The race to higher ground is on when two handymen and a local seismology student discover that their little town of Perfection, Nevada, is infested with stinky subterranean man-eating worms. Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Michael Gross, TREMORS is a well-done comedy-horror film that salutes a host of horror films from bygone years. Fans of the movie will enjoy the sequels starring Gross: TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS, TREMORS 3: BACK TO PERFECTION, and TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS.
A couple of luckless dreamers leave the small town of Perfection and cross the desert in search of odd jobs. Instead of a pot of gold, they find worms... humungous man-eating worms that tunnel underground and eat everything in sight, from men to automobiles. With quick thinking -- and a conveniently placed cement wall -- the duo outwit the hungry sand beasts. Back home they brag of their escape to the weird collection of townsfolk. A seismologist who just happens to be studying the area tells them there are lots more of the creatures hanging around. And, like everybody else, the worms are aiming for Perfection...
The Signature Collection Letterboxed Edition laserdisc, catalog #42781, includes:
A 50 min. 'making of' feature
The film's original ending
Outtakes
Theatrical trailers and 'featurette' trailers
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby 2.0 Stereo - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English (SDH), Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Outtakes
Behind the Scenes
Trailers
Making Of
Alternate Ending: Original Ending
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos: Production Photographs
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblink - Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50 Value)
Director of Photography
Alexander Gruszynski: Director, BLACK DAWN (2005)
Production Designer
Ivo Cristante: Production Designer, PRIVATE SCHOOL (1983)
Review 1:
"...Filmgoers ravenous for classic scares should wiggle over to TREMORS. Not since ALIEN has there been a creature feature that so well honors the genre, plus throws in some squirm-producing twists..."
Source: USA Today
p.1D 01/19/1990
Review 2:
"...A small, sardonic gem....Ward and Bacon make a marvelous Mutt-and-Jeff team..." -- Rating: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.74-5 04/12/1996
Review 3:
"...A great cast and a cheek full of tongue help to make this one of the most enjoyable monster movies since they were old enough to be ironic..."
Source: Total Film
p.105 04/01/2001
Review 4:
"TREMORS is a horror film with a heart; a monster movie with magic....It's a B-movie that has transcended its humble goal to entertain us -- instead, it's entranced us."
Source: Total Film
p.134 06/01/2006
Review 5:
4 stars out of 5 -- "A cult B-movie creature feature....TREMORS is a hell of a lot of fun, a suspense-filled treat..."
Source: Ultimate DVD
p.71 04/01/2008
Review 6:
"...Engaging....The film benefits from laconic, salt-of-the-earth performances from Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.66 03/01/2001
Review 7:
"...A jocular good-time monster movie with surprises up its sleeve..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F10 01/19/1990