- Gabriel Cahue25 juin 2025Dust off your TV and flip it to Mexican Channel 5 on any given Sunday —you might stumble across Tremors, and nostalgia will sucker-punch you in the best way. With the announcement of a new series —a direct sequel to the original film, and Kevin Bacon returning as the lead— I couldn’t resist revisiting it. I barely remembered it; it had been nearly 20 years since I last saw it. I thought, “I’ll just have it on in the background while I do other stuff,” but yeah… nope. The moment it started, the atmosphere, the setting, that ‘90s flavor —it pulled me in hard. I watched the whole thing in one go, no breaks. And these days? That almost never happens. It’s weird how we humans work: no matter how good something is, if it gets shown too many times, it starts to feel… meh. That’s what happened to this little gem. They ran it so many times on TV, it got played out. But revisiting it with fresh eyes? It’s a damn solid movie. Budgeted at just $11 million, and it punches way above its weight. The Graboids (yes, that’s what the creatures are called) still look surprisingly believable even today. The characters are absolutely endearing —the two leads with their chaotic buddy chemistry, and those gun-crazy survivalists that feel like they walked straight out of a Trump rally. If it’s been a while since your last watch, give it another spin. Odds are, it’s floating around on YouTube. It hasn’t aged badly at all —honestly, it deserves to be rediscovered without the haze of repetition.
- Richard12 octobre 2025Alright, so Tremors, I first saw this on a movie channel, probably late at night and I was hooked. It’s got that perfect B-movie vibe: cheesy in all the right ways, but with enough charm and practical effects to make it stick. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward? Total legends. Their buddy chemistry carries the whole thing and the rest of the cast just fits, especially the survivalist couple with way too many guns. The monsters "Graboids" are ridiculous, but they work. Big underground worms that hunt by sound? Sure, why not. The suspense builds nicely and even though it’s not exactly high art, it knows what it is and leans into it hard. You’ve got one liners, desert dust and people jumping from rooftop to rooftop like it’s lava tag. I ended up grabbing the DVD later and honestly? It still holds up. It’s one of those comfort watches I throw on when I want something fun, familiar and just a little absurd. Not a masterpiece, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s got heart, grit and a whole lot of worm carnage. If you haven’t seen it in a while, give it another go. It’s earned its cult status and yeah, I’ll defend that.
- Razorbitz4 juin 2026A fun monster flick with a wonderful amount of inventive practical effects. Later movies in the series struggle to capture the effortless charm on display here, and that is in part due to the tangibility of each encounter, each trembling structure, close call, creative solution. Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon's dynamic is charming as all get out, and while the dialogue is rarely anything special the extended cast oozes charm. You would think after so many watches over the years I wouldve realized Reba MacIntyre was in it but that is more credence to how everyone shines with what little screen time they have. The grabboids are the real star of the show of course. Its all about how the cinematography brings them to life, both in following how they hunt and the ways they effect the environment. Endlessly creative sequences of destruction to the small town and its many structurally unsound buildings is ever the highlight--just a film you can tell everyone had fun making. Just a damn good time; prepare for diminishing returns with those sequels however.
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Tremors was released on 19 janvier 1990.
Tremors was directed by Ron Underwood.
Tremors has a runtime of 1h 36min.
Tremors was produced by S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock.
Perfection, un village perdu dans le désert de Nevada. Val et Earl, deux amis inséparables, rencontrent Rhonda LeBeck, une jeune sismologue, qui effectue un stage dans la région. Rhonda prétend que ses appareils ont enregistré des variations inexplicables. Quelque temps plus tard, Val et Earl retrouvent le corps sans vie de Fred, un éleveur de moutons, au sommet d'un pylône. Les bêtes, quant à elles, ont été sauvagement éventrées. Les événements tragiques se succèdent. Plusieurs habitants sont attaqués par de mystérieuses créatures. Tout semble indiquer que celles-ci préparent une attaque d'envergure. Les survivants se réfugient dans une ville voisine. Là, ils découvrent un morceau de ver de terre géant accroché sous leur voiture...
The key characters in Tremors are Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon), Earl Bassett (Fred Ward), Rhonda LeBeck (Finn Carter).
Tremors is rated U.
Tremors is an Action, Horreur, Comédie film.
Tremors has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
Tremors had a budget of 11 M $US.
Tremors has made 48,6 M $US at the box office.