We all know who Kevin Bacon is, right? Let’s recap one of his most famous movies which propelled him into mainstream success. The film we’re talking about is Tremors. It’s a 1990 monster comedy horror film directed by Ron Underwood and produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson. Moreover, it’s penned by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood. Now let’s come to the stars. The movie stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. While Bacon is known for classics like Footloose, Hollow Man, You Should Have Left, and more, he thinks otherwise. The actor is absolutely in love with one of his films.
Kevin Bacon loves Tremors to a huge extent. He says that it “is the only movie of mine that I have rewatched since it’s come out.” And now, the 64-year-old actor wants to return to the franchise. On Friday afternoon, the talent expressed his desire of returning to play Valentine McKee and is simply “waiting for the call.” How strong is this mentioned film series? Ever since the first film’s release in 1990, a total of seven films have been released. Moreover, this includes the mini-series that ran for 26 episodes. Bacon has been the handyman in two projects of the Tremors franchise. That is the initial film and a 2018 television pilot which never turned into a full series.
What does Kevin Bacon think about ‘Tremors’?
Bacon says, “It was one film of mine that I wanted to revisit that character. I don’t look back at all. In fact, Tremors is the only movie of mine that I have rewatched since it’s come out.” So, how did it exactly happen? What went through in a way that changed the course? Well, Bacon explains. He says, “We were around the 25-year anniversary. I went to Blumhouse, and they were totally into the idea. Universal didn’t want to remake it as a feature and also maybe because it didn’t work as a feature the first time. So we put it aside. Then they came back to me and said, ‘What would you think about doing it as a series?'”
The actor talks about the pilot episode. Bacon explains, “We made an excellent pilot outside of Albuquerque, recreated the town, had a really great cast, director, and writer and to this day I still don’t understand why they didn’t want to move forward with it. It’s a real head-scratcher for me. If I honestly thought the pilot was sh-t then I’d say we just didn’t crack it but it was cool, and that’s a really hard balance to get, between funny and scary, as you know, that’s the sweet spot. Tremors was good at that, as were Shaun of the Dead and Get Out. But yeah, it was for a series, not a TV movie.”
