Really fun without being mindless. I was not infuriated by stupid characters and stupid actions. Also the main characters were very likeable and the special effects are pretty good for a low budget movie.
Arrakis. Dune. Desert planet... No wait, that's not the right sandworm movie! Instead I watched Tremors, surely unshakable as a true classic of the creature feature genre. We should, in my opinion, be beyond "cult" on this one. The practical effects still stand up - the monsters look really cool in and out of the sand - and the plot is a great mix of Jaws (on land) and the sort of "trapped in a closed environment" monster plot, the twist being that environment seems fairly large, but the desert valley is nevertheless closed. Nice cast too. We've got losers who get to shine in a desperate situation in Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. We've got intense survivalists proved right in Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. Bibi Besch turns up to be attacked in a very dramatic way. The graboids get more and more clever, and our heroes have to actually use their wits to defeat them as the situation keeps changing for the worse (the mark of a strong movie in the genre). And all the while, Tremors never forgets to have fun with its characters and premise. Spawned a lot of sequels and a TV series... do I dare?
A solid cult classic movie, pretty well put together and entertaining enough.
I like that the doomsday-preppers husband/wife team weren't the first ones to get killed, or even at all. You know nowadays they would have been the first ones knocked off just for the laughs.
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Fellini_Fiend87
Love this freakin' movie! Used to watch it all the time as a kid. This movie is just so much fun. Top notch early '90s horror/comedy B-movie.SkilledLunatic
Really fun without being mindless. I was not infuriated by stupid characters and stupid actions. Also the main characters were very likeable and the special effects are pretty good for a low budget movie.cmbloss
this movie made me afraid to walk on my lawn as a kid....awesome!Petrux
Pardon my french.RoastMutton10
Needed more pole vaulting...Siskoid
Arrakis. Dune. Desert planet... No wait, that's not the right sandworm movie! Instead I watched Tremors, surely unshakable as a true classic of the creature feature genre. We should, in my opinion, be beyond "cult" on this one. The practical effects still stand up - the monsters look really cool in and out of the sand - and the plot is a great mix of Jaws (on land) and the sort of "trapped in a closed environment" monster plot, the twist being that environment seems fairly large, but the desert valley is nevertheless closed. Nice cast too. We've got losers who get to shine in a desperate situation in Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. We've got intense survivalists proved right in Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. Bibi Besch turns up to be attacked in a very dramatic way. The graboids get more and more clever, and our heroes have to actually use their wits to defeat them as the situation keeps changing for the worse (the mark of a strong movie in the genre). And all the while, Tremors never forgets to have fun with its characters and premise. Spawned a lot of sequels and a TV series... do I dare?DisneyStitch
A solid cult classic movie, pretty well put together and entertaining enough.Groovy09
A lot of fun! Works great both as a horror-comedy and an homage to 50's sci-fi movies.nicolaskrizan
a competent B movie – entertaining but not in the bookhttp://beyond1001movies.wordpress.com/
Virpi
Dont waste ur time with this movie.