History NightmareFuel / Tremors

!! The Second Movie:
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* [[spoiler:Julio]]'s death, in which he desperately clutches at Kate for help while being dragged from the window. His screams are still audible as she's ducking for cover, accompanied by horrific ''crunching noises''.
* The vocalizations of the shriekers are rather terrifying.
* At one point, our heroes come across a dying Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. The concept calls to mind skinned beans, and how there's always a few pods in each of them.
** Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary.
** The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into ''Film/{{Alien}}'' territory.
** Conversely, if one ''doesn't'' immediately suspect the dying Graboid had been torn open by its offspring, the alternative explanation that springs to mind at first glimpse of its eviscerated body is that ''another Graboid'' took huge bites out of it in an act of MonstrousCannibalism. Which the third movie showed us ''can'' happen, at least between different life-stages.
** By extension, the entire night section of ''Aftershocks'' up to the Shrieker's reveal is one big chilling case of NothingIsScarier.
*** The reveal of what became of Pedro, one of the plant workers. Earl and Grady wait for him to pick them up in his truck, but after seeing what became of the Graboid, we see the truck suddenly appear off in the distance and then suddenly stop. After a while, Earl and Grady head on over to see what's going on--finding the truck all chewed up. Grady spots a pair of hands behind the truck's cab, but then he sees that the arms are all that's left of Pedro. "Oh, God!" indeed.
*** There's also a pretty good JumpScare while Burt's driving around at night. He stops to check his map and suddenly hears a noise on his hood. He looks up and sees he's surrounded by Shriekers. SmashToBlack, as they scream.
!! The Third Movie:
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* While the idea of the Ass-Blasters can be rather silly, the fact that these creatures eventually come to possess the power of flight is actually rather disturbing.
** In addition, the Ass-Blasters actually have a somewhat menacing appearance. They look like [[LeanAndMean slimmed down]] Shriekers with all-black faces.
** The deaths of the three federal agents, due to the fact that two of them [[NothingIsScarier die offscreen and the remaining one is clearly traumatized.]]
* Burt getting eaten by a Graboid. [[spoiler:Thank God he survived anyway.]]
* [[spoiler:Miguel]]'s death. [[spoiler:An Ass-Blaster flies into him, sending him careening off a cliff to his death.]] We don't see the impact, [[NothingIsScarier but we do see just enough of his remains, while the main characters reactions do the rest.]]
!! The Fourth Movie:
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* While the third movie explained that the Graboid life cycle ends with the Ass-Blasters, this movie ''does'' manage to bring something new to the table by revealing what Graboids look like in their infancy. The idea of a baby Graboid may sound silly and cute, but the fact that they are capable of jumping out of the ground to attack their prey makes it clear that they are still dangerous creatures, even at such a young stage in their life.
* The movie provides a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] CallBack to Old Fred's death from the first movie by having the heroes come across one of the locals (also named Fred) with only his head remaining.
* The death of [[spoiler:Black Hand Kelly]], who is still alive inside a Graboid's mouth as it drags him down under.
!! The Fifth Movie:
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* The Graboids and Ass-Blasters in the fifth movie. These aren't the B movie quality monsters from the first few movies; these ones are massive killing machines with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily and the ability to ''leap out of the sand'' in pursuit of their prey. Not to mention, the Ass-Blasters have ''Film/{{Predator}}''-quality thermal organs.

* In the first film, when Val lifts up a farmer's hat on the ground and finds [[spoiler:old Fred's disembodied head sticking out of the sand face first!]]

* Poor Chang's death in the first movie. We actually get to see him be swallowed alive by a Graboid. [[UpToEleven And he's still screaming when its jaws close around him!]]

** Julio's death in ''Aftershocks'' is even more disturbing, as he desperately clutches at Kate for help while being dragged from the window. His screams are still audible as she's ducking for cover, accompanied by horrific ''crunching noises''.

* Bad enough dying by a Grabloid but to first be trapped inside your car and face being buried alive or eaten like the doctor's poor wife did, brr.
* During ''Tremors 2'', our heroes come across a dying Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. As a kid , I instantly made the connection to skinned beans, and how there's a few pods in each of them. Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary. The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into ''Film/{{Alien}}'' territory.

* Then there was the guy Edgar up on the electrical tower that got chased up there by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away.He just was too scared to check if it still was there, preferring to die from dehydration instead.

* Then there was the guy Edgar up on the electrical tower that got chased up there by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away. Obviously, it didn't.
** Maybe it did. He just was too scared to check, prefering to die from dehydration instead.

* Bad enough dying by a Grabloid but to first be trapped inside your car and face being buried alive or eaten like the doctors poor wife did, brr.

** By extension, the entire night section up to the Shrieker's reveal is one big chilling case of NothingIsScarier.

* Then there was the guy Edgar up on the electrical tower that got chased up an electrical tower by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away. Obviously, it didn't.

* During ''Tremors 2'', our heroes come across a dyining Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. As a kid , I instantly made the connection to skinned beans, and how there's a few pods in each of them. Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary. The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into ''Film/{{Alien}}'' territory.

* During Tremors 2, our heroes come across a dyining Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. As a kid , I instantly made the connection to skinned beans, and how there's a few pods in each of them. Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary. The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into ''Film/{{Alien}}'' territory.

* During Tremors 2, our heroes come across a dyining Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. As a kid , I instantly made the connection to skinned beans, and how there's a few pods in each of them. Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary. The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into {{Alien}} territory.

* In the first film, when Val lifts up a farmer's hat on the ground and finds [[spoiler:the farmer's disembodied head sticking out of the sand face first!]]

* Then there was the guy up on the electrical tower that got chased up an electrical tower by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away. Obviously, it didn't.

** While it's a minor thing, Earl's rather cold remark about the even in the sequel seems at best, [[DudeNotFunny in bad taste]].

* Then there was the guy up on the electrical tower that got treed by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away. Obviously, it didn't.

* Bad enough dying by a Grabloid but to first be trapped inside your car and face being buried alive or eaten, brr.

* During Tremors 2, our heroes come across a dyining Graboid. Few scenes later we find out that it and its kin have been TORN OPEN, letting out three Shriekers each. As a kid , I instantly made the connection to skinned beans, and how there's a few pods in each of them. Seeing the Graboid's final moments and then its carcass was pretty disgusting and scary. The fact that the Graboid species has that kind of brutality built into its very lifecycle is chilling in a way beyond standard gory murder, going into Alien territory.

* The one that stands out the most to this troper is in the first film, when Val lifts up a farmer's hat on the ground and finds [[spoiler:the farmer's disembodied head sticking out of the sand face first!]]
** Then there was the guy up on the electrical tower that got treed by a Graboid and died of thirst waiting for it to get bored and go away. Obviously, it didn't.