Tremors (1990)
Brilliant, gory, and exciting homage to 50s monster movies!
4 February 2009
I first discovered this movie at the age of, well, 3 or so. It terrified me and for years and years I was terrified of sand, desert, and worms (till the age of about 10 when I fell in love with the movie) Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward play a couple rednecks, who, on their way to leave the desolate town for good, are stopped in a bunch of stupid and funny ways by something that seems to live beneath the ground.

Right from the start, their characters Val McGee and Earl Bassett have great, perfect chemistry. They're entirely believable, bumbling hicks and their personalities conjoined are perfect for the movies comedic formula.

Finn Carter plays Rhonda Labeck, a fairly sexy young college student who is pulled into the mayhem of these giant creatures, or as a character by the name of Walter Change names them, "Graboids".

Michael Gross is exciting and brilliant as a gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer, with his wife Heather played by Reba McEntire.

The creatures are original and great, the cast is lovable and unforgettable, the action is great and fun while the gore and violence is original and creepy at times. While the movie isn't exactly SCARY, it's thrilling and white-knuckling fun, which makes out to be a brilliant horror/scifi/comedy.

Tremors gets a 10/10 from me and is PG-13 for Sci-fi violence/gore and language :P
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