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Tremors
1989
Tremors didn't actually break any new ground (even though its tunnelling worm monsters certainly did), but it revved up the classic monster-movie formulas of the 1950s with such energetic enthusiasm and humour 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Rhonda Le Beck, Michael Gross |
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| Director | Ron Underwood |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
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Tremors
Tremors didn't actually break any new ground (even though its tunnelling worm monsters certainly did), but it revved up the classic monster-movie formulas of the 1950s with such energetic enthusiasm and humour 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. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
| Starring | Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Rhonda Le Beck, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire |
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| Director | Ron Underwood |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jul 2003 HD DVD: 11 Feb 2008 Production year: 1989 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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The spirit of the “Killer Bs” is gloriously resurrected in this, the ultimate story of the worm that turned. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are a sort of “Simple and Simpler”, an endearingly goofy pair of handymen who discover that huge underground worms have broken through the Earth's surface and are now swallowing up everything in their path. Director Ron Underwood keeps both the action and laughs roaring along at a tremendous pace and there's a string of entertaining cameos, most notably from Michael Gross — the father in TV's Family Ties — and country star Reba McEntire as an unlikely pair of survivalists. Add to that a refreshingly tough and intelligent female lead (Finn Carter) and the result is the sharpest and funniest monster movie in years.
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"...Filmgoers ravenous for classic scares should wiggle over to TREMORS. Not since ALIEN has there been a creature feature that so well honors the genre, plus throws in some squirm-producing twists..."
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83 out of 84 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
superb.........
this dvd is superb. it tells the story of two handymen, Val and Earl (Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward) who decide to give up their going nowhere lifestyle, on the very day that monsters move into the area, and threaten the peaceful existance of the little town of Perfection in Nevada.
When the graboid creatures finally make their appearance, Val and Earl are enlisted as reluctant heroes, who battle to save the inhabitants of Perfection from becoming the graboid's dinner.
they are helped by Rhoda played by Finn Carter, who is a seismology student caught up in the action, and also by Michael Gross who plays the gun toting Burt Gummer.
This is absolute Classic B movie action. a real gem of a film. well worth renting out. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
very entertaining comedy. Keving Bacon is wondeful in the film. The creatures are a little bit dated as the specal effects really struggle in places. Well worth watching though and deserving of its cult status.
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Tremors - HD DVD Version
The race to higher ground is on when two handymen and a local seismology student discover that their little town of Perfection, Nevada is infested with stinky subterranean man-eating worms. A very well-done comedy-horror film that salutes a host of horror films from bygone years....
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