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Tremors are a series of films (followed by a television series) about a group of people from a small town fighting precambrian subterranean creatures called Graboids. Tremors was originally conceived by the writer S.S. Wilson, who also directed the second and fourth films, the original Tremors was directed by Ron Underwood. Image File history File links Tremors. ...
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Ronald Brian Underwood, (born November 6, 1953), is an American film director. ...
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S.S. Wilson is a writer of cult and mainstream science fiction, and is probably best known for writing (and occasionally directing), with collaborator Brent Maddock, the Tremors film and television series. ...
Ronald Brian Underwood, (born November 6, 1953), is an American film director. ...
S.S. Wilson is a writer of cult and mainstream science fiction, and is probably best known for writing (and occasionally directing), with collaborator Brent Maddock, the Tremors film and television series. ...
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor who has starred in Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among others. ...
Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Finn Carter is an American actress born on March 8, 1960. ...
Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a television and movie actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. ...
Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer, and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop tinged ballads that include 22 #1 hits, she has issued no less than 29 albums, with more than 45 million...
Victor Wong (31 July 1927 - 12 September 2001) (Chinese: 黃自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng) was a Chinese American actor who appeared mostly in small roles. ...
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Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
S.S. Wilson is a writer of cult and mainstream science fiction, and is probably best known for writing (and occasionally directing), with collaborator Brent Maddock, the Tremors film and television series. ...
Marcia Strassman (born April 28, 1948 in New York City) is a tall American actress who is best known for her role as Julie Kotter in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and the 1989 feature film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels. ...
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There are two television channels named Sci-Fi: a British satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom) a United States television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United States) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Fred Ward as Earl Bassett in the 1990 film Tremors. ...
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Finn Carter is an American actress born on March 8, 1960. ...
The Precambrian is an informal name for the eons of the geologic timescale that came before the current Phanerozoic eon. ...
Subterranean can also refer to something below the Earths surface Subterranean was an album released by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames in 1995. ...
S.S. Wilson is a writer of cult and mainstream science fiction, and is probably best known for writing (and occasionally directing), with collaborator Brent Maddock, the Tremors film and television series. ...
Ronald Brian Underwood, (born November 6, 1953), is an American film director. ...
Perfection is a small desert town with usually less than 15 residents. Superficially, Perfection seems to be comprised of hired hands, a paranoid gun-toting survivalist, a hardware store owner, and a few nuclear families. It was once a mining town, and the series established that after the mines ran out a military biological research was established there for a while using old mine shafts. The research lab was shut down decades ago and it subsequently served as a supply center for a number of local ranches. Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America which leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ...
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A survivalist is a person who anticipates a potential disruption in the continuity of local, regional or worldwide society, and takes steps to survive in the resulting unpredictable situation. ...
A hardware store sells hardware: for instance fasteners, keys, locks, hinges, wire, chains, plumbing supples, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. ...
Perfection is also home to giant, prehistoric, burrowing monsters with three snake-like tongues that have been termed "Graboids" by the locals (specifically Walter Chang, who named them shortly before being eaten by one). The Graboids undergo a series of metamorphoses during their short biological life cycle, showing variants including the "Shrieker" and the "Ass-Blaster." Perfection's only stable income (a small town store called Walter Chang's Market) is offset by increasing tourism caused by the wide national coverage of the first documented Graboid attack in 1990 (the very first attack occurred in 1889, documented in the fourth movie, but was subsequently covered up). By the continuity established in the television series, Perfection has become a somewhat popular tourist and big-game hunter destination. This article is about monsters as a kind of legendary creature. ...
Metamorphosis has several meanings: Look up Metamorphosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For metamorphosis as it applies to animals (biology) see Metamorphosis (biology) In geology, metamorphosis refers to the changes undergone by metamorphic rock due to geological processes. ...
A life cycle includes the major sexual stages of a species, especially in regard to its ploidy. ...
Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
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Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ...
