Tremors: Shrieker Island

Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) is currently available on Netflix and tells the tale of a big game hunter who has created an island to hunt Graboids. When neighboring islands start getting attacked it becomes apparent the hunter doesn't have the island as well under control as he thought. Some researchers will need to track down our old friend Burt to return and save the day.

This movie is directed by Don Michael Paul (Half Past Dead) and stars Michael Gross (Family Ties), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Richard Brake (31), Caroline Langrishe (A Second Son), Jackie Cruz (Orange is the New Black) and Cassie Clare (The Witcher).

The cinematography and special effects in this are absolutely awesome and definitely the best of the series. The cast is pretty impressive and the kill scenes are awesome. Burt is hilarious in this and Burt vs Brake is very entertaining all film. The shrieker's themselves are a bit corny but the guns and weapons used are excellent, especially the flame throwers and chainsaws. I will say the film starts well and runs out of gas about 2/3rds of the way through.

Overall this is a solid addition to the series and definitely worth a watch. I would score this a 6.5/10 and recommend seeing this once.

Tourists are hunting super Graboids on a tropical island led by arrogant leader Bill Davidson. Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is now a retired beachcomber living off the grid. He's out, but Jimmy (Jon Heder) convinces him to get back in.

I like the location. It gives me Jurassic Park vibes with a dose of Survivor. The movie does not always use it correctly. It has moments of good horror, but mostly it looks cheap. The camp isn't much other than Gross. The only interesting character is Gummer. I had hoped for better from Heder, but he has not developed as an actor. The flamethrowers are fun and there are lots of explosions. In the end, this is only occasionally interesting.

About a year ago I took on the journey through all six of Tremors movies: some of them were fine (1,2,4), an ok one (3), and the other two were watchable (5,6) and as soon as I've learned that there is a seventh part already out there I naturally went out and got it. The new chapter of Burt Gummer's adventures is a lot better than the last two; different setting (the island), fantastic landscapes, great music and score and the one and only Michael Gross - the true soul of this franchise. What is also worth mentioning is that this part makes many references to previous movies making this one more conclusive and allows it to truly look like it is a part of the same universe as the first four movies were; besides that it also has a couple of nods to the great Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, not ripping it off but treating it with respect, dignity and a little of self-irony of course too. Overall a good improvement over the sixth, very disappointing part, but still the same over-the-top silly horror comedy that I grew to like so much despite this. If there's an eighth part ever to surface the face of the internet - I'll be among the first ones to watch it hands down.

Each Tremors movie has been better than the next one but this one has a higher quality. Addition of Jon Heder might keep the thing going. How about Graboids on the Moon?

^ That pretty much sums up the entire movie. Entertaining and great escapist fun.