Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)

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

Director:

John De Bello

Writers:

Stephen Andrich (as Stephen F. Andrich), John De Bello

Stars:

Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen M. Waldron

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Starke	...	Chad Finletter
George Clooney	...	Matt Stevens
Karen M. Waldron	...	Tara Boumdeay (as Karen Mistal)
Steve Lundquist	...	Igor
John Astin	...	Professor Gangreen
Charlie Jones	...	TV Sportscaster
J. Stephen Peace	...	Wilbur Finletter (as Rock Peace)
Michael Villani	...	Bob Downs (as Mike Villani)
Frank Davis	...	Sam Smith
Harvey Weber	...	Sid
John De Bello	...	Charles White / Director
Ian Hutton	...	Greg Colburn
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)

Storyline

Mad scientist Professor Gangreen is cooking up the second coming of the Great Tomato Uprising, in which music converted tomatoes into human form to war against mankind. Pizza delivery man Chad Finletter must save the world and beautiful tomato-girl Tara.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to rambo | muscleman | bodybuilder | running for one's life | saber | 

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Taglines:

Severe panic! Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the greenhouse...

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Teri Weigel plays the part of a playmate. She was actually Playboy's Playmate of April 1986.

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Goofs

When Chad is escaping from Gangreen's house, the "Rambo Tomatoes" are shooting at him with their automatic weapons, but flashes come out the barrel of only one weapon. The other is being shaken as though it were firing, but no flash comes out the barrel of the weapon.

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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?

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits start and Matt and his