Tremors (1990)

Director
Ron Underwood

Main cast
Kevin Bacon; Fred Ward; Finn Carter; Michael Gross; Reba McEntire

Genres
Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Description
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.


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