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Tremors
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Synopsis
Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it's an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it's also a loving tribute to such 1950s low-budget desert-based sci-fi-horror films like Them!, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula, and The Monolith Monsters. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are the stars, a pair of small-town handymen living in a small desert community, who stumble upon several difficult-to-explain phenomena, including a couple of people who've died under extremely strange (and, in one instance, very grisly) circumstances. Eventually, they and a handful of their neighbors find the cause: gigantic prehistoric worm-like creatures that streak under the desert the way fish swim through oceans, reaching up and grabbing anything they need for food. Cut off from the outside world, they have to figure out how to get across the desert alive while these creatures -- that are smart as well as fast -- close in on them, stalking them like monster sharks. The film benefits from the presence of special effects that are good enough to pull this all off, keeping the shock value high, and also from a subtly humorous script and performances to match by the entire cast, and director Ron Underwood's breezy pacing of the whole picture. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

Cast

Kevin Bacon Valentine McKee
Finn Carter Rhonda LeBeck
Bobby Jacoby Melvin Plug
Fred Ward Earl Basset
Michael Gross Burt Gummer
Reba McEntire Heather Gummer
Victor Wong Walter Chang

Production Crew

Donald Maskovich Art Director
Ellen Collett Associate Producer
Pam Dixon Casting
Alexander Bruzynski Cinematographer
Alexander Gruszynski Cinematographer
Alexander Gruter Cinematographer
Martin Schaer Cinematographer
Brent Maddock Co-producer
S.S. Wilson Co-producer
Ernest Troost Composer (Music Score)
Robert Folk Composer (Music Score)
Ernest Troost Conductor
Abigail Murray Costume Designer
O. Nicholas Brown Costume Designer
Ron Underwood Director
O. Nicholas Brown Editor
Gale Anne Hurd Executive Producer
Ginny Nugent Line Producer
The Flying Fabrizi Sisters Makeup
Ernest Troost Musical Direction/Supervision
Brent Maddock Producer
Ginny Nugent Producer
S.S. Wilson Producer
Ivo Cristante Production Designer
Brent Maddock Screen Story
Ron Underwood Screen Story
S.S. Wilson Screen Story
Brent Maddock Screenwriter
Ron Underwood Screenwriter
S.S. Wilson Screenwriter
Debra Combs Set Designer
S.S. Wilson Short Story Author
Gene Warren, Jr. Special Effects
Gary Jensen Stunts
Richard L. Anderson Supervising Sound Editor
Year: 1990
Runtime: 96
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy
Horror

Produced by
No Frills Productions
Universal

Release
January 19, 1990 (USA)
by Universal