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Tremors
1990
Movie
96 min
English
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Insights
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic63/100
Google Users85%
Director: Ron Underwood•Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Western
Plot Summary
A group of terrified residents, including a handyman and a seismologist, are trapped in a remote desert town. They must band together to survive an onslaught of monstrous, subterranean creatures that hunt by sensing vibrations in the ground. As their numbers dwindle, they concoct increasingly desperate plans to escape the deadly sandworms.
Critical Reception
Tremors was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its inventive premise, blend of horror and comedy, and charismatic performances. Audiences also responded well to its unique creature feature approach and thrilling action sequences, leading to a cult following.
What Reviewers Say
A surprisingly fun and original creature feature that successfully balances horror and humor.
Praised for its clever concept, charismatic lead actors, and effective blend of scares and laughs.
Often cited for its B-movie charm and well-executed monster effects.
Google audience: Audience reviews frequently highlight the film's entertaining premise, its satisfying mix of suspense and comedy, and the strong chemistry between the main cast. Many appreciate its unique take on the monster movie genre and its enduring rewatchability.
Fun Fact
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TMDB Reviews
9 reviews
The Movie Mob
**Tremors forges a new path with a new monster that entertains while the body count rises.** Tremors is a fun creature movie that doesn’t take itself seriously and creates a clever, gross, fun new monster franchise that lasted several de...
CinemaSerf
Kevin Bacon is clearly having some good fun in this daft family sci-fi story. He and his pal "Earl" (Fred Bass) make a living doing odd (and unsavoury) jobs around their small community until they discover that something - subterranean - is...
JPV852
Fun and entertaining horror-comedy that's light-hearted and features a great cast. For whatever reason never got around to seeing this one but can see why it's endured all these years (and spawned several sequels). For its time, good specia...
Tejas Nair
Tremors is a surprisingly appealing movie and I am not attributing it to the creatures in the film. It starts off giving a westerns vibe and then quickly turns into a survival horror movie with the added novelty of an unknown creature. Bein...
Repo Jack
"Tremors" joins "Gremlins" as one of a handful of family friendly creature features. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward have great chemistry as two bickering handymen in Perfection Nevada, population 14 when an invasion of subterranean "graboids' (I...
Repo Jack
"Tremors" joins "Gremlins" as one of a handful of family friendly creature features. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward have great chemistry as two bickering handymen in Perfection Nevada, population 14 when an invasion of subterranean "graboids' (I...
Wuchak
_**Underground monstrosities in the desert prey on the folks of a remote town**_ Two handymen working in a Southwest town (Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward) team-up with a seismologist (Finn Carter) and the townspeople (e.g. Michael Gross & Re...
John Chard
This valley is just one long smörgåsbord. Finally deciding to break free of their small town existence, handymen Val and Earl find that it's easier said than done. The reason? Giant underground worms are attacking the place and they are ...