Tremors

Back in 1990, three years before JURASSIC PARK forever changed the way Hollywood considered creature FX, Universal released one of the last great all-practical monster movies: TREMORS. Opening in January, then a dumping ground for marginal fare, the film didn't make much of a box-office ripple, but it soon become a cult favorite for its remarkably convincing herd of desert-burrowing "graboids" – giant carnivorous worms – and the gallery of likably individualistic characters they prey on.

Leading the ensemble are Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward as Val and Earl, handyman slackers ("See, we plan ahead; that way we don't do anything right now") forced to press themselves into heroic service to protect their fellow residents of the tiny town of Perfection. With a dry, understated sense of humor and thrills aplenty, TREMORS itself is a little slice of perfection in the creature-feature genre, one that still holds up beautifully even as many subsequent CGI showcases have faded into the dust.

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