R.I.P. Fred Ward! 😔

It was the opposite of the other monster horror movies of its time. It takes place in broad daylight, in wide open spaces, the characters are smart (no 'everybody split up and search the haunted house alone' cliche), and the monsters adapt to the townspeople who also then adapt to the new monster behavior. It's great to see two smart and clever opponents try to outthink each other!

"Tremors" (1990): A B-movie that rose to A-movie level with a mix of hunor, action, and...romance!;) Also, Michael Gross' character, "Burt Gummer," rises above the "armed Prepper" stereotype to first class star of the series. Kevin Bacon made this movie during a low point in his career. Since then he has gone from "Yeah, I made this movie" to "Hell Yeah, I made this movie!";)

"Someone will come check on us" from the townspeople who left one of their own up on a utility pole for 3 days lol

This movie is so much fun. I always thought the chemistry between Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward never got the appreciation it deserved. They play off each other so well you really believe they're best buds .

Every time I see Tremors the same memory immediately comes to mind... My aunt and uncle took me and my cousin to see this movie when we were kids, and when we got back we went into the basement and acted like if we touched the ground then we would get attacked by the creatures from the movie. So we spent most of the night climbing all over the shelves and cabinets trying to not touch the floor, until we got yelled at to go to bed because we were making too much noise! Lol Fun times indeed! : )

I don't think I've ever heard a theater yell with excitement as much as when Burt and Heather turned around and they had the whole wall of guns.

This movie is great in a lot of ways. They overdid the cheese so that would be funny The characters acted like real people would act. The monsters were done very well for the time period. There was real chemistry between the characters. A great movie.

Really like when they keep asking Rhonda, who is a seismologist, all about the monsters. Rhonda: "Why do you keep asking me?" Miguel: "You're a scientist!" Melvin: "Yeah, arent you supposed to have a theory or somethin'?"

I really like Rhonda as the female lead in this film. In contrast to the useless screaming bimbos you get in many monster movies, she's smart, brave, capable, quick-thinking, and keeps it together under pressure.

An absolute joy of a film! You can tell that the writers (who originated the project) really put a lot of time and effort into developing the story and characters, so everything works seamlessly together. The film knows exactly what it is and what it’s doing, and plays with the formula while never relying too heavily on stereotypes. A great choice, Boston, and a great reaction too, Jen! All in all… Perfection!

Rest in peace Fred Ward. 💔 Great reaction Jen. I love this movie its one of my favorites since I was a teenager. When ever it's on tv I have to watch it. It's definitely a cult classic.

20:20 She's using a shell case polisher. They are basically cleaning up their used brass (bullet casings that have been fired already). These can be reused to make new rounds.

I can't believe we said no to free beer!

This little gem of a movie has everything. Aside from the obvious humor, smart (and not so much smart) people, script, suspense. Every move they do makes sense, but to no avail. It also has great sound design and the best 'dirt' effects I have ever seen. So glad that your reactions were entertaining to watch, as they always are. The comments are spot on, and the face is pretty to look at.

Love a great ensemble of characters and seeing the way they interact in a crisis. Also, since the central conflict is between humans and beasts, Kevin Bacon's line, "This bastard ain't smarter than us," is perfect because that's what it comes down to in the conflict between humans and beasts: their advantages of being perfectly adapted to their environment versus our advantage of using our smarts to adapt. That line is a wonderful way of encapsulating the conflict.

[2 characters exist for 0.5 seconds] Jen: Kiss already! 🤣

Burt Gummer, the man, the myth, the legend. You have to watch Tremors 2. It's great.

What I like about this movie is the variety of ways the monsters are shown affecting the environment, and the inventive ways the towns people fight back and escape.

One of the interesting things about this movie, is that it mimics some of the style of a lot of the sci-fi monster movies of the 1950's so well. It plops down the monster antagonist(s) needed, just kind of randomly, with no explanation as to where they came from. Most of the action takes place in daylight (lighting problems were more difficult to solve in the 1950's). There are no human monsters, no sadism, no real gore. You can let your kids watch it with no nightmares. And like many of the 1950's classics, you never take it too seriously. The girl who plays Rhonda is Finn Carter, who is the daughter of Hodding Carter, who was the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Carter administration.

