Movies - Tremors

	Movies - Tremors

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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):

Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon
)
Earl Bassett
(Fred Ward
)
Fu Yien Chang (Sam Ly)
Jodi Chang (Susan Chuang in the film series, Lela Lee
in the television series)
Lu Wan Chang (Lydia Look)
Pyon Chang (Lo Ming)
Walter Chang (Victor Wong
)
Burt Gummer (Michael Gross
)
Heather Gummer (Reba McEntire
)
Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross
)
Grady Hoover (Christopher Gartin
)
Black Hand Kelly (Billy Drago
)
Rhonda LeBeck (Finn Carter
)
Christine Lord (Sara Botsford)
Miguel (Tony Genaro)
Nestor (Richard Marcus)
Juan Pedilla (Brent Roam)
Melvin Plug (Robert Jayne)
Cletus Poffenberger (Christopher Lloyd
)
Tyler Reed (Victor Browne)
Kate 'White' Reilly (Helen Shaver
)
Rosalita Sanchez (Gladise Jiminez)
Desert Jack Sawyer (Shawn Christian
)
Mindy Sterngood (Ariana Richards in the film series, Tinsley Grimea in the television series)
Nancy Sterngood (Charlotte Stewart in the film series, Marcia Strassman in the television series)
Tecopa (August Schellenberg)
W.D. Twitchell (Dean Norris)
Harlowe Winnemucca (Branscombe Richmond)

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