Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
MSRP: $59.99
The Production: 3.5/5
Tremors did absolutely terribly in theaters but was given a second shot at success by the early video rental market. It found its fans and they have demanded 6 sequels, a short lived TV show and several cancelled video game adaptations. It’s spawned a small cottage industry of fan conventions, tchotchkes, and apparel. It’s a fun and perfectly paced movie with well defined and motivated characters, monsters whose movements underground are indicated by clever earth shaking effects, shocking and funny death scenes by both villagers and Graboids alike, and even a cameo by John Goodman.
Tremors: Limited Edition (4K UHD Review)
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Studio(s)Universal Pictures (Arrow Video)
Film/Program Grade: A+
Review
Tremors is thought of today as a franchise, but when the first film was released in 1990, one would not have believed that its meager box office take would spawn six sequels and a TV series. But after becoming a bigger hit on cable and home video, this comedy/horror/monster movie hybrid achieved a lucrative cult status. The idea of
Short Circuit screenwriters Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson,
Tremors eventually got before the cameras with Ron Underwood (
City Slickers) at the helm and Kevin Bacon in the lead. The “Graboids” were engineered by movie special effects gurus Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., who by this point had worked on