Tremors (1990) Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) Tremors (2003 TV Series) Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018) Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)

One of the greatest things about this film is Michael Gross's character. Prior to this film, his major acting credit was as Michael J. Fox's hippie father in the sitcom "Family Ties". Seeing him as a gun-toting survivalist was a treat!

Fun fact....The little girl on the pogo stick is the grand daughter in Jurassic Park!

Please watch the two GREMLINS movies! Also comedy horror (or horror comedy?!)!

Happy you enjoyed this one Jen, Tremors is a classic. There are actually a few sequels to it, some I've seen . Maybe you can check them out when you have time.

Couple things. For one I feel like this movie took a lot of inspiration from Jaws and I absolutely love it. Second, the opening scene to this movie is just brilliant in immediately displaying the relationship between Earl and Val.

Similar movies are _Lake Placid,_ which has a hilarious Betty White, _Return of the Living Dead,_ _Army of Darkness._

You'd be hard pressed to find a movie as perfect as Tremors, the story just breezes along and we get great performances from everyone involved. If you want a super 80s horror-comedy I'd definitely recommend Night of the Creeps or Fright Night

One of my all-time favorite movies; always brightens my mood. I've watched it so often I can quote the dialog along with the characters.

This spawned a franchise that includes five sequels, a prequel and a short lived TV series. Kevin Bacon preceded this with Animal House, Friday the 13th and Footloose. Michael Gross was mainly known for his role in Family Ties. The actress playing Mindy would go on to star in Jurassic Park. The actress playing Burt's wife is legendary country singer Reba McIntire

The actress who played Heather Gummer, also sang the final credits song, Why Not Tonight. Her name is Reba McEntire, and she's a fantastic singer.

Video plus dog equals lots of up votes! It's an unwritten rule that reactions with dogs in your arms at all times makes the video the best video.

Feature Film Debut appearance of Ariana Richards (the grand daughter from Jurasic Park) as Mindy. She is also in Spaced Invaders and she first appeared on TV in a Golden Girls episode. She's now an award-winning fine artist (painting) trained at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

This was a surprise. I saw this at a drive in theater when it came out. I knew nothing about it, I just liked Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward and wanted to see them. This is one of my favorites, along with all but one of the sequels. Such a fun, well done movie.

I loved this movie. It had old fashioned monster movie vibes, but the characters were all intelligent with situations happening because the monsters were smart not characters making mistakes.

When it comes to great female characters of movies from the 1980s and 1990s, Rhonda is one of the more underrated. Smart, resourceful, great personality.

In the original ending Rhonda leaves Val behind, and he vows to look her up later, but when she walked away, the studio audience all started to yell "Kiss her" and they had to change the ending.

Burt is played by Michael Grossman who played the father on the TV show that started Michael J Fox’s career off, Family Ties.

19:18 "Bring food with you, and water and a bucket...for peeing." 😀🤣 That last part was smart, y'know, since there's no cliff around to pee off of...😏

When I was a kid this gave me a new meaning to the watch the floor games LOL

This movie is a classic. It scared the crap out of me when I saw it on video in the early 90's at 8 years old.

Fun fact....the actress who plays Mindy went on to star as the girl in Jurassic Park.

This was one of my favorite movies growing up!

the little girl on the pogo stick, Mandy, a few years later appeared in the movie Jurassic Park as the granddaughter Lex who gets sneezed on by a Brachiosaur!

Great reaction Jen. This movie is so great. And I always got a kick out of Michael J Fox' sensitive hippie dad from family ties playing a gun nut!

The little girl on the pogo stick is the same actress who played lexi in jurassic park years later. And of course, reba mcintyre was a big country singer when she did this film. Lot of familiar faces (family ties, adventures of remo williams, big trouble in little china) in a small, but fun film.

Hi Jen! Love your reaction to the movie TREMORS. It's still one of my favorite films because of the characters and the graboids. What a fun movie! Also I have a list of some monster flicks you might want to watch, starting with King Kong '05, Lake Placid '99, Eight Legged Freaks '02, The Valley of Gwangi '69 and Food Of The Gods '76. I always enjoy your reactions! Thanks 👍 🎥

The Blob from 1988 and also the original Blob from 1958 with Steve McQueen, would be great additions to monster movie reactions.

