Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Tremors 5: Bloodlines is a 2015 direct-to-video monster film directed by Don Michael Paul, produced by Ogden Gavanski. It is the fifth film in the Tremors series of monster films and was released on October 6, 2015. It is a sequel to Tremors: The Series, which was a sequel to Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. The film received mixed reaction from professional critics, but received more positive reviews from fans of the franchise.

Burt Gummer, now a star in his own survivalist series, and his new cameraman Travis Welker are approached by Erick Van Wyk, who asks them to deal with Ass-Blasters in South Africa. After Erick agrees to pay them for their services, Burt and Travis head to Africa to hunt down the creatures. During the trip, Burt befriends their pilot, Dan Bravers. Upon arrival, Burt's heavy weaponry is impounded due to South African gun laws. Johan Dreyer proudly displays his rhino-tranquilizer rifle but Burt explains that all Graboids are immune to tranquilizers, so he and Travis are instead equipped with a small collection of guns that Van Wyk has gathered. Burt takes the guns but protests that their calibre is far too small to hunt Graboids. They set up their quarters at an animal refuge, where Travis befriends a little girl named Amahle Montabu and meets her mother Nandi. Meanwhile, at a dig site, two paleontologists celebrate after finding the fossilized remains of a Graboid, but they are attacked and eaten. Investigating the scene, Burt sees the fossil and realizes that it is a different breed of Graboid.

That night, Travis attends a local tribal dance with Nandi. At the refuge, a worker named Thaba is attacked by an Ass-Blaster that carries him away. Burt orders the refuge to be evacuated and reprimands Travis for his absence. He then heads out with Erick and Dreyer to hunt the Ass-Blaster. They find it in a cave, but during the ensuing attack, Dreyer is killed. After Burt finds that the Ass-Blasters have been laying Graboid eggs, Erick reveals himself to be a poacher, planning to sell the eggs on the black market. He knocks Burt out, locks him in the metal cage, and leaves with the eggs. Travis arrives to rescue Burt the next day, but the truck's fuel line is broken by a rock, so they head back to the refuge on foot.