VFX Artists React 98: Tremors, Ambulance, Indian in the Cupboard 

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Tremors is a timeless classic. As a kid I watched it literally 100s of times on VHS. Exciting, thrilling, funny, creepy... a ton of fun. By far my favorite monster flick.

You didn't talk about one of the smoothest seamless cuts transitions from full-size to miniature in Tremors. In the basement shootout scene when Bert throws down his rifle, the camera cuts to it clattering to the ground, and then pans over to the monster. It you pay attention real close, once the rifle stops bouncing it nearly seamlessly cuts into a scale miniature of the rifle. 10/10 one of my all time favorite movies.

80% of the viewers are subscribers?! That’s actually insane. Fantastic job team Corridor Crew!

That 80% stat made me smile, it's good to see Corridor getting the recognition they deserve for their work!

Tremors has aged soooo well that it’s insane. The script, staging, and even 95% of the effects hold up shockingly well. One of the few film from my childhood I can look back on as an adult and like just as much now as I did back then.

Indian in the cupboard is one of those movies you forget about growing up then the second you see one frame the entire story rushes back into your mind. Its crazy to think they did so much work for a kids movie.

The original Tremors graboid props are displayed at the museum of western film in Lone pine California. The museum mostly consists of memorabilia from westerns and old mafia movies but one corner is completely dedicated to the movie tremors with a full scale graboid and some creatures from the second film. It’s all surround by a replica set of Chang’s market. Definitely worth checking out.

It makes my heart so happy to see Tremors getting the love it deserves. Such a classic movie.

The Tremors basement scene is the definition of a boss fight. "Shoot it till it dies."

Boy, this one hit home, one of my best friends was the old Indian who dies at the opening of the movie, and I worked on the VFX for tremors 3 & 4. Some of the best people I ever worked for. You guys are top shelf.

Tremors and The Indian in the Cupboard are two of my most beloved movies from my childhood that I haven’t revisited in years. It’s so validating to see it through this lens to show just how excellent of a job the studios did with them.

For Non-Trekkies. The 2 characters fighting in the cupboard were a Ferengi and a Cardassian.

I want to say the effects company that did Tremors was their first movie. A couple of years later they won an Oscar for the effects on Death Becomes Her. Criminally underrated from an effects standpoint.

I was shouting at my monitor "THAT'S A CARDASSIAN!" but you guys redeemed yourselves. 🖖

Wow, I used to watch “Indian in the cupboard” whenever I slept over at my aunts house as a kid. It’s one of the few movies that’s ingrained in my memory as an amazing movie I could and did watch a million times. I haven’t watched it in years, so it was insane seeing something with so much nostalgia that seemed so under-appreciated in my mind appearing in one of these.

Niko seems like the most genuine and kind person. He and Sam must just be the coolest employers.

I havent seen Indian in the Cupboard since i was a kid, but i remember loving that movie. seeing it again, im shocked how good the effects look

I literally refresh constantly waiting for these episodes every Sat morning. Kind of like waiting for Sat morning cartoons when I was a kid. Keep ‘‘em going!

Hearing that 80% of your viewers now are subscribed made me tear up a little. I love this channel and I'm super happy that more of your audience is supporting you guys

Tremors AND Indian in the Cupboard, wow. Nostalgia check. Thank y'all for giving the spotlight to some fabulous 90s films.

Other Tremors effects to check out. Shed explosion in Tremors 2. Cutting Burt out of the Graboid in Tremors 3. Firing the punt gun in Tremors 4.

Indian in the cupboard is one of those movies that I just loved as a kid, it has so much heart and it’s such a cool concept for a movie, I feel like if the premise about the box were to be made today, it would never feel as grounded in the real world.

tremors has it all. great dialogues, great scares, great effects, good humor action and pacing. in my eyes it's a perfect film. i used it at school as an example for storytelling.

Brought a tear to my eye to see tremors get some respect. Genuinely one of my top 10 favorite movies.

