Heather Gummer

Heather Gummer

Background

Heather Gummer is a resident of Perfection, Nevada. She is married to Burt Gummer. Heather and Burt have a large collection of weapons, including a cannon.

During the events of Tremors (1990) played by Reba McEntire

Burt is arguing with Walter Chang about the ammo he special ordered for him and Heather. Earl Bassett and Valentine McKee grab a beer and tell Walter, Burt and Heather about Rhonda LeBeck's seismograph readings and Burt warns if Rhonda finds something then the Federal Government will come in and take over their land. Later, Mindy sees Valentine and Earl drive back into town and they park their truck in front of Walter's store. Mindy sees something latched onto Valentine and Earl's truck, and Burt uses a shovel to detach it and Walter haggles with Valentine and Earl for it. Burt tells the others he thinks there must be more somewhere. The residents of Perfection have a meeting and Burt suggests they arm themselves and Miguel comes up with the idea for two people to take Walter's horses and ride to Bixby. Burt and Heather come home from hunting for the Graboids and Heather sees everyone on their roofs. Burt calls Walter on the CB and Valentine tells him the Graboids are heading in his direction and to get on their roof. Heather and Burt arm themselves and a Graboid bursts its way into their basement. They manage to kill it with an elephant rifle and tell the others they killed it, and Valentine tells them there are still two more. The Graboid that originally attacked Valentine and Earl's truck starts to attack different buildings to test their structural integrity. Valentine calls Heather on the radio and tells her they have to leave together and before she and Burt can drive their truck to pick up the rest, a Graboid grabs it and destroys it.

Burt and Heather make pipe bombs and get into the trailer being pulled by a bulldozer with the others. They drive towards the mountains, but before they can reach them, the Graboids set a trap and dig a pit in the direction the bulldozer is heading, causing it to crash. Burt uses a pipe bomb to make the Graboids run away, but they come back again. They use another one to make them run away while they run towards a set of boulders. Burt tells Heather that if it comes to dying by the Graboids or starvation, he plans on letting them take him while he is holding a lit pipe bomb. Earl has the idea of attracting the Graboids and then feeding them a pipe bomb. They manage to kill one, but as they try it against the last one, it spits the pipe bomb back at them. Valentine, Earl and Rhonda are forced to run off the boulder and as they try to run back, the Graboid emerges in front of them. Valentine has the idea to use himself as bait and runs towards the edge of a mesa. Earl runs after him followed by Rhonda who hands Valentine a lighter to light the fuse on the last bomb. Valentine uses the bomb to make the Graboid run towards the edge of the mesa and it falls to its death.