Title Tremors Overview Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground. Tagline The monster movie that breaks new ground. Genres Action, Horror Keywords nevada, small town, tractor, stranded, cult favorite, tentacle, rural, graboids, seismologist, binoculars, man eaten by monster, giant worm Production Companies Universal Pictures, No Frills Film Production Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 96 Release Year 1990
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 49 million USD