This show has turned me into you guys. I was watching Shadow and Bone and they showed this overall landscape shot and I was like "Oh there's the real set and there's the line where the background is CGI"

"Is this ILM?" "Yeah this is ILM!" "Of course it's ILM"

Love that the Indian in the Cupboard is the best (maybe only) instance of Star Trek and Star Wars characters onscreen at the same time - you've got Vader fighting a T-Rex, meanwhile a Ferengi and Cardassian are going at it on the lower level (maybe Quark and Garak are finally having it out regarding root beer)

How did it take you this long to cover Tremors?! Those first 2/3 movies have some amazing puppet work and some effects that still hold up today.

Unpacking how a scene is made is such a joy to watch. The amount of work you guys put into explaining how it works is amazing! These videos can go straight to film school

Man! Some of these old movies did some crazy things to get those effects! ...Wait, were there a Ferengi and a Cardassian fighting each other with Robocop and Darth Vader and T-rex in that cupboard?!

With your reaction on Indian in the Cupboard you’ve just unblocked my long lost memories of me watching this heartwarming movie in my early childhood instead of going to school, thank you

This whole episode felt like a nostalgia bomb ...... Tremors and Indian in the cupboard in one episode!!!!! Amazing

Ok, Sam just got all the respect and nerd cred from me for knowing that it was a Ferengi and (after looking it up, but at the very least knowing it was not a Klingon) a Cardassian in the cupboard sequence. Major props!

him correcting the the star trek mix up fixed a part of my soul.

I got super excited that you guys reacted to "tremors". I feel like you missd the exposed wire pulling the lawnmower down the ditch, one of the few mistakes of the first movie 😅. Absolutely one of my favorite all time movies. RIP Fred Ward

Tremors! A timeless masterpiece.

16:44 this movie is literally the most underrated gem ever this scene right here. I remember rewinding it over and over again on VHS because I just thought it was such a cool scene in the movie

Wren’s face when he said “wait really…” PRICELESS 😂😂

Indian in the Cupboard core memory unlocked. Up there with Toy Soldiers

What an amazing series. When I started watching it i didn't know anything about VFX. Now 98 episodes later still don't know much about how they do it, but I've learned to appreciate the effort and skill VFX artists go through to make dreams real.

Tremors is easily my favorite movie when it comes to puppets, real scale and seamless transition. But also just a fun movie to watch. I loved your breakdown. But I can't believe you missed the scene where burt drops a gun in real scale, it cuts to a miniature gun, and the puppet lunges forward. Such a awesome old school transition.

The Star Trek Deep Space Nine reference in Indian in the Cupboard brought to mind another composition masterpiece, the episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" which, on a TV budget, took influence from Forrest Gump by inserting new characters into the narrative of an original Star Trek episode. The editing, composition work, color timing, set design, it's easily some of the best 90s-era TV visual effects. Hell, it arguably holds up better than some of the stuff from Forrest Gump.

I’ve been waiting for you guys to cover The Indian in the Cupboard since you did your first episode on miniature effects. Frank Oz gives so much knowledge into the effects used in that movie on the DVD commentary. That movie was one of my favorites growing up.

You should look at the practical effects in Doctor Who, namely the transformation of Mr. Halpen into an Ood.

Dude is Niko tearing up talking about subscribers?? God damn that is so cute love u guys been watching corridor stuff since I was like 11 ❤

(Indian in the Cupboard) It's amazing how well the effects still hold up, especially for a movie from 1995. It was one of my favorite movies growing up.

tremors is one of my all-time favorite movies, so glad yall covered it

Tremors is such a wonderful movie. It manages to nail all of the mainstream movie beats on the acting side while being one of the best practical effect B-movies ever made. It's one I revisit often.

Love that y'all are doing Tremors! My favorite monster movie; Sam is right, it's also just an extremely well-made movie. I would love to see y'all cover Tremors 2 and 3 as the series shifts away from practical and more to CGI (for better or worse).

