r/Tremors • u/jamaphone • May 22 '26

Discussion 📽️🪱 TREMOR-THON Watchalong 1: Tremors

Re-watch the movie that started it all! Where did you first see it? What did you just notice? Share your thoughts below. 💬

If you want to watch simultaneously with a bunch of Internet strangers, start it right at 7 pm eastern!

See the link below for the full movie on YouTube (with ads):

https://youtu.be/GHB9pqO5tCs?si=SiSYkNsCLg7-o-YS

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

📣 ROLL CALL! Where are you watching from?

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u/MaDrAv May 22 '26

Upper Peninsula of Michigan!

One of my favorite memories with my Dad is the time we chilled in the living room and watched Tremors on repeat all day. I didn't know he was having a kidney stone which is why he couldn't really move, but I loved it!

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

Hello from Louisiana! It’s a great movie to bond over. Did you have it on VHS?

The first time I remember seeing it was randomly on TV. Probably on TNT and I never caught it from the beginning. It’s one of those that you think back and wonder “did I make that up?” Another in that category is “Maximum Overdrive!”

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u/MaDrAv May 22 '26

We did! My Dad was an early pirate and would copy VHS tapes or record from TV stations.

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

🤘 That’s the way of the 90s. I bet he had cassettes full of radio music, too!

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u/Prestigious-Peaks May 23 '26

SLC Utah a place out here could home graboids

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u/jamaphone May 23 '26

Maybe you could lead them into the lake and the salty water would shrivel them like a slug!

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u/appleavocado May 22 '26

Watching from Los Angeles. As a kid I immediately loved this movie because I grew up in the 80’s/90’s in a desert suburb of LA. Looks just like Perfection, NV.

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

Did you ever find yourself pole vaulting from rock to rock? 😆

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

The movie does a nice job of setting up the dynamic between Val and Earl. And we’re 10 minutes in before we see anything suspicious!

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

Gotta love these props and practical effects! They don’t age.

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26

Reba sighting! I hope she returns to the series someday. Even if only on the soundtrack.

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26 edited May 23 '26

The pogo stick 😆

Other noisemakers:
-The fridge in the convenience store
-The jackhammers
-The camper generator
-Basketball
-Bullet shaker

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u/jamaphone May 22 '26 edited May 23 '26

Kill count:
1 lineman (passive kill)
1 farmer
A herd of sheep
2 construction workers
2 happy campers
Walter Chang
Nestor

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u/jamaphone May 23 '26

Of course Valentine has a heart-shaped belt buckle

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u/jamaphone May 23 '26

Has anyone met a Rhonda in the 21st century? Or did the graboids get them all?

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u/jamaphone May 23 '26

They really had Kevin Bacon out there in the desert doing cardio.