“This valley is just one long smorgasbord.”

FLIX PIX Staff Selection: Tremors launched an entire franchise of graboid, ass-blaster, and shrieker sequels and a TV series, but the original is still the best! It’s full of dark humor, desert landscapes, new-age crystal gazers, a quirky community that tries to stick together, survivalists, the Wild West mentality, and even some oblique romance amidst the chaos. — Claudia

Tremors

About: Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star as two country handymen who lead a cast of zany characters to safety in this exciting sci-fi creature comedy. Just as Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) decide to leave Perfection, Nevada, strange rumblings prevent their departure. With the help of a shapely seismology student (Finn Carter), they discover their desolate town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live below the ground. The race is on to overcome these slimy subterraneans and find a way to higher ground, in this enjoyable thriller co-starring Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. (Universal Pictures)

Director: Ron Underwood

Year Released: 1990

Rating: PG-13

Run Time: 96 minutes

Cast: With Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire

Showing: June 18, 6:00 p.m.