Parents need to know that, for the standards of science-fiction action, this is a rousing, well-made monster flick that's high on fun and excitement but low on terror and gore; there's some salty language, yes, and the monsters are dispatched in fairly spectacular, splattery fashion, but there's not a lot of blood, and the human victims of the creatures are dispatched in bloodless fashion. There's a lot of firearms action in the film - courtesy two "survivalist" characters -- but it's all unleashed against huge, scary worm-monsters who clearly have it coming.
Positive messages:Perhaps the best thing here is the depiction of how a group of disparate individuals comes together to survive an attack by carnivorous underground monsters; the attack also lets our heroes show that they're reliable, responsible people who can come through in a tough spot.
Violence:Bloodless (for the most part) violence is perpetrated against human beings by monsters; gory violence is perpetrated against monsters by human beings. Bombs, bullets, and blunt force are used against creatures; human beings are bitten by tentacles, tugged underground, mangled, etc. A dehydrated dead body is seen. Very mild blood.
Language:Mild strong language, including "hell," "goddammit," "Jesus Christ," "pisses," "s--t," "bastard," "ass," "a--holes," and one non-sexual use of "f--k."
Consumerism:Some brands are seen -- Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Caterpillar heavy equipment. Firearms are named by brand.
Very bad language throughout film. Barely even one sentence when out with out a swear word. Kind of stupid movie I like the second tremors better because of less bad language.
I first saw this movie, without my mom knowing, at age 10. It SCARED ME TO DEATH!! I love the movie, but it still gives me the heebie-jeebies to this day because, in my opinion, I saw it when I was too young. Should've listened to my mom haha ^_^
This movie scared the crap out of me when I was twelve. Not a bad one though. And they're wrong about the f-bombs. There're two. When the monster crashes into the ditch, one hero screams "F--- you!" to it. And when it flies off the cliff at the end, the same guy screams, "Can you fly f---er!?" at it. The second one might not even be an f word though. That's just what I heard.
The characters in this movie curse almost every second, including one f--k said by kevin bacon. the violence is bloody but cheap and fake looking. the main character also smoke, and are bribed to stay in the town for free beer. the sexual content is spoken, not visual. kevin bacon is driving towards a woman and is imagining what she would look like. one sentence was very innapropriate. he said, "you willhave world class breasts, and a-s that keeps on going, and legs that won't stop". the word mother humper is used twice (describing the worms) the character bert is obsessed with guns and has them all over his wall. overall appropriate.