Tremors (1990)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1990
	Director: Ron Underwood (Mighty Joe)
	Actors:  Kevin Bacon (Stir of Echoes, Super, Hollow Man), Fred Ward, Finn Carter
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 21.02.2016, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Earl and Valentine (Bacon & Ward) are done with degrading handwork in a small isolated town. On their way out of it they witness several strange deaths and end up stuck in town fighting underground monsters.
Review: Believe it or not, this is one of the classic 80-90's horror movies that I had never seen and I am glad I corrected that like I recently did with Wes Craven's The People under the Stairs. I was surprised to find Tremors on Netflix under the category Comedy but in fact it deserves it: the characters are all charicatural to the extreme and are not to be taken seriously, so we don't get very scared when the Monsters' attack occur. But this doesn't mean that the movie is ridiculous, but I would rather say that the special mix of Horror and Comedy brings a kind of unmistakable 90's touch I am quite found of. Only now do I realize how much influence this movie in particular had on the future directors of Eight Legged Freaks, Evolution or the Piranha remake. And Tremors is not badly done at all. The characters may be exaggerated but they are played by decent actors including a young energetic Kevin Bacon post-Friday 13th. The story is not completely predictable and lets itself easily follow, and the crew delighted us (or me at least) with daring crane shots like I had never seen done before or since. And the Monsters' design is original and well rendered. An unmissable part of Genre History. I am not sure the same can be said from its many sequels.
Rating: 6 /10