FIRST TIME WATCHING: Tremors

Tremors two is even better! Highly recommend!!

What did I miss? What almost gave you a heart attack in the outro? My pup can easily sleep through a loud movie like this, but wakes up when your dogs bark 😝

Tremors definitely holds a special place in my heart, I remember seeing the 3rd one as a child on tv with my brothers, never remembering the name of the film, just remembering the character Bert. Years later, I watched the first one out of sheer curiosity, and to my surprise, there goes freakin Bert! I love the chemistry between the 3 main cast members and the supporting cast and I'm a sucker for practical effects and think they did a decent job with the monster design.

Absolutely love this movie. One of my favorite aspects is that, while Val/Earl/Ronda are the main characters, they don't have to do everything. Bits like Bert/Heather actually killing one of the graboids and Miguel coming up with the idea to use the lawnmower/tractor as a distraction really help the movie a lot IMO.

For all the tropes for a b-horror movie that would come out in 1990, this movie has straight badass female characters. Rhonda's the brains and athletic as hell and Rhonda and Burt Gummer's are shooting guns like they're John Wicks. Walter the shop owner is played by a kickass Chinese-American actor who got to play against any trope. Even the trope of Rhonda losing her pants the shots weren't really exploitative at all. I had so much fun watching this movie.

Very glad you enjoyed it, this is one of my many favorite monster films growing up as a kid. I would recommend watching Tremors 2, while it’s not as great as the first film but still very good film. It has a very different unique take on the graboids and expands on the lore. Fred Ward (Earl) and Michael Gross (Burt) make a return and the newer cast are just as good. If, you do ever watch the 2nd film and enjoy it the 3rd and 4th (prequel) are pretty solid. Side note, it’s funny how you mentioned the scene in the beginning with Val and Earl fixing the fencing. Kevin Bacon having trouble and missing hammering in the wire was doing it on purpose, leaving Fred Ward genuinely confused.

Now since you liked it, I must suggest 2 & 3. The first 3 are great, 4 is fun as a prequel too.

This is one of my favourite cheesy horror movies from my childhood. I can't remember if it was FOX29 or TBS, but that channel replayed it dozens of times in the '90s, and I always enjoyed watching it. There were a lot of cheesy horror movies from the '80s and '90s, but "Tremors" has stood the test of time, thanks to a combination of the calibre of the actors, the barren but oddly beautiful setting, and the incredible practical monster effects.

I feel like i've asked this before probably but you have seen Joe dirt before?

I didn't vote for Tremors in the poll, but I do love the movie 🥹such a feel good, fun, monster movie. With some practical effects! In the UK we had a TV channel literally called the "Horror Channel" that would either play older cult movies, or sequels, and I watched this movie at least 3 times on that alone 😅 Nat having no reaction to the reveal of Burt’s huge gun wall 😭 it kills me everytime And Rhonda definitely gives me Nat vibes! The hair! 😂

For the love of god. Never use AMC again. It fucks up synching so bad on any other platform because the "ad free" version still fades in and out for commercials

You made me look it up. Apparently it's said that Melvin's parents often abandoned him to go gambling in Las Vegas. Some reason I never thought about it til now with you questioning it! haha

"What kind of fuse is that?" "Cannon fuse." "What the hell do you use it for?" "My cannon."

Kevin Bacon was so ashamed of this movie. He didn't think it was gonna become the cult classic it is: "I had begrudgingly done it," Bacon told Entertainment Weekly in a 2022 retrospective on a handful of his most famous films. "I was broke, I had a kid on the way, and my mom had gotten sick, and I felt like I didn't have a choice — I was like, 'Jesus, this is a movie about underground monsters, how far I've fallen.'" Bacon’s feelings about the movie turned around once they started filming — he now looks back at the Tremors production as a “magical time” when he not only became a father for the first time, but also got the chance to work with his co-star, Ward. What was also magical about Tremors is that Bacon got to act against killer worms who are christened with a ridiculous name

Tremors is in fact my favorite movie.

Thanks for this oldie movie reaction. This is my first day of retirement and wathcing this tonight will be a treat. All the reactors I follow have been reacting to movies and series I don't care for lately. This is one I know will be good. I guess the algorithms are leaving me behind.

Burt's wife Heather was played by country singer Reba McEntire, and the song in the closing credits was her.

Forward-looking suggestion, everyone please help push. Eight-Legged-Freaks for Natmares this year! Very much like Tremors!

When I saw Nat was watching this I thought, “she kind of looks like the scientist”. 🤣😂

The outro review would be a perfect time for some Graboids to be edited in when the dogs were barking and Nat got out of her chair. 😄

The little girl is Lex from Jurassic Park.

Wow Nats reaction to the Bacon nail scene was certainly an unique take

this is one of few "feel good" horror movies I can think of off the top of my head. usually the genre leaves you feeling terrible, but even with all the deaths in this movie, the shift into action-adventure at the end really makes it fun

this one is always a treat

Excited for this one, it's a great creature feature with comedy and a little bit of heart, made possible by the Bromance between Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.

Happy Creature Feature Friday Nat. I'm feeling like you today in that I can't remember if I've actually seen this movie 😅 There's only one way to find out. I look forward to watching it with you over the weekend. Thanks as always for all your awesome work this week Nat 💛

East Coast Nattie is Early Posting Nattie! Early Friday movies for the summer!

Glad you enjoyed it. Can’t wait to watch along.

The little girl also appeared in the first Jurassic Park film as the sister/granddaughter which might be the reason she seems familiar Nat... fyi

I did enjoy watching Tremors years ago, and I think they made at least one sequel 😅.. Still getting use to the new time zone for Nat, these posting go up when I'm in work now..