Tremors 1990

Critics score:
85 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: More than anything else, it looks like the sort of movie that might have been put together so that tourists visiting Universal Studios could see a movie being made. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Horror/comedies often tread too far to one side or the other of that fine line; Tremors walks it like a tightrope. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: This is what a monster movie is supposed to be like, and it's terrific. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Tremors has a few clever twists but ultimately can't decide what it wants to be - flat-out funny, which it's not, or a scarefest. Read more

Richard Harrington, Washington Post: A delightful throwback to such '50s and '60s films as "Them," "The Deadly Mantis" and "Attacks" of both "The Giant Leeches" and "The Crab Monsters." Read more