Tremors Page #6

Synopsis: A small town gradually becomes aware of a strange creature which picks off people one by one. But what is this creature, and where is it? At the same time, a seismologist is working in the area, she detects _tremors_. The creature lives underground, and can 'pop up' without warning. Trapped in their town, the town-folk have no escape.
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Director(s): Ron Underwood
Production: MCA/Universal Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
PG-13
Year:
1990
96 min
1,645 Views


l know he does.

He thinks he

knows everything.

lf it comes to starvation,

l know what l'm doing.

Take one of these,

walk right out there

with the fuse lit and

let them take me down.

Boom.

Good Lord, honey.

Now that's not

a bad idea.

No, no.

lt gives me an idea.

Going fishing like.

There's one.

Straight out in front.

Let's see if we can

keep him right there.

All right,

how much we need?

l don't know.

They're pretty quick.

Fifteen seconds

at least.

Which kind of fuse

is that?

Cannon fuse.

What the hell

you use if for?

My cannon.

You guys

watch yourselves.

Right out there

about 30. . .

Oh, man.

You're not gonna

do your lasso thing?

Just 'cause you're

no good with a rope.

All right, get back!

Come on, baby.

Take it.

Take the bait!

Yeah ! All right!

Look at it!

Yeah !

All right!

Okay, one to go.

Damn ! Where

the hell is he?

Hope he didn't wise up.

There.

Look who it is.

Give me that thing.

This son of a b*tch is mine.

There it goes!

All right, get back!

l got it.

Come on. Come on.

Come on,

lunchtime, snot head.

All right, get down !

Sh*t!

Oh, my God ! lt's. . .

Get back! Get back!

Run !

Get up, come on !

What are you doing

out there?

Okay, let's make

some noise.

Try to distract him.

Come on, everybody.

Fresh meat!

Wait, wait, wait.

This one's not

falling for it.

This one ain't dumb.

He's trying to trick us.

Use your bomb.

lt's our last one.

What else you

gonna use it for?

So what if we

make it to the rocks?

We'll be dead in

three days anyway.

Well, l wanna live

for the three days.

What the hell?

What's the matter?

Use the bomb,

for God sakes!

Throw that bomb, man !

Scare him away!

Throw the bomb!

This bastard ain't

smarter than us.

For Christ's sake, Val !

l'm gonna go for it.

Go for what?

What are you doing?

l got a goddamn plan !

Where the hell is it?

l've got it!

This better be

one hell of a great plan !

Get ready!

Light it, man ! Light it!

Not yet. Not yet!

Come on.

What are you waiting for?

Go!

Come on ! Come on !

Come on ! Come on !

Too far!

You threw it behind him.

Run, Val ! Run !

Yeah !

Can you fly, you sucker?

Can you fly?

Well, it just

suddenly hit me,

you know.

Stampede.

Way to go!

Way to go, Val !

Now, the second

we hit Bixby, we start

making some phone calls.

l mean, we could make

some real money

on this thing.

We could get in

People magazine.

People? Hell !

National Geographic.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Smile.

Burt loaned me

his camera.

Yeah. He gave us

these tires, too.

lt's all pretty

exciting, huh?

There's gonna be

major research, and

l'm gonna be in on it.

The first thing to do

is take some pictures

of that one we dug up.

Yeah. Yeah.

Pictures seem

like a good idea.

Yeah, well,

thanks for everything,

you know,

saving my life and stuff.

You're welcome.

Maybe l'll see you sometime?

Uh-huh.

Well, see you.

l know. l know!

l'm working up to it.

What am l doing?

l mean,

what's a woman like her

want with a guy like me?

She's going

for her damn PhD.

Rhonda?

Yeah?

Well, l just

wanted to. . .

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