Tremors

An old Dodge Charger drives into Valley. Radio blaring. Stops at the "Perfection Valley Warning" sign. Tyler Reed (Victor Browne) gets out and takes pictures of the sign. Thinks it's kind of funny. Until a backpacker runs toward him, chased by a Graboid -- El Blanco! El Blanco grabs the backpacker and sucks him into the ground. Tyler tries to save him, but El Blanco wrenches the man out of Tyler's grasp and drags him off. Tyler scrambles into his truck. Bad move. The Graboid smashes it from below! Tentacles shoot up, snaking through the windows. Tyler hauls himself onto the hood. Wham! Wham! Great gouts of dirt shoot from around the vehicle as the truck is pulled into the ground, literally sinking like a ship!

Three spelunkers enter an abandoned mine. A few minutes later, Rosalita (Gladise Jimenez) and Harlow (Branscombe Richmond) approach on horseback, inspecting a damaged section of fence. Abruptly, terrified screams emanate from the mine. Rosalita and Harlow ride over to investigate. Upon entering, they discover one of the spelunkers, Lynch (Greg Collins), moaning on the ground. Rosalita gasps as she sees half his face has been desiccated. Harlow rides off to get his truck while Rosalita talks to Lynch, trying to keep him from going into shock. Lynch warns her there's a ghost coming. Rosalita thinks he's delusional until she peers down the tunnel and sees a green vaporous cloud approaching! When Harlow returns in his truck, he's surprised to find Rosalita has dragged Lynch out of the mine all by herself. They load the spelunker onto the flatbed and speed off.

An explosion rocks the Perfection mountains. Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) barrels along the highway, compass in hand, ready to investigate. He parks his power wagon, grabs his gun and makes his way across a dry riverbed where he finds some discarded peanut shells. Suddenly, he hears an ominous screech from above. It's a Shrieker! Burt lets loose with his H&K 91 and blows the creature to bits. Then he turns to find himself staring down the barrels of four rifles belonging to a private security force. Their leader, Hartung (Patrick St. Esprit), accuses Burt of destroying government property. Burt peppers Hartung with questions about what the government is doing with a Shrieker, but Hartung's not at liberty to say. Burt stalks off, promising to use any means possible to shut them down.

A hang glider gracefully sweeps across the blue sky, riding the wind currents. A moment after it soars out of frame, a horrible screech is heard, then screaming. Tyler (Victor Browne) drives back from Bixby, on his cell with a special someone, when his windshield is suddenly covered by a billowing cloth - the remnants of the hang glider's sail. He gets out to investigate and, to his horror, discovers a mangled, human foot.

Chang's Market: Larry Norvel (J. D. Walsh), a recently arrived sci-fi enthusiast, drives Jodi (Lela Lee) nuts with his running commentary on how she could put more of a sci-fi spin on her business. After all, back home in Kenosha, he's a Wal-Mart assistant manager trainee. When El Blanco tunnels past, shaking the store, Larry's in heaven. Meanwhile, two Surveyors take readings in the desert. One of them goes off behind some bushes, hears a strange noise and notices smoke rising out of the scrub brush. He prods at the area with his range pole. Bloosh! Acid shoots out.

Two Las Vegas players - Max (Troy Winbush) and Frank (Nicholas Turturro)- meet a shady character in a Las Vegas bar. The plan is real simple. Just stay out of the casinos for two days, then get the "thing" to Chicago. On the TV Max and Frank see a local news segment on a "close call" between a tourist (Jason D. Smith) and El Blanco. Frank doesn't believe that El Blanco exists. Max decides to prove Frank wrong. They're going to Perfection.