Ah, the nineties. A simpler time, where the biggest threat to mankind’s existence was an underground worm monster with a taste for human flesh. That, and fashion trends like baggy flannel and overalls. Released in 1990, Tremors is an American comedy film co-written and directed by Ron Underwood. Despite a lackluster performance in theaters, Tremors took on a life of its own in the nineties and impressively spawned three direct-to-video sequels, a prequel, and a television series titled Tremors: The Series.
In the town of Perfection, Nevada, two unassuming repairmen played by Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward do battle with bloodthirsty graboids — giant subterranean creatures who emerge from beneath the earth to terrorize the residents and gobble them up one by one. The eyeless monsters were designed to resemble sandworms but with giant tentacles and a massive armored beak that they use to dig tunnels through the earth. Originally dubbed Land Sharks, writers Underwood, S.S. Wilson, and Brent Maddock had to change the name of the film to avoid conflicting with the popular Saturday Night Live sketch with the same name.
Tremors was shot at Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, California, a popular movie set location where hundreds of films including Gladiator and Star Trek V were filmed. Today, the Lone Pine Film History Museum actually features an exhibition devoted to the film that includes one of the graboid head props as well as a model of Chang’s Market. Made on a budget of 11 million dollars, Tremors made a measly impact on theatergoers and only netted about $16 million at the box office. However, it went on to have an incredibly popular second life after it was released on VHS, and later cable. Today, the film has achieved cult classic status and still holds an excellent “certified fresh” rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.
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As the saying goes, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” And with Forrest Gump, American moviegoers in the 1990s got a whole lot more than producers and studio executives initially bargained for. The 1994...
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Everything is all fun and games for these high school witches until "Manon" gets pissed and starts taking everything back times three. Sarah, Bonnie, Nancy, and Rochelle soon find out that witchcraft is not an elective to be taken lightly.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense delivered one of the wildest and most unforeseen endings in modern filmmaking, and there was no pop culture crime more egregious than spoiling it. Consider this your warning while reading ahead. Starring Bruce...
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Let's take a ride in the Reptarmobile! The Rugrat's Movie was the first animated film produced by Nickelodeon Movies. It was also the first film to be based on a Nicktoon.
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Relive the ridiculous adventures that Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne undergo while trying to return a suitcase full of money to a total babe. These two incredibly dumb friends will remind you of exactly what '90s comedy movies were all about.
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James Cameron’s 1997 mega-blockbuster Titanic was a film that lived up to its name in nearly every sense of the word. The greatest love story of the nineties was also one of the most critically and commercially successful films ever made....
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In the '90s, hacking was generally portrayed in film with interesting screen animations that often included skulls, and general buzzword phrases like "breaking through the mainframe". The 1995 film Hackers captures all of these unrealistic depictions in the best and most nostalgic way possible. "Mess with the best, die like the rest."
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The Matrix is a 1999 dystopian science fiction film written and directed by the Wachowski siblings and starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Laurence Fishburne. The film explores a post-apocalyptic future where machines have taken over the...
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“A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind.” The 1995 film Jumanji starred Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, and Bonnie Hunt. It was the tenth highest-grossing film of 1995 and raked in $263 million...
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