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At the center of each and every Graboid assault is paranoid conspiracy theorist, Burt Gummer (Michael Gross). Burt and the rest of the town killed four Graboids in 1990. Fellow Perfection survivor Earl Basset was contracted by Mexican oil concerns to exterminate approximately fifty in Mexico in 1996 and invited Burt along to assist. Burt then encountered several more back in Perfection in 2001. This time around government officials complicated Gummer's agenda, stating that Graboids were an endangered species and could not be killed. Once the Graboids began to consume said government officials, Burt and company began to destroy the remaining Graboids, who were beginning to change into Shriekers and, for the first documented time, Ass-Blasters. Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a television and movie actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. ...
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1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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The endangered Sea Otter An endangered species is a population of organisms (frequently but not always a taxonomic species) which is either (a) so few in number or (b) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters that it is at risk of becoming extinct. ...
After the attack in 2001, there remained one Graboid nicknamed "El Blanco," an albino Graboid incapable of maturing into Shriekers. With the government firmly opposed to El Blanco's destruction, Perfection has come to an uneasy peace with it. Due to El Blanco's status as an endangered species, the town of Perfection is guaranteed protection from people like Melvin, who want to buy the land for housing projects. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Albinism is a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. ...
The last noted Graboid attack occurred in summer 2003, this time in Toluca, New Mexico. Traces of a biological government project called Mix-Master have been observed in Perfection Valley, leading some to speculate that the town's difficulties are not yet over. Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July, and August, in the Northern hemisphere, and the whole months of December, January, and February, in the Southern hemisphere. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Setting The Tremors fictional universe is set in the dusty backwater town of Perfection (originally Rejection), Nevada (except for in the second film, which had the bulk of its action take place in Mexico, though Perfection was shown, however briefly, to re-introduce the main characters and set off continuity). Perfection has a very small population that continues to fluctuate between, during, and after Graboid attacks, though it usually stays below 15 residents. A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 km² 519 km 788 km 0. ...
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Perfection had almost virtually no source of income, despite a small town store, until after the first modern Graboid attacks occurred in 1990. After the attacks gained national media recognition, thousands have flocked to the small, seemingly quiet town every year.
Ever since the discovery of El Blanco, the US Department of the Interior has maintained a firm hold on Perfection and any and all unusual activity that occurs within the town's limits. The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally-owned land. ...
In spring 2003, Perfection's residents discovered traces of the biological agent Mix Master, which has been commissioned by the government in the early 1950s for experimentation. Mix Master is a mutagen capable of splicing the genes of any non-human life forms. While most of the mutants will die shortly after being born, the percentage that survives has a tendency to become a problem. So far, the only mutant that has not caused any serious problem and, thus has not been disposed of is the mysterious "Invisibat". Spring is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America which leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ...
A sampling of Bacillus anthracis—Anthrax A biological agent is an infectious disease that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare. ...
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In biology, a mutagen (Latin, literally origin of change) is an agent that changes the genetic information (usually DNA) of an organism and thus increases the number of mutations above the natural background level. ...
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Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Fred Ward as Earl Bassett in the 1990 film Tremors. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Characters and cast What follows is a list of most of the primary and secondary characters in the Tremors series' fictional universe (tertiary characters, those with few scenes and/or little impact on the story, are not included): Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor who has starred in Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among others. ...
Fred Ward as Earl Bassett in the 1990 film Tremors. ...
Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Lela Lee Lela Lee (b. ...
Victor Wong (31 July 1927 - 12 September 2001) (Chinese: 黃自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng) was a Chinese American actor who appeared mostly in small roles. ...
Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a television and movie actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. ...
Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer, and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop tinged ballads that include 22 #1 hits, she has issued no less than 29 albums, with more than 45 million...
Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a television and movie actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. ...
Christopher Gartin was born in New York and his salary for Tremors II: Aftershocks (1995) was $2,400,000. ...
Billy Drago on Charmed Billy Drago is an American actor. ...
