Monster Mash

Here's another of my favorite movies that will never make the list of "The Top Selling Movies of All Time". Tremors is a sci-fi flick set in the Nevada desert starring Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross, Reba McIntyre, Ariana Richards (who also played Lex in Jurassic Park) and a large underground snake-like creature that is dubbed a "grabiod". In spite of the creature's name, Tremors is actually a pretty decent monster movie, or a pretty corny one, depending on your affection for monster movies. But I think it's pretty good, with mostly decent acting and a good script (or at the very least better than the 3 sequels that followed). It has all of the elements of a good monster movie - average working folk living the simple life, mysterious events, an unknown threat, the unbelievable discovery, characters who, after being informed about the previously unknown threat, are stupid enough to walk into the unbelievable discovery, peril and hopelessness for the protagonists followed by extraordinary effort or supreme insight that suddenly destroys the threat and saves everyone who's still alive. Yes, Tremors has all of this and more, and though you might think that even people like me would grow tired of that format - to the contrary, I still enjoy a good monster movie, and I recommend Tremors if that is what you enjoy as well.

'cause this is thriller... thriller night