 would become a beloved miniclassic worthy of its own Collector’s Edition DVD? Tremors didn’t actually break any new ground (even though its tunneling worm monsters certainly did), but it revved up the classic monster-movie formulas of the 1950s with such energetic enthusiasm and humor that it made everything old seem new again. It’s also got a cast full of enjoyable actors who clearly had a lot of fun making the film, and director Ron Underwood strikes just the right balance of comedy and terror as a band of small-town rednecks battles a lot of really nasty-looking giant worms. The special effects are great, the one-liners fly fast and furious between heroes Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward (and yes, that’s country star Reba McEntire packin’ awesome firepower), and it’s all done with the kind of flair one rarely associates with goofy monster flicks like this. Followed by a direct-to-video sequel (Tremors: Aftershocks), this horror thriller was given the deluxe treatment for its DVD release. Bonus features include an original “making-of” documentary, previously unseen video showing the creation of the worm-creatures, outtakes from the film, the original ending not shown in theaters, theatrical trailers, and a gallery of production photographs. If you’re a fan, consider this a must-have disc! –Jeff Shannon
March 5, 2010
#1
This is possibly the worst movie I have ever had to sit through, and believe me, I have seen some really horrible movies. The acting is deplorable. The “special” effects aren’t special. It was a dog. No, that is an insult to that majestic animal. My husband is an Ed Wood fan. Even those movies have a comical appeal to them, whereas this movie is nothing short of inane. If there is a God in heaven, this movie will fade into obscurity, never to be heard from again.
March 5, 2010
#2
Beware of all reviews that are overrating this movie. The acting is vomit-inducing. Bacon didn’t make any movies for at least a couple years after this one. You’d have to be about 8 years old to appreciate this crap. People are actually giving this movie 5 stars. That is incredible. No wonder movies in theaters are so bad, if movies like this get 5 stars, who needs a story or a an acting performance. Cartoons are more thought-provoking.
March 5, 2010
#3
Where do I begin?
I have already wasted precious minutes of my life writing a review for “THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE”
And you can quote me on that.
First off, where does someone get an idea for making a movie like this? Are they mentally insane or just flat-out stupid? I can imagine the directors and producers talking to each other at a meeting saying things like “Hey, if we just borrow elements from “Aliens” and “Redneck Rampage” and splice it all together and then add some cardboard acting and a plot that could’ve been written by a 7 year old and then top it off with a soundtrack that is so horrible you couldn’t force a deaf man to listen to it, we’ll have a movie that is so stupid and cliched that our only target audience will be 8 year old kids who don’t know any better and 40 year old men who should know better. Hopefully, enough morons go see it. If not, it’s no big loss–it only cost 20 grand to make.”
I didn’t know what a horrible movie was until “Tremors” came around. And today, whenever I hear that name, I cringe.
By the grace of god, this movie will be forgotten about.
Great movies like the “STAR WARS TRILOGY” are the best today and they will be in the future.
TREMORS was NEVER ANYTHING except GARBAGE!
March 5, 2010
#4
Why anyone would give this movie 5 stars is beyond me. It stinks to high heaven….acting, story and all.
March 5, 2010
#5
Not one other reviewer has metioned Dune. They cannot be blamed for thier ignorance; Dune is not a well known movie. It (Dune) was made in 1984, five years before Tremors–a horrible movie, that proves Dune is not a rip-off of Tremors. The book Dune–a great sci-fi novel was written over twenty years before Tremors was produced. I think Tremors is the epitome of “Cool-dude” movies. I liked the movie; it was entertaining–that’s what I thought six years ago when I was seven. I can’t stress this enough, it was just a horrible movie. A C- rate cast, crapy music, no plot what so ever. If you agree with me please E-mail me.