Tremors 2: Aftershocks

"The Worms have turned."

1996 1h 40m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 1,117

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Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.

“The Worms have turned.”

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Cast

Fred Ward
Earl Bassett
Helen Shaver
Kate 'White' Reilly
Chris Gartin
Grady Hoover
Michael Gross
Burt Gummer
Marcelo Tubert
Senor Ortega
José Ramón Rosario
Pedro
Marco Hernández
Julio
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Oil Worker

Credits

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Director: S.S. Wilson
Writers: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Tremors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by S.S. Wilson, shot by Virgil L. Harper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jay Ferguson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bob Ducsay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Fred Ward and Helen Shaver and Chris Gartin carry the top of the cast.

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The take

S.S. Wilson directs. Virgil L. Harper behind the camera. Jay Ferguson scores. Bob Ducsay cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "Tremors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by S.S. Wilson, shot by Virgil L. Harper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jay Ferguson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Bob Ducsay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Fred Ward and Helen Shaver and Chris Gartin carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The Worms have turned.".
10IMDB entry: tt0114720 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 12 themes, including "small town", "stranded", "creature", "tentacle".
12Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Virgil L. Harper
Original score: Jay Ferguson
Editing: Bob Ducsay
Production design: Ivo Cristante
Costume design: Rudy Dillon
Makeup / hair: Camille Henderson
Sound: Marian Wallace
Stunt coordinator: Noon Orsatti
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)

Part of

Tremors Collection

This monster movie series centers on the vicious attacks of subterranean worm-like creatures known as Graboids.

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John Chard2014-07-31
★ 5/10
The Shriekers! After the huge love and deserved critical praise for Ron Underwood’s 1990 film, Tremors, this in spite of poor box office and lead man Kevin Bacon disowning the film at the time, sequels were always likely. And so it proved. Fred Ward and Michael Gross return from the first film and are joined by Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver and Marcelo Tubert. Underwood hands over the directing reins to S.S. Wilson and co-produces instead, while music is by Jay Ferguson and cinematography by Virgil Harper. In spite of adding some new beasties into the mix, it all feels very same old same old, only without the funny script and any sense of peril. What made Tremors so strong was that even as it had its tongue in its cheek, homaging 1950s creature features with a proud sense of being, it was still scary and suspenseful. The characters there gave a believable sense of danger and fright, here it’s just done for laughs, we never once think the principal players are remotely scared of the Graboids and their offspring. Story has advanced for Earl (Ward) and Burt (Gross), where this time it’s Earl who is romancing (Shaver under used but lovely) and Burt is all on his lonesome as his Mrs (Heather played by Reba McEntire) has left him on account of his love of war and weapons, a joke which grows old very fast here. Still, when the action isn’t of the budget CGI kind, it’s well staged and good fun, though Wilson’s comic sequence shooting is flat, while Ward is a strong enough actor to carry the film to keep it above average. Passably enjoyable for fans of creature feature movies without ever being an essential viewing choice. 5/10
Dr Nostromo2026-06-12
★ 6/10
60/100 A fun follow-up to "Tremors", this one has Earl reluctantly hired to kill a new bunch of graboid worms in Mexico that soon develop into something else. Obviously lacking the budget of the original starring only a few characters (including a new partner that was a terrible substitute for Kevin Bacon) and the story is really simple and straight forward. But the witty and campy attitude of the whole affair as well as a good twist on the creatures, active pacing and a good dose of creature gore, made for a zany and humorous good time. Grab the popcorn and some bon-bons! -- DrNostromo.com