Episode 31: Tremors (1990)

Spooky Season continues on Haven’t Seen That in Forever, and this time we’re heading to Perfection, Nevada — population: dropping fast. We’re revisiting Tremors (1990), the wonderfully bizarre combination of creature feature, western, horror, and comedy that somehow made giant underground worms one of the most beloved movie monsters of the ’90s. We’re talking Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward’s incredible chemistry, Reba McEntire and Michael Gross being way too prepared for this exact situation, the practical effects that still look fantastic, the birth of the Graboids, and how a movie that struggled at the box office found a massive second life on home video and became a genuine cult classic. Plus, our favorite kills, behind-the-scenes stories, ridiculous moments, and whether Tremors still deserves all the love more than 35 years later. Spooky Season rolls on. Stay off the ground, grab the elephant gun, and whatever you do… don’t make a sound.