Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)

Director:

John De Bello

Writers:

Stephen F. Andrich (writer)
John De Bello (writer)

Release Date:

13 October 1988 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It'll leave a bad paste in your mouth.

Plot:

Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.

Plot Keywords:

Mad Scientist | Pizza | Tomato | The End? Title Card | Laboratory

Cast

Michael Villani	...	Bob Downs (as Mike Villani)
Harvey Weber	...	Sid
John Astin	...	Prof. Gangreen
Karen M. Waldron	...	Tara Boumdeay (as Karen Mistal)
J. Stephen Peace	...	Wilbur Finletter (as Rock Peace)
Anthony Starke	...	Chad Finletter
John De Bello	...	Charles White
George Clooney	...	Matt Stevens
Gordon Howard	...	Pizza customer
Rick Rockwell	...	Jim Richardson / Tomato dealer
Costa Dillon	...	Prison guard / Man in parking lot / SAG representative / Product placement customer / Reporter (as C.J. 'Clark' Dillon)
Steve Lundquist	...	Igor
Mark Wenzel	...	Mime
Spike Sorrentino	...	Store owner
Devlin	...	Shopper

Also Known As:

Return of the Killer Tomatoes: The Sequel (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

98 min | UK:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chula Vista, California, USA

Company:

Four Square Productions

Trivia:

At the end of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978), the beginnings of a carrot uprising are seen. At the end of this film, two carrots with machine guns grace the final scene of the film. This continued through the rest of the series.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Chad is talking to the tomato, the clock reads 1:52 am. The scene cuts to a close up of the Fuzzy Tomato and the clock reads 2:10 am. Then, it goes back to a shot of Chad talking to the tomato and the clock is at 1:53 am. The very end of the scene, the clock now reads 2:13 am.

Quotes:

Professor Gangreen: Igor! Come!
[a handsome blonde man enters]
Igor: Sir, I am happy to respond to your call and...
Professor Gangrene: Oh cut it out! I know you're only hanging around here until something opens up in the TV news field, but do you know how embarrassing it is that a villain of MY stature has an assistant that looks like you?

Movie Connections:

References "The Lone Ranger" (1949)

Soundtrack:

Who Did It?

Funny, but where's the tomatoes?

Being a huge b-movie fan, I had to see this movie. It is VERY funny and entertaining and still a b-movie even with a larger budget, but the only footage of tomatoes moving and attacking people (the best part of the original) is taken from the original "attack" film. Here instead we got tomatoes that look exactly like people. But when you buy an "attack of the killer tomatoes" movie that shows a giant killer tomato attacking on the cover, you expect to see a giant killer tomato attacking in the movie! John Astin as Gangreen was funny, but I like the original movie's reason for tomato attacks. In the original, man altered tomatoes to make them better but accidently gave them the ability to grow and attack people.

In this movie that is all ignored and now the killer tomatoes were made by a evil professor in his basement.

I think the original plot AND movie are much better, but this films is still very funny in it's own way. And I am surprised it got away with many of the raunchy jokes while staying PG.

Recommended if you want to laugh.