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Tremors

1990 · 96 min · Director: Ron Underwood ★ IMDb 7.2 · 169,575 ratings

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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.

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Tremors (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Humor 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
20%Fear
  1. Humor25%
  2. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Fear. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Fear
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor55 %9 %3 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor53 %12 %4 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor55 %28 %17 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension62 %49 %35 %53 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity66 %57 %45 %57 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension70 %65 %54 %53 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension73 %69 %55 %53 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension72 %67 %48 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity69 %64 %41 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension72 %69 %48 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension80 %78 %63 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension83 %81 %66 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Tension82 %79 %63 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension81 %78 %60 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension77 %74 %52 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension75 %71 %51 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Tension81 %78 %60 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Tension85 %82 %61 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Relief74 %63 %42 %25 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Relief57 %34 %18 %22 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Fred Ward

Earl Bassett

FC
Finn Carter

Michael Gross

Burt Gummer

RM
Reba McEntire

Heather Gummer

Victor Wong

Walter Chang

RJ
Robert Jayne

Melvin Plug

AR
Ariana Richards

Mindy Sterngood

CS
Charlotte Stewart

Nancy Sterngood

TG
Tony Genaro

Miguel

RM
Richard Marcus

Nestor

BB
Bibi Besch

Megan - The Doctor's Wife

CB
Conrad Bachmann

Jim - The Doctor

SP
Sunshine Parker

Edgar

MD
Michael Dan Wagner

Old Fred

JG
John Goodwin

Howard - Roadworker

JP
John Pappas

Carmine - Roadworker

Frank Welker

Graboids (uncredited)

TW
Tom Woodruff Jr.

Graboids (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Ron Underwood
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 169,575 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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