Word: formula
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...fientists has brought out an antidepressant that actually works, because it stirs only cautious hopes for a couple of laughs and a few innocent thrills, then genially, inventively exceeds them. Its brand name is Tremors, and the curious thing about it is that it is based on an ancient formula, practically a folk remedy: a small isolated community is disturbed first by mysterious rumblings, then by alarming disappearances and deaths, after which large, smart, implacable creatures manifest themselves and desperate defenses are improvised by a cast that is not obviously wiser or braver than the average audience...