Sometimes it is just fun to rewatch an old, obscure film. Tremors is one of those films. I loved this 1990 cult classic when I was younger, and I recently watched it again. A few things stood out.
First of all, the story. It is wonderfully simple. A bunch of giant earthworms suddenly appear in a small town in the Nevada desert, people are killed and buildings get swallowed. A group of people tries to survive.
That is it.
There is no deep investigation into the worms, where they came from or why they do what they do. No, they are just there and they need to die.
They do not make films like this anymore. These days everything has to be explained in great depth. Shame.
Then there is Kevin Bacon.
Tremors shows that he has not always been a good actor. Or maybe nobody in this film was acting particularly well. That is possible too. But even that fits this film perfectly.
Everything just works.
Was it as good as it was in my head? No.
But if you take a film like Tremors for what it is, it still gives you an excellent movie night.