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Directed by Ron Underwood
USA 1990
A pulse-pounding love letter to 1950s creature features that delivers horror and
humour in equal measure, Tremors is a bonafide cult classic that has
grabbed audiences’ affections ever since its release and spawned a successful
franchise that continues to this day. *** 'The phones are dead, the roads are out... we're on our own!' All is not well in Perfection, Nevada, a remote desert town. Itinerant cowpokes Val (Bacon) and Earl (Ward) are all set to up sticks when they happen across a corpse perched incongruously atop a telegraph pole...and then another, apparently swallowed up by the earth. Huge, carnivorous, worm-like creatures, capable of tunnelling at incredible speeds in response to seismic vibrations, are literally undermining Perfection. With a tip of the hat towards its '50s forefathers, this canny genre entry exploits its novel subterranean threat to the max, the ingenious situations being orchestrated with considerable skill by first-time director Underwood. Bacon and Ward project a wonderful low-key rapport, based initially on jokey ignorance before giving way to terse apprehension. It's great to hear authentic B movie talk again, especially when the cast takes it upon itself to name the monsters, only to come up with 'graboids' by default, and to debate their probable origin: 'One thing's for sure...them ain't local boys'. This is what a monster movie is supposed to be like, and it's terrific. Excerpt from TimeOut Film Guide located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: January 19th, 1990
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Distribution | Universal - Region FREE - Blu-ray | Arrow - Region FREE - 4K UHD |
Runtime | 1:35:44.989 | 1:36:00.463 |
Video |
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 33,860,404,594 bytesFeature: 30,058,106,880 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 49,942,870,258 bytesFeature: 29,393,483,136 bytesVideo Bitrate: 29.85 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 3892 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3892 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 1734 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1734 kbps / 24-bit (DTS
Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby
Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB |
Subtitles | English (SDH), English, French, Spanish, none | English, None |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Universal
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 33,860,404,594 bytesFeature: 30,058,106,880 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • 10-part Making Of... (53:38) • Outtakes (5:07) • Featurette (3:52) • Kevin Bacon Profile (2:56), Michael Gross Profile (2:23), Reba McEntire (1:55) • Theatrical Trailer My Scenes + D-Box Motion Controls capable
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Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.85:1 2160P
4K Ultra HD
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DISC ONE:
4K Ultra HD (FILM)
Custom 4K Ultra HD Case (see below) Chapters 12 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
and
4K UHD
captures were taken directly from the respective
discs.
ADDITION: Arrow
4K UHD (January 2021): Universal have transferred Ron Underwood's
Tremors
to
4K UHD.
Arrow Video has a gargantuan release of “Tremors”, loaded to the brim with features. Of most importance is a new 4K restoration from the original negative, approved by director Ron Underwood and director of photography Alexander Gruszynski. Considering the 2010 Blu-ray's multiple shortcomings in the picture department, this new transfer is a must-own for fans. The old Blu-ray's conspicuous edge enhancement is nowhere to be seen, showing a much more realistic and film-like presentation, beaming with detail. The main advantage of this new 4K UHD transfer is that the HDR/Dolby Vision brightness levels (and OLED or similarly capable TVs show a deep contrast in darker parts of the image) provide a wider spectrum of colors, equally showcasing the rich, varied desert vistas as well as the icky, gooey monster effects. Even if the 210 Blu-ray wasn't so plagued with issues, this would still be a striking upgrade, given the larger disc size, greater detail, and almost tripled bitrate. The images can't fully express the HDR/Dolby-Vision effect, but rest assured that this is a solid 4K UHD release. That phony soft look is now replaced with fine grain and detailed texture. To those without the 4K UHD set-up, or just content to have a new upgraded Blu-ray, this set is also available in a 2-disc Blu-ray package. It is likely that the monitor you are seeing this review is not an HDR-compatible display (High Dynamic Range) or Dolby Vision, where each pixel can be assigned with a wider and notably granular range of color and light. Our capture software if simulating the HDR (in a uniform manner) for standard monitors. This should make it easier for us to review more 4K UHD titles in the future and give you a decent idea of its attributes on your system. So our captures may not support the exact same colors (coolness of skin tones, brighter or darker hues etc.) as the 4K system at your home. But the framing, detail, grain texture support etc. are, generally, not effected by this simulation representation. NOTE: 30 more more full resolution (3840 X 2160) 4K UHD captures, in lossless PNG format, for Patrons are available HERE
We have reviewed the following 4K
UHD packages to date:
Vigilante (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Cinema Paradiso
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bourne Legacy
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Full Metal Jacket
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Psycho
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Birds(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Rear Window (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Vertigo
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Spartacus
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Jaws
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Invisible Man,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Steven Spielberg's
War of the Worlds (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucio Fulci's 1979
Zombie
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
2004's
Van Helsining
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shallows
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Deer Hunter
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Elephant Man
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Quiet Place
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Easy Rider
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Suspiria
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Pan's Labyrinth
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Wizard of Oz, (software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shining,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Batman Returns
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Don't Look Now
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Man Who Killed Killed and then The Bigfoot
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
Bram Stoker's Dracula
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucy
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
They Live
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Shutter Island
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Matrix
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Alien
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Toy Story
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Few Good Men
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
2001: A Space Odyssey (HDR caps udated),
Schindler's List
(simulated HDR), The
Neon Demon (No HDR), Dawn
of the Dead (No HDR), Saving
Private Ryan (simulated HDR and 'raw' captures), Suspiria (No
HDR), The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre (No HDR), The
Big Lebowski, and I
Am Legend (simulated and 'raw' HDR captures). ***
ON THE Universal
Blu-ray
(November 2010): The 1080p AVC transfer is unfortunately plagued with
prominent edge enhancement (just like VC-1 encoded HD-DVD from 2007 and
the old non-anamorphic SD DVD). This is most likely on the D1 source and
while in some spots it is less noticeable - in others it is downright
glaring. Shot almost exclusively outdoors - the Arriflex Cameras
captured some wonderful rocky desert terrain and mountain vistas (shot
in Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California) and detail is at the very high
end. If you are not overly sensitive to the edge-enhancement then the
image quality can exports some of the more desired attributes of
high-definition in terms of colors and depth. It looks significantly
better than the original SD in every respect. Colors are typically
bright and dominant. The edge-enhancement appears to have been applied
with a fairly high frequency and I've certainly seen thicker halos.
There are some awesome scenes of visual quality in the limited
production 'Tremors'. It's a shame about the egregious
edge-enhancement - video purists will be turned off... but film snobs
won't dig (pun intended) this film anyway. |
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