History Trivia / Tremors

* OldShame: The first movie was initially this for Creator/KevinBacon. Before the film's release, he had a public breakdown in which he ranted to anyone who approached that his career was over because he was starring in a "stupid movie about killer worms". He continued to feel this way for a long time, which kept him from appearing in any of the sequels. Eventually, given that ''Tremors'' went on to be seen as something of a minor classic (the film has an 89% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes), he got over it, to the point that he signed up to star in a new/rebooted version of the franchise in 2017.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://tremors.wikia.com/wiki/Tremors_Wiki The Tremors Wiki]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/SusanChuang played Jodi Chang in Tremors 3, but was replaced by Lela Lee for the TV series. Charlotte Stewart played Nancy Sterngood in the first and third films, but was replaced by Marcia Strassman in the series. (According to WordOfGod, the latter was because Stewart had landed a commercial deal and her contract wouldn't permit her to be on the series at the time.)

* NamesTheSame: One of the working title's of this film, ''Dead Silence'' would be used in a CreepyDoll [[Film/DeadSilence film]] 17 years later.

* PlayingAgainstType: Michael Gross started playing Burt literally the day after finishing up his suburban uber-liberal role on ''Series/FamilyTies''. Gross (who is himself also rather liberal) enjoys the role, and is proud of the fact that Burt is both a textbook case of responsible gun safety and that his firearms are never so much as pointed at another human.

* VindicatedByCable: The first movie barely made more than its budget at the American box-office (though made an extra $30 million worldwide). However, it was a huge hit on video and also did well on TV, leading to the sequels and the TV series.

* WorkingTitle: The film was originally called ''Land Sharks''. This was changed to avoid confusion with the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch. The screenplay was titled ''Beneath Perfection''.

** The studio suggested Michael Gross in the hopes that his ''Series/FamilyTies'' fame would benefit the movie. Producers were hesitant for that very reason because Steven Keaton and Burt Gummer are practically opposites. However, during the audition, Gross demonstrated his range and greatly impressed them. Effectively a positive example of this trope.
** On that same note, Reba [=McEntire=] was also someone the studio wanted in the movie. Again, the filmmakers were impressed with her audition despite her relative inexperience in acting (''Tremors'' being [=McEntire=]'s first film role). They use one of her songs over the closing credits, unsurprisingly.

* TheOtherDarrin: Susan Chuang played Jodi Chang in Tremors 3, but was replaced by Lela Lee for the TV series. Charlotte Stewart played Nancy Sterngood in the first and third films, but was replaced by Marcia Strassman in the series. (According to WordOfGod, the latter was because Stewart had landed a commercial deal and her contract wouldn't permit her to be on the series at the time.)

** Stampede Entertainment (creators of the franchise) got screwed by Universal, who refused to let them do a fifth film (and won't let them publish the script anywhere) and instead had another company make one instead, borrowing the basic concept for Stampede's fifth film and ditching the rest.

** on another musical note (pun intended), a lot of credited composer Ernest Troost's score was replaced by a straight-ahead score (''sans'' Southwestern flavoring) by [[Film/PoliceAcademy Robert]] [[Film/ToySoldiers Folk]].

** On that same note, Reba [=McEntire=] was also someone the studio wanted in the movie. Again, the filmmakers were impressed with her audition despite her relative inexperience in acting (''Tremors'' being [=McEntire=]'s first film role).They use one of her songs over the closing credits, unsurprisingly.
** on another musical note (pun intended), a lot of credited composer Ernest Troost's score was replaced by a straight-ahead score (''sans'' Southwestern flavouring) by [[Film/PoliceAcademy Robert]] [[Film/ToySoldiers Folk]].

** on another musical note (pun intended), a lot of credited composer Ernest Troost's score was replaced by a straight-ahead score ''sans'' Southwestern flavouring, by [[Film/PoliceAcademy Robert]] [[Film/ToySoldiers Folk]].

** On that same note, Reba [=McEntire=] was also someone the studio wanted in the movie. Again, the filmmakers were impressed with her audition despite her relative inexperience in acting (Tremors being [=McEntire=]'s first film role).

* PlayingAgainstType: Michael Gross started playing Burt literally the day after finishing up his suburban uber-liberal role on ''Series/FamilyTies''.

* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/ChristopherLloyd plays a scientist/hermit is asked whether the lab he'd worked at had ever experimented with [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture time travel]].
** Richard Biggs plays a biologist who's just fascinated with [[Series/BabylonFive alien biology]].

* HeyItsThatPlace: The valley that holds Perfection seems to have mysteriously relocated to [[Film/IronMan Afghanistan]] at some point between 1990 and 2008.

** A new TV series starring Kevin Bacon as [=Valentine McKee=], set twenty-five years after the original Graboid incursion, was in development and even had a pilot filmed, but [=SyFy=] passed on it.

* Director Ron Underwood stated once that the famous scene where Rhonda has to remove her pants after getting tangled in barb wire came about from notes from studio heads ''insisting'' that the lead female character have a pantsless scene. Having her legs get scratched up from the barb wire was Underwood's attempt at FanDisservice, to [[WriterRevolt stick it to the execs.]] Also, actress Finn Carter was asked first if she would be okay with filming the scene, which she had no problem doing.

*** An old woman named Viola lived in Perfection with a yappy dog and hired Val and Earl to empty her septic tank. She was ultimately cut, and the tank was owned by Walter Chang instead.