Finn Carter is an American actress born on March 8, 1960. ...
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Quick Facts Shawn Christian was born on December 18, 1956, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ...
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Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...
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Creatures - Dirt Dragons - Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. These are supposedly the first creatures that will metamorphose into all the other creatures in the first 3 movies. Apparently hatching from eggs. these creatures are roughly 3 feet long and have the same jaw shape as the other incarnations but have tiny legs on each side that help them move through the dirt. They attack their prey by shooting themselves out of the ground and "flying" towards them, clutching them with their jaws. They seem to have come out of some form of hibernation when warmed up by hot spring water from the local silver mine. Like the Graboids, Dirt Dragons hunt by sound. However, they don't seem to be quite as adept at hunting by feeling vibrations in the ground.
- Graboid - Tremors - Tremors 2: Aftershocks - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection - [Image http://members.aol.com/shadoemagic/graboid.jpg]-Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. Graboids are almost like the Dirt Dragons, except that they are much larger and they detect their prey by sound and by feeling vibratons through the ground. They also shoot out their tentacles (tongues) out of the ground to find and catch it. These tentacles resemble snakes or eels and were initially mistaken for the full creatures. It's because of the hooks around the mouth-like opening in the tentacles and the opening that they were called Graboids. The name was then transferred to the creature attached to the tentacles. Graboids produce a terrible odor and have orange blood. This makes blowing up a graboid a disgusting prospect.
- Shrieker - Tremors 2: Aftershocks - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. Shriekers are small bulldog-like animals with two large hind legs for speed running, a large jaw for biting, and tentacle-like tongues used to grab food. Shriekers have no eyes or ears and can "see" only by using heat sensors on top of their heads. They use the large underground worms, known as graboids in the series, as cocoons and eventually eat their way out of the beasts three to six at a time. Shriekers reproduce asexually, regurgitating their young, which grow to adult size in a matter of minutes. The rate at which they reproduce depends on how much food they eat and the nutritional values of the foods they eat.
- Ass-Blaster - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. The Ass-Blaster is the final stage in the Graboid life cycle and is only featured in the third movie of the series. The Ass Blasters are much like shriekers in the sense that they hunt by sensing the heat of their prey. They use volatile liquids in their stomachs that, when mixed, ignite and fire out of the "ass" end to propel the monsters into the air. The Ass-blasters then glide with great speed. This ultimately proves to be their downfall when the three heros of the third movie find out that they can destroy the creatures by igniting the volatile chemicals inside their bodies. They fly using wing-like fins of skin and bone on the sides of their body. Unlike Shriekers, Ass-Blasters will go into a "food coma" after eating too much. The exact nature of their reproduction is unknown, but it is known that they contain Graboid eggs. This was discovered when the first Ass-Blaster to be killed landed on a metal fence, thus being cut open.
A recently-hatched Graboid eggshell was discovered in the third film that carbon dated to approximately three hundred years old, suggesting that the eggs can lay dormant for an extremely long period of time. This might explain why Graboid appearances can be so infrequent without the species going extinct. Hibernation is a state of regulated hypothermia, lasting several days or weeks, that allows animals to conserve energy during the winter. ...
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Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. ...
Films There are currently four Tremors films: There is a rumor circulating that there is a finished screenplay for a fifth Tremors film, but whether or not this is true, and if it is, if Universal Studios will even greenlight another Tremors installment, is unknown. This article is about the year. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...
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Television series In 2003, the Sci-Fi Channel launched a spin-off television series simply titled Tremors: The Series (produced at the same time as Tremors 4). Though Sci-Fi's highest-rated program at the time, it failed to hit the demographic that Sci-Fi wanted and was cancelled after one season of 13 episodes. The reason for this is often cited by fans to be the fact that the show was in direct competition with Earthsea, which was also in production at the time. It is reasoned that due to Sci-Fi's focusing of funds and hype toward Earthsea doomed the show to rely on low production values and less viewer recognition. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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