Tremors

Tremors (1990)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (219,813 ratings)

Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it's an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it's also a loving tribute to such 1950s low-budget desert-based sci-fi-horror films like Them!, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula, and The Monolith… More

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Ron Underwood
Genres
Horror, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 19, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Apr 28, 1998
MCA/Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

    I think there should be a lot more movies like Tremors out there, and no I don't mean more sequels.

  • Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

    Tastes so bad going down but feels so good going in...

  • James Rocchi, Common Sense Media

    Modest monster flick is great fun for teens.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    a fun b-movie flicka

  • Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World

    A flawless B-movie about giant, underground worm creatures

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Big fun B-movie as underground monsters terrorize a small desert town. Thick with good ole boy charm and whimsy its simply just plain great for families as survival is something that only happens with everyone's help. Michael Gross and Reba McIntire are standouts as Tea Partiers… More

  • xGary X


    A backwater town is stalked by giant underground creatures intent on gobbling up its inhabitants. Ron Underwood's affectionate homage to and parody of the Hollywood creature feature was a big enough hit to warrant a trio of straight to DVD sequels, mainly because of it's… More

  • Mike S


    My opinion still stands: this is one the greatest monster movies Hollywood has ever come up with. A wonderfully entertaining blend of humor, action and otherwordly horror. It also works as the perfect argument for why you don't need a bunch of CGI-effects to make a good monster… More

  • Melvin W


    Tremors is a funny and increasingly entertaining movie. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are perfectly cast as friends Val and Earl. Has to be one of the better creature features out there. The only knock on it is that Reba McEntire has a role.

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