Tremors

Rated PG-13; 96min; Director:Ron Underwood (1990)
Alamo Website:  Yep. That TREMORS.  We strive to present you with unseen treaures and R-rated (!) obscurities, but sometimes it’s more important to grab what’s good and throw it onto the screen. TREMORS was the last great American monster movie, filled with hell-spawned wildness and family-friendly gore created before computers showed up to permanently poop the party. The plot: carnivorous subterranean man-eating beasts gobble up the townsfolk of Perfection, Nevada, chasing hobos up telephone poles and swallowing station wagons whole. Kevin Bacon battles the hideous giant worms with a gusto not seen since FOOTLOOSE. At his side is the incredible Fred Ward, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA’s Victor “Egg Chen” Wong and Reba McEntire and FAMILY TIES’ Michael Gross as gun-obsessed survivalists! Followed by three sequels and a TV series that are straight doodoo. (Zack)