7.038 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestShriekers are spotted in Juniper, Arizona and Twitchell sends Burt and Tyler to handle the situation. However, the Fish and Wildlife Service are also in town and manage to kill five Shriekers. They also take one alive for study and when it gets a hold of some food, the Shriekers start to multiply again. Now Burt and Tyler have to stop them from massacring the entire town.
Inspired by the cult classic Tremors movies, locals attempt to coexist with the monstrous, man-eating Graboids, Shriekers, and Ass-blasters, which are now on a "protected species" list.
Acting
Michael Gross fully commits to Burt's paranoia.
Practical Effects
Graboid puppets still hit harder than CGI.
Writing
Absurdist dialogue about monster conservation laws.
Creators
Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally pitched as a direct-to-video Tremors 4 before SyFy turned it into a series. The pilot reused sets from the 1990 original.
Dean Norris appears pre-Breaking Bad, playing yet another blowhard authority figure—Hollywood had his type locked in early.
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