Tremors

Director: Ron Underwood Ron Underwood

Overview

"In the popular horror-comedy Tremors, it's not what's under the sun you've got to look out for -- it's what's under the ground. Universal has done a fair job on this 1.85:1 non-anamorphic widescreen transfer. While it's disappointing that this film wasn't given anamorphic treatment, this is a still a very nice transfer with sharp colors and well-defined black levels. The picture is crisp and detailed with a minimum of grain, dirt, and edge enhancement. The audio is presented in Dolby Surround and is only moderate. Tremors is a film that could have easily benefited from a 5.1 remix. Sadly, fans are stuck with this lackluster Dolby Surround mix that has some channel separation, though the bulk of the soundtrack is still filtered mainly through the center speaker. Also included on this disc are Spanish subtitles, English captions, and Dolby Surround soundtracks in French and Spanish. What Tremors lacks in the technical department, it makes up for in its supplements. This edition of Tremors starts off with an almost hour-long documentary on the making of the film. This is a great retrospective that features lots of behind-the-scenes footage, as well as interviews with much of the cast and crew from the film. A collection of deleted scenes and outtakes are featured in a rough full-frame version that should please fans. A short production featurette is basically one large promotional trailer for the film, though it does include a few insightful interviews with some of the cast and crew. Finally, there are some production notes, some interview profiles on select cast and crew members, a short gallery of production stills, two full frame theatrical trailers for Tremors, and a theatrical trailer for the sequel Tremors 2: Aftershocks."

Product Details

Release Date:	04/29/1998
UPC:	0025192021824
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	5,960

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kevin Bacon	Valentine McKee
Finn Carter	Rhonda LeBeck
Fred Ward	Earl Bassett
Reba McEntire	Heather Gummer
Bobby Jacoby	Melvin Plug
Michael Gross	Burt Gummer
Charlotte Stewart	Nancy
Tony Genaro	Miguel
Ariana Richards	Mindy
Richard Marcus	Nestor
Sunshine Parker	Edgar
Michael Dan Wagner	Old Fred
Bibi Besch	Megan - The Doctor's Wife
Victor Wong	Walter Chang
John Goodwin	Howard - Roadworker
John Pappas	Carmine - Roadworker
Conrad Bachmann	Jim - The Doctor
Tom Woodruff Jr.	Grabboid
Ernest Troost	Conductor
Rhonda Le Beck	Actor
Robert Folk	Composer

Technical Credits

Ron Underwood	Director
Gale Anne Hurd	Executive Producer
Brent Maddock	Producer
S.S. Wilson	Producer
Pam Dixon	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Tremors is a refreshing, energetic, genre-bending farce which pays homage to 1950s B-movies the likes of The Blob (1958), Them! (1954), and Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954). Working from a clever script, director Ron Underwood perfectly captures the dim, pulpy tone of the horror-adventures, without ever resorting to patronizing parody. Tremors retains enough of the genre's conventions to make the film work on a genuinely suspenseful level -- he elicits effective B-movie thrills while poking fun at them. A good deal of credit for the wry tone should go to Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward, who deliver marvelously whimsical, "straight" performances as the film's bumpkin heroes. The special effects and stunts are impressive: despite their intentional preposterousness, the giant worms are appropriately scary. The film was enough of a cult hit to warrant a direct-to-video sequel in 1995, named Tremors II: Aftershocks.