Pretty damn good commercial horror film in the vein of "The Blob" remake. Taking inspiration from '50s monsters films (notably "The Monolith Monsters") along with "Jaws," "Tremors" delivers a lot of entertainment value and was a guiding light in a dark and dull season for horror: the late 1980s.

Worm monsters are terrorizing the residents of a desert community. The local hicks -- including Bacon and Ward -- band together to stop them. The film feels a lot like a good disaster movie from the '70s, with characters banding together in order to survive a semi-natural threat. Unfortunately, the ending is a little bit too happy.

The slick and formulaic movie did nicely at the box office and spawned a direct-to-video franchise.

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