Tremors... does NOT live up... barely.

 

It's just a hot mess of genitals.

Tremors is a fun summer watch, but Amanda ruined it by saying this film starts off too slowly and doesn't live up. Her opinion aside, something we all enjoyed was the special effects on a budget (and the ensuing body count).

This looks like a Halloween mask.

Tremors fully embraced the B-movie aesthetic. The low budget lead to arguably more creative special effects for the Grabboids and all of their victims. To quote Terry Gilliam talking about how not having enough budget for horses when filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "I think the restrictions made the film better, because if we'd had the money for real horses there would have been no coconut shells, which are far funnier. So, we were saved by poverty from the mediocrity to which we aspired."

Dusty Puppet Show

For Tremors, the special effects crew had to dig a lot of holes for the puppeteers controlling the Grabboids. They also used models for full body shots like the stampede shot.

Since it can be scarier for the audience to not see the monsters, Tremors also made great use of the "Jaws effect" - showing the Grabboid's point of view as it stalks its human prey. The special effects crew also created the effect of creatures moving under the sand or wooden planking by burying a buoy and dragging it.

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