- Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
- 100 min
- PG-13
The Worms have turned.
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.
- Animal harm
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jul 20145/10
The Shriekers! After the huge love and deserved critical praise for Ron Underwood’s 1990 film, Tremors, this in spite of poor box office and lead man Kevin Bacon disowning the film at the time, sequels were always likely. And so it proved. Fred Ward and Michael Gross return from the first film and are joined by Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver and Marcelo Tubert. Underwood hands over the directing reins to S.S. Wilson and co-produces instead, while music is by Jay Ferguson and cinematography by Virgil Harper. In spite of adding some new beasties into the mix, it all feels very same old same old, only without the funny script and any sense of peril. What made Tremors so strong was that even as it had its tongue in its cheek, homaging 1950s creature features with a proud sense of being, it was still scary and suspenseful. The characters there gave a believable sense of danger and fright, here it’s just done for laughs, we never once think the principal players are remotely scared of the Graboids and their offspring. Story has advanced for Earl (Ward) and Burt (Gross), where this time it’s Earl who is romancing (Shaver under used but lovely) and Burt is all on his lonesome as his Mrs
Read the whole review on TMDB - Dr Nostromoon TMDB · Jun 20266/10
60/100 A fun follow-up to "Tremors", this one has Earl reluctantly hired to kill a new bunch of graboid worms in Mexico that soon develop into something else. Obviously lacking the budget of the original starring only a few characters (including a new partner that was a terrible substitute for Kevin Bacon) and the story is really simple and straight forward. But the witty and campy attitude of the whole affair as well as a good twist on the creatures, active pacing and a good dose of creature gore, made for a zany and humorous good time. Grab the popcorn and some bon-bons! -- DrNostromo.com
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Cast
- Fred WardEarl Bassett
- Helen ShaverKate 'White' Reilly
- Chris GartinGrady Hoover
- Michael GrossBurt Gummer
- Marcelo TubertSenor Ortega
- José Ramón RosarioPedro
- Marco HernándezJulio
- Thomas Rosales Jr.Oil Worker
- S.S. WilsonWar Documentary Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
- S.S. WilsonDirector
- Brent MaddockWriter
- S.S. WilsonWriter
- Virgil L. HarperDirector of Photography
- Jay FergusonOriginal Music Composer
- Bob DucsayEditor
- Nancy RobertsProducer
- Christopher DeFariaProducer
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