@7:51 "That's what she said!"

Oh wow... get to watch this time at posting!!! Woot. Can't wait to watch your reactions to such a GREAT movie. Tremors is movie GOLD.

i really enjoy your editing. you do well on making a TLDR version. thanks for your time and effort.

I remember watching this at 5 or 6 years old and picking my feet off the floor and putting them on the couch

Tremors is one of those movies with infinite rewatchability.

👏👏👏This is such a classic. I must have seen it a hundred times on our school bus in middle school. No not on a smartphone. The driver and lady broadcast this film on the bus TV for us.

The making of this movie is pretty interesting and there's a good documentary about it that isn't too long. Recommended!

This, along with Arachnophobia (which also came out in 1990) were the 2 biggest monsters horror comedies at the time. You should check that one out too Jen!

Very good reaction as usual Jen!! Tremors is definitely fun and has enough humor in it, I would have liked to see kevin bacon and Fred Ward make another film together, R.I.P. Fred Ward, can't wait for friday to see your reaction to tombstone!! Take care Jen!!!...😁😁

Great choice Jenn - haven't seen this in awhile - a lot of fun and fright - throwback to '50s monster flicks like THEM! (one you so need to see). "The Other Guy" - Fred Ward we lost last month - was such an underrated actor and his chemistry with Kevin Bacon is pitch perfect. Boston has great taste in movies.

I Luv Tremors! I hope Boston will want to watch more of the movies series! Tremors 2-5 are fun to watch about the same gory level but fun! Thanks Jen looking forward to more fun B-horror movies!❤️💛

if I am ever in a disaster, I want to be with Jen, she is prepared! Bring food, water and a bucket to pee in! 🤣

- From the get go it seems like it's a hot desert area but the movie was actually filmed in winter and everyone was freezing because they were wearing summer clothes to keep the desert vibe. - Never got his disappointment. When I was a kid, she was one of my first crushes (and it's sad how she ended up).

Fred Ward was an American Treasure. Kevin Bacon is an American Icon. Tremors is an American Masterpiece. Jen Murray is a Canadian Goddess!!

What will really blow your top is that the actress who played Mindy is also the actress that played Lex in Jurassic Park. She grew up so much in just 3 years. But, that's young kids for you.

best line ever: "Why is he bothering them for?"

Jaws in the desert! 😃 Tremors is the perfect B movie. Fun fact: Jaws was retitled Haisommer here in Norway (Shark Summer) while Tremors was retitled Marksommer (Worm Summer) 😆

RIP Fred Ward. "Escape from Alcatraz" was his first major role that also starred Clint Eastwood.

An all-time favorite. Fred Ward (Earl) passed away not long ago.

Seeing this film as a kid made me question going outside for a while.

"Yeah. See, we plan ahead, that way we don't do anything right now. Earl explained it to me."

Back in the early 90s, in elementary school during physical education class, our teacher had unfolded that huge round nylon tarp that looked like a giant umbrella! It was a silly game: All the kids (20+) are around the tarp, holding it. Then one kid steps in the middle and another one crawls under the tarp. Then all the kids must create "waves" while the kid in the middle must find and "capture" the kid under. I always found the name of the game a bit dark. "Très Mort", which means Very Dead. It took me a while to finally realize that it wasn't Très Mort but Tremors, pronounced with a very thick French Can accent! Suddenly everything made sense!

This is in my top 10 movies of all times. I'm so glad you reacted to it. Burt Gummer is my hero. I hope you watch the entire run of movies. I always enjoy your reactions.

12:20 when you finally beat a really hard boss level in a video game

Michael Gross, who plays Burt has been in every sequel and the TV series. The funny thing is, before this he played an aging hippie on Family Ties.

Tremors is simply one of the best movies out there. It's low budget without being cheap. The actors punch way above their weight. The story is tight and flows really well. Its humorous while still being tense. Everything about it COULD have made it a bad movie, but it all worked and it made the movie great.

