Product: Tremors (1990)
Rating: 4.0
A Great Creature Film
Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are a pair on down-on-their-luck guys living in the small town of Perfection (population 16). They have decided it is finally time to get out of the valley and head for Bixby. But they have made their decision one day too late. Strange events have them running back and forth as they try to leave. Then a rockslide closes the only road out of the valley. Now they are stuck with the other residents including the Gummers played by Reba McEntire and Michael Gross.Strange deaths and missing animals have started to occur in the valley. Then something grabs the guys truck and everyone sees a snake monster and gets their first view of the graboids. But while trying to warn others about the snake monsters, Fred and Kevin discover the monsters are much bigger than thought and they travel under the ground.The rest of the movie has the inhabitants banding together first to avoid the monsters, then to destroy them and get out of the valley. Some survive and some do not.The action is tense with moments of humor (I love the pole vaulting and the headlights shining in the sky). The monsters are very well done and very original. Good performances from most of the cast add to the mix resulting in a tight and fun creature film. This is a real must see for creature fans. My wife, not a fan of horror or monsters, also liked this movie when we first saw it.