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TREMORS, released on this day

posted a month ago by jriddle73 (406)
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Anniversary Dept. - On this day--19 January--in 1990, TREMORS made its screen debut. Directed by Ron Underwood, this magnificent, gooey, fun little monster movie featured Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and a note-perfect extended cast battling underground people-eating Dune worms in the isolated town of Perfection, Nevada. Though never topped, it has, to date, spawned 6 sequels, one tv series and the pilot for another, spanning 3 decades.

The author of the below article (a "Bloody Disgusting" piece from a few years ago) calls TREMORS the JAWS of the 1990s. A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but something it definitely shares with Spielberg's giant shark tale is that both are movies it's almost impossible not to love.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3601222/love-90s-horror-tremors-kicked-off-1990s-decades-jaws/

[–] Valerian (-273) a month ago

This is more fun than the big budget Godzilla movies 1998-.

[–] jriddle73 (406) a month ago

Those American-made Godzilla movies have been terrible though, so that, admittedly, is setting the bar pretty low.

[–] rateater (10238) a month ago

happy birthday tremors.

[–] Tam87 (1583) a month ago

Up there with Jaws as one of the all time great monster flicks. The setting, the cast, the monster design, the music and the script & directing all come together perfectly.