Man, I can't believe you guys didn't touch on the *slickest* shot in the Tremors Rec Room scene! When Burt throws down his gun and the camera pans over to the Graboid about to lunge forward, it's a virtually seamless full-scale-to-miniature transition. Full-scale actor > pan to full-scale gun > transition to miniature gun > pan to miniature creature. The only thing that gives it away is a tiny unmotivated lighting change, and you'd never notice without playing it back at half speed.

Tremors is one of my top 10 movies of all time, thank you for featuring it. Thank you for being so awesome! We love corridor crew!!

We used to watch Tremors nearly weekly when I was a kid. It was fantastic and still holds up

Congratz on a much, much larger portion of your audience being subscribed! 🤗🥳. I've been here since the inception of the "react" series, so I recall how it's stayed at ~35 or so % for a loooong time -loved hearing that its finally up all the way to 80%; keep up the good work, lads and lasses! 👍

I love listening to you guys workshop scenes to figure out how it was done.

Tremors is a masterpiece that was marketed wrong but seen by millions on vhs. Loved this film. My uncle had hbo back in 90s early days so i saw SO many great films

This series is awesome, and i can't wait for Part 100. We are apart of your crew, through and through.

Oh yes please do more Tremors movies! They're not all ... "good", per se, but they all do have great budget effects that deserve the VFX Artist Reacts treatment.

Your analytics actually is what got me to subscribe years ago but I'm so glad I did. Still love you guys man.

Look at the walk on water scene from The Chosen! Really well done, simple approach, story-driven. Great bts of the sequence too.

I'm so happy y'all finally covered Indian in the Cupboard. Y'all should do y'alls own version of it. I know anyone else who saw that movie as a kid absolutely wanted their own cupboard to bring things alive.

indian in the cupboard was a childhood favorite of mine. love that movie so much

This was really cool episode focusing mostly on more practical style effects THANKS!

Thanks for making your videos throughout the years, been waiting to see some stuff on Indian in the cupboard. Damn Sam I really did just wake up.

Love seeing love for Indian in the Cupboard. I grew up with it and I love the effects in it as an adult. Love getting to know how they did it

Saturdays are my fridays and i ALWAYS come home after work, pull up youtube on my tv via pc and watch these vids!

corridor crew legitimately deserves that 80% analytic! Been watching for so long now these couch series were a fantastic idea

I just want to thank corridor crew for making top notch content. It’s always so full of fun, great information and just entertainment. Thanks to the entire crew for onsistently making great content that brings a smile to people’s faces!

I don’t know if you guys covered this in this in the longer version of the episode but there is a really neat shot in the tremors scene where Burt Gummer drops the rifle and they added an insert shot of a full sized rifle hitting the floor and the camera whip pans to the miniature. The edit is really subtle and can only really be seen if you slow-mo it. (BTW it was Burt Gummer Day yesterday,April 14th)

Makes me wanna continue to watch the older movies. Recently just rewatched Batteries Not Included, i’m still amazed at how decent the effects still are… i’m working myself up to watching Malcolm again.

6:44 what appears to be the worm squealing it’s actually the sound of the winch, pulling the ball through the sand

Tremors is one of the best films ever made. You could show it to any human being from any culture or period of history and they would be entertained throughout.

Corridor mastered the art of making me watch entire sponsored segments without skipping.

Aside from the roto-ing on the stick, I couldn’t see a single one of the slight issues they pointed out in The Indian in th Cupboard, even when they zoomed in and slowed down. Absolutely incredible.

The explosion scene at the end of tremors 2!! One of the best movie explosions ever if you ask me

So glad you're doing Tremors!

For the next Stuntmen/women react, please take a look at Yamakasi (2001)! It's an obscure French parkour movie thaty came out even before the original Banlieue 13 (District 13) with David Belle. It has some amazing stunts!!

The Indian in the Cupboard book series was my all-time favorite growing-up. The movie was one of the first I can remember seeing in theaters. It was magical!

There is no need to thank us for the 80% subscription rate. You guys earned it. This channel is truly amazing.

How can you cover Tremors and not mention the genius scene where the gun is on the ground in the basement but switches to a miniature without anyone noticing?

You've got to break down the Harry Potter Balenciaga AI videos please!!!

I remember loving Indian in the Cupboard as a kid, and no wonder, these shots are amazing.

I RECOMMENDED INDIAN IN THE CUBOARD. I’m so glad y’all finally did it. ❤

I love tremors man, so glad the guys appreciate how good it actually is

Tremors 2, where Burt shoots the screamer and blows the thing in half was amazing

Indian in the Cupboard was such a banger. I still have my special edition hard-Case VHS

They talked about Tremors, one of my favorite films of all time, and they even focus on one of my favorite scenes but they completely overlook one of the best transition shots of all time. I don't know if they talk about it on their website int he longer cuts of these videos but for those who don't know what I'm talking about than I'll tell you about it. So in the bunker shoot out, there's a very fast shot of Burt firing his gun, running out of ammo and tossing the gun on the ground. What makes it so amazing is that the camera follows the gun being thrown to the ground, we see Burt's foot leave the frame and in one, continous shot the camera pans over to the Graboid flailing around. So how they did it was very simple. They have the footage of Burth throwing the gun down onto the ground and stepping out of frame. Then thye recreated the shot with a full miniature oh not just the gun, but the spent bullet shells on the floor too! So much detail for a shot that lasted for maybe 2-3 seconds and that most viewers don't even realize what they did. It's fantastic. I suggest people check out ReLetterMedia's Re;View of Tremors because they talk about a lot of the small details that make this fim one of the greatest films in history (imo).

Tremors was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. I remember seeing the first one with my dad when I was like six or seven. We watched all three of them as they came out. The others I watched later as a teenager and adult, although sadly my dad had passed away by that time. I didn't even remember that I had watched Indian in the Cupboard as a kid, but after seeing it on here I remember enjoying it as well. I think I was only like four or five when I seen it though, probably why I barely remember.

In my college photography class my final project I chose to do was photographing usually incredibly busy places around town but with nobody in the shot! Same concept as those videos. It was a LOT of patience, and sometimes asking a person or two to move out of the way for a minute.

Thank the lord you reacted to tremors!! One of my favorite movies since I was a kid!

They finally did Tremors! I've been waiting for this episodes for years!

Indian in the Cupboard was my favorite movie for a stretch of my childhood. I even had a cupboard I was so into it. Good ol ‘days. Great movie

Yes! finally some Tremors, it really holds up as a film. And Indian in the Cupboard was my jam as a kid.

There's a shot from the Tremors gunroom scene which just blows my mind and I learned about from RedLetterMedia - it transitions between full-size and miniature. Mr Gun (I forget his name) drops his rifle, the camera shows it on the ground, and there's a basically seamless cut to a *perfectly* crafted miniature of the same shot - even down to tiny cartridge cases - which then pans over to the miniature graboid. The detail on the miniature is flawless, and you only really spot it because the grade is marginally different. It's breathtaking and simple all at once.

I’d love to see these guys do a “favorite movie explosions” type of episode. I love the one from the ending of The Mask of Zorro. It seems so huge, and I’d love to see a breakdown of it!

When they were talking about how great Tremors is, all I could think was “Zoran would love these people”

I can't get enough of Tremors content, its easily one of my favourite films hahaha

Such a great episode. I loved Indian in the Cupboard and Ambulance.

You know it's a genuine laugh when you just at the same time they laugh. I'm talking about the "need transport"for the rik tok

I love Tremors 2! One of my favorite childhood movies. Some great scenes in it. CGI is never great, but they are fun movies.