Tremors
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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.
What critics thought
Tremors landed as a genuinely entertaining creature feature that critics largely credited to its confident grip on tone — the humor and horror working together rather than undercutting each other. The most pointed disagreement was over whether that retro design was a strength or a ceiling: admirers saw a lovingly crafted homage that kept the tension honest, while detractors found the jokes too slight and the plotting too predictable to sustain a film whose scares alone couldn't carry the weight.
“wants to be funny but spent too much time winking at the audience”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
“horror played with wit and style”
Harper Barnes·St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“humor elevated it beyond pure schlock”
Roger Hurlbut·Sun-Sentinel
“a 50s-style monster film with a campy comic sense that landed more often than it missed”
Rick Groen·The Globe and Mail
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Horror, Action, Science Fiction, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Ron UnderwoodDirector
Kevin BaconValentine McKee
Fred WardEarl Bassett
Finn CarterRhonda LeBeck
Michael GrossBurt Gummer
Reba McEntireHeather Gummer
Victor WongWalter Chang
Robert JayneMelvin Plug
Ariana RichardsMindy Sterngood
Charlotte StewartNancy Sterngood
Tony GenaroMiguel
Richard MarcusNestor
Bibi BeschMegan - The Doctor's Wife
S.S. WilsonWriter
Alexander GruszynskiCinematographyTremors
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.
What critics thought
Tremors landed as a genuinely entertaining creature feature that critics largely credited to its confident grip on tone — the humor and horror working together rather than undercutting each other. The most pointed disagreement was over whether that retro design was a strength or a ceiling: admirers saw a lovingly crafted homage that kept the tension honest, while detractors found the jokes too slight and the plotting too predictable to sustain a film whose scares alone couldn't carry the weight.
“wants to be funny but spent too much time winking at the audience”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
“horror played with wit and style”
Harper Barnes·St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“humor elevated it beyond pure schlock”
Roger Hurlbut·Sun-Sentinel
“a 50s-style monster film with a campy comic sense that landed more often than it missed”
Rick Groen·The Globe and Mail
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Horror, Action, Science Fiction, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Ron UnderwoodDirectorKevin BaconValentine McKeeFred WardEarl BassettFinn CarterRhonda LeBeckMichael GrossBurt GummerReba McEntireHeather GummerVictor WongWalter ChangRobert JayneMelvin PlugAriana RichardsMindy SterngoodCharlotte StewartNancy SterngoodTony GenaroMiguelRichard MarcusNestorBibi BeschMegan - The Doctor's WifeS.S. WilsonWriterAlexander GruszynskiCinematographyStream
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