Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Release date

2001-10-02

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Stampede Entertainment

Genre

Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Budget

$6 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Brent Maddock

Actors

Michael Gross, Susan Chuang, Shawn Christian, Charlotte Stewart, Ariana Richards, Tony Genaro, Lorna Scott, Barry Livingston, John Pappas, Robert Jayne
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Scenario

Producer

Nancy Roberts, S.S. Wilson

Operator

Virgil L. Harper

Composer

Kevin Kiner

Artist

Audition

Craig Campobasso

Editing

Drake Silliman
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• When a geologist dies from an attack by a creature in the desert, his wounds on his back bleed orange. This happened because fake blood mixed with carbon dioxide from the fire extinguisher that covered the man's body for safety purposes – the bright orange color was the result of chemical reactions that occurred when the two were mixed.
• In a scene where Burt talks to a mother and child, the latter asks to be photographed with 'the Graboids'. Due to a general misconception, the creatures were also called 'the Graboids', although in previous films they were called 'Graboids'.
• Some Graboids were created using computer technology. This is the first film in the franchise where such technology was used to create the creatures, whereas previously they were either full-size puppets or one-quarter scale models. Some Shriekers were also created using computer technology in this film, as well as in S.S. Wilson’s previous film, 'Tremors 2: Aftershocks' (1996).
• Many scenes with Shriekers were cut from the final version of the film to maintain the pace of the narrative and for financial reasons. As a result, Shriekers are only shown in the opening scene, and later there are shots of their discarded shells.
• 'El Blanco' is a reference to Herman Melville’s novel 'Moby Dick' (1851), which tells the story of a white whale with behavior atypical for whales. This assumption is confirmed by Burt’s line upon first meeting El Blanco, when he asks for his name (the novel by Melville also begins with this line). However, while Moby Dick was an aggressive member of a generally peaceful species, here it is the opposite, and El Blanco is a peaceful member of an aggressive species. Furthermore, in Melville’s novel, there is an active search for and pursuit of Moby Dick, whereas in the film, El Blanco pursues Burt.