Remember the giant worm monster movie Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire from 1990? Well, surprise: the Tremors movie franchise is still going and the graboids are on their fifth instalment. And the fifth one is set in South Africa, because why not? Watch the trailer now.
For those of you unaware of the long Tremors history, let’s break it down.
First there was Tremors, a monster-movie-meets-grade-school-hot-lava-game (co-produced by Gale Anne Hurd). The first film was centred around a group of civilians from Perfection, Nevada, who encounter a group of flesh-hungry, gigantic desert worms (dubbed graboids) that can tunnel underground.
The original film also introduced fan favourite (and Tremors staple) Michael Gross as Burt Gummer, the gun-toting, graboid-killing machine. Gross would continue on to make Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (where he played a past version of himself in the wild West, also hunting graboids), and now Tremors 5: Bloodlines.
In this fifth instalment, Gross is joined by Jamie Kennedy who, according to the synopsis, is the new “sidekick.” Magnificent. Together they journey to South Africa to hunt a brand new version of the graboids.
Fun Tremors fact: As the movies evolved, so have the monsters. In Tremors 2 the “shrieker” appeared, a version of evolved graboid that could walk; however, the creature’s vision was limited to the infrared part of the spectrum. No doubt the fifth movie will have yet another iteration of the graboid. But really, all this film needs to entertain fans is Gross shooting at dirt while a gaggle of frightened actors jump around trying to avoid a giant underground worm monster.
The latest Tremors instalment will be available October 6 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD.