Great job Boston.

This is one of those movies that no one is quite sure why they like it, but everyone does and as a result it has become somewhat of a cult classic. Great jump scares on your part.

Victor Wong is in the movie Big Trouble Little China.

Great reaction, Miss! All of the Tremor movies are awesome!

Watched this one when I was 8 or 9 with my buddies during a sleepover. Playing outside, the weeks after, was like constantly playing the-floor-is-lava.

Great reaction, Jen! I knew you'd like this one. If you want some similar movies, check out some of these: * Critters (1986) about furry aliens that are mostly teeth which terrorize a small town. It's not high cinema, but you might enjoy it as a B-movie monster flick. * A better quality film would be Lake Placid (1999) about a giant aligator. The writing is sharp with lots of quick dialogue and the story isn't bad either. Betty White has a small role and she's hilarious. * Arachnophobia (1990) is a more realistic "monster" movie about a small town invaded by deadly spiders. * Gremlins (1984) features an adorable little fantasy creature called a Mogwai who makes an excellent pet, as long as you follow the rules. When his owner doesn't follow the rules, the town becomes infested with gremlins. The sequel is pretty good too, but it leans more toward comedy than horror. Only Lake Placid features a giant monster, but they all fit into the B-movie monster film category and have a feel similar to Tremors.

I really enjoyed your comments observations and of course reactions. You are a lot of fun.

when i was a kid, i did,'t play "the floor is lava", i played "the floor is infested with graboids" i also liked how that this movie was made with no CGI

I've always liked this film because the characters act like real people caught up in terrifying circumstances. No going off alone or other stupidities like in most monster flicks. Just people acting intelligently to survive a nightmare situation.

Hey Jen, I loved your reaction as always. This is a great movie. I could watch it over and over. I loved your jump scares. Looking forward to more movies. Take care. 🥰

If you like monster movies so much, this is a good choice, because it might just be the best one.

i really hope they make an 8th Tremors movie.. these are so fun to watch. would be fun to see someone react to the franchise

Such a good goofy movie. Glad you enjoyed it.

Fun fact: this movie was originally called Dead Silence, and was written to be serious. It was changed to be a bit of a comedy very late in the filming as they played up the humor.

I remember watching the preview for the movie on a VHS rental (yeah, I'm not young) & was immediately interested in renting "Tremors" when it came. Became (and remains so) a favourite.

I love watching this movie as it makes laugh each time and jump as well. The first much better than the rest.

Really like how she’s doing not so run of the mill movies. I enjoy this movie and it’s definitely a low key movie.

Great reaction to this movie that takes me back to my childhood

"Kevin Bacon is going to do rock and then... it's over." Right after Kevin Bacon did rock and got his choice of weapon lol. There are 6 more of these and 13 episodes of a TV series too.

I've heard of people who put their books in the bookcase backwards, spine in, but I never thought I'd see it

Tremors 1 & 2 are nearly perfect monster movies for me. I'm a die hard who has seen them all but I really feel people who liked 1 should watch 2.

Kevin Bacon's partner's name in real life was Fred Ward. He passed away on May 8th of this year. May he RIP.

Great movie franchise. Such a shame that Fred Ward passed away in May. I liked him in Big Business and Remo Williams.

Val and Earl have good chemistry

I personally found Tremors 1 through 4 to be very enjoyable. The other 3 were okay or so I have heard. Ultimately most people apparently like the first two the best while not really liking the rest as much or so, as said earlier, I have heard. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Tremors movies all take place or in the town of Perfection. There was also a short lived Tremors mini series that lasted for maybe 1 season or less than a full season. The second Tremors movie starts in perfection then moves to a location in Mexico. The final 3 movies take place in different locations. I don’t know how far you plan to go in the Tremors franchise Jen but i hope my info and that from others who have commented gives you some idea of what the rest of the Tremors franchise is like should you choose to react and review any other movies from the Tremors franchise.

Absolute classic, Tremors 2 by far my favorite in the series. to the point i have a friend, we speak only twice a year over the phone ( distance ), most of the time most of our convo's are just monty python and tremors quotes.