Pretty much just copy-pasting my tweets here:
Tremors - stone-cold classic, full of great dialogue, nifty characterisation, Spielbergian setpieces....
Aftershocks - obviously cheaper but effects still pretty good, exactly the right amount of self-aware and cleverly builds on the original.
Back To Perfection - cheaper still, to its detriment (v ropey effects here), feels like a re-run of Aftershocks, takes too long to get going and doesn't tie its character threads together as nicely, but charming throughout and the last 40 mins or so are really strong.
The Legend Begins - the setting is a nice change-up, Gross gives a great performance (Drago is also cool) & the digital film makes it looks crisp. But it also looks holodeck fake (everything is so clean!) & the narrative is utterly flat. Nice fan-service but weak overall.
The Series - It's pretty bad. Painfully low budget and the stories/dialogue are too dull to make up for it. Also, it re-cast Nancy, Mindy and Jodi which is a shame as otherwise they're sticking to canon and it was really nice to see the original actors return in 3. Ah well, at least there's still Burt and Melvin (that little turd).
5 and 6 - I didn't tweet about these, but they were shit. Original creative team completely gone (except Michael Gross), bad creature redesigns, just tacky budget-basement creature features.
Shrieker Island - I have reviewed separately elsewhere on this blog.
(Really surprised this franchise hasn't had a sturdily-budgeted video game yet: it has such well-defined rulesets, mechanics & atmosphere. Would work perfectly as either a Telltaler or a sandbox surviver.)
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