Unfortunately, the movie gets absolutely no respect in the visual department. This 1.85:1 transfer is a mess, and it's a shame too because the print used is pretty clean. Edge enhancement is all over the place, whether be indoors or out. Compression is constantly a problem, though it does disappear for brief periods. Grain is nasty and never dissipates. Flesh tones are off and seem tinted far too red at times while in the next shot they look fine. Some scenes almost look like they lose resolution, giving the transfer an ugly blurry side. You might as well be watching this on a laserdisc. (**)

Audio is pretty meager as well. Presented in Dolby Surround, there are a few instances where the audio doesn't sound overly scratchy and washed out. The subwoofer never gets a chance a shine even though Bart shoots more weapons than the entire cast of "Saving Private Ryan." The rear speaker is left out for most of the movie even though there are plenty of opportunities for it. It's time for a remix Universal. (**)

Most of the extras here have been brought over from the pricey laserdisc edition, but that's a good thing. "The Making of Tremors" is a wonderful look at how the movie came together and it has plenty of time to tell the story. Clocking in at just under an hour, it covers just about everything you could possibly need to know including the original (and better) ending. The final 10-minutes or so looks at the creature effects, but there is no dialogue, only music. You even get some chapter stops.

There is a fairly useless (after the above feature of course) featurette that runs for four minutes. It's promotional in nature and hardly provides any useful information. There are five minutes of deleted scenes including an alternate opening, which does a better job of setting the film up like a standard monster movie. Trailers for both this and "Tremors 2" along with some production photos and cast information round off a surprisingly good set of features. (****)

The film would haul in $16 million before the theatrical run was over. It was popular, but enough for the sequel to make it anywhere but home video. Now the series (on it's fourth installment) has garnered a cult following and even received a TV show on the Sci-Fi Channel. If that doesn't signify a classic, I don't know what does.