Shot in 1990 by Ron Underwood (Mighty Joe Young), Produced by Gale Anne Hurd (Aliens & Terminator) and starring Kevin Bacon (7 degrees of) and Fred Ward (Remo Williams), Tremors is set in a secluded little American town, happily named, Perfection. Kevin and Fred are handy-men and eek out a living based on odd jobs and promises of beer. One day, the pair decide that Perfection ain't all it's cracked up to be and set off for the big city. Sadly, they don't get very far, with the only road blocked by a landslide, strangely and coincidentally enough the phone line is down also.
So, it turns out that there's these giant worms, with teeth, they burrow through the earth and have recently (probably due to seismic events) started nibbling at folk.
It's down to Kev and Fred to save the day.
In true b-movie fashion, this film has a cast of no more than twenty people, is set in a small, isolated hamlet and has all the jokes and ridiculous scenarios that a film can muster. It also has some romance thrown in for good measure and the Chinese magician bloke (Victor Wong-RIP) from Big Trouble in Little China too...he doesn't get any lip action though, shame.
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross: $16,667,084
Fun Fact: Tremors V may reprise Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward in their original roles and is rumoured to have Paul 'Croc Dundee' Hogan too.
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