Rotten
Tremors has a few clever twists but ultimately can't decide what it wants to be - flat-out funny, which it's not, or a scarefest.
Variety Staff, Variety
Tremors
They say there's nothing new under the sun. But under the ground…
1990 · 1h 36m · PG-13
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Ron Underwood
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Tremors
Overview
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Director and cast
- Ron Underwood Director
- Kevin Bacon as Valentine McKee
- Fred Ward as Earl Bassett
- Finn Carter as Rhonda LeBeck
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer
- Reba McEntire as Heather Gummer
- Victor Wong as Walter Chang
- Robert Jayne as Melvin Plug
- Ariana Richards as Mindy Sterngood
- Charlotte Stewart as Nancy Sterngood
- Tony Genaro as Miguel
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Horror/comedies often tread too far to one side or the other of that fine line; Tremors walks it like a tightrope.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
This is what a monster movie is supposed to be like, and it's terrific.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
More than anything else, it looks like the sort of movie that might have been put together so that tourists visiting Universal Studios could see a movie being made.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
A delightful throwback to such '50s and '60s films as "Them," "The Deadly Mantis" and "Attacks" of both "The Giant Leeches" and "The Crab Monsters."
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
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