Tremors
Sub-Genre- Monster/Creature
In Attendance- Me, Geo, Machine and Chris.
Cast Members of Note- The Uber cool Kevin Bacon, Remo Williams, The Dad from "Family Ties", and Reba McEntire.
What's it about?- Basically, some of the worms from Frank Herbert's Dune escaped Arakis and went to hide on Earth, where they thought that feeding on a bunch of rednecks would be way better than dealing with Sting and Kyle MacLachlan's namby-pamby whining. Good call worms, good call.
Anyways, the worms attack a small town, and it's up to Footloose, Remo Williams and Family Ties Dad to save everyone. Even Reba chips in by singing "Fancy", which actually kills one of the Dune Worms! I guess that country music actually can destroy anything!
I wont spoil the ending here, but suffice it to say that you'll be tapping your feet too. "Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me dowooown..."
The Good- What isn't good about Tremors? It made the top 20 of the 80's in the 31 Days of Horror countdown, and for good reason; it just plain rocks!
It's not very scary, and it really does boast only B-grade movie stars (save for the Baconator), but they all rock, and they manage to pull off something that most horror movies can't; they let you have fun without cringing. Also, there's a decent amount of gore for the type of movie that it is, and that's never a bad thing.
I also realized that Kevin Bacon has been in some pretty good genre films over his career; Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Stir of Echoes, Flatliners... not bad at all Kevin!
Check out this video, it will make you laugh.
Pretty cool right? LOL.
The Bad- I kept waiting for Kevin Bacon to yell something like "We're so screwed... So let's dance!" Guess what? It didn't happen.
The Downright Horrendous- I found myself actually liking Reba and her whole country thang after watching this movie. Yes, I just said that.
The Gory- All sorts of exploding mutant worms and stuff... good times. It's amazing what an elephant gun can do when used properly...
The Naked- No, but at least we didn't have to see Kevin Bacon's weenie* (*see Wild Things.)
Best Line- ...
What did we learn?- Kevin Bacon rules. Also, Hillbilly's who stockpile weapons are awesome friends to have. Also, I'm going to go download some Reba McEntire songs now... and Dunecat is a little rascal!
Rating- A This is a fun little throwback to 50's/60's horror that needs to be seen by all whom call themselves horror fans. It's fun, funny, gross, and it has Kevin Bacon as one of the heroes... Own it and love it!
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