Question: Given that Heather is supposed to be a gun expert, why did she grab a flare gun and shoot it at the Graboid when there was a wall full of other choices?
Tremors (1990)
1 answered question since 25 Mar '25, 05:01
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Finn Carter
Revealing mistake: When the lawn mower the heroes send off as a diversion crashes you can see a wire pulling it. (01:01:30)
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Question: I know the movie is called Tremors, but are the monsters called "tremors" or "graboids" or "snakeoids" or something else?
Answer: They officially name the creatures "graboids", as that's also what they call them in later films. Tremors is just a clever movie name, and "snakeoids" was just one of the potential names the Chinese guy and the kid were thinking of naming them.
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Answer: They were throwing literally everything they had at it to see what worked. At a certain point, it shrugged off enough regular bullets, so why not try a flare and see if fire is its weakness? They eventually realised that only high-powered ammo and explosives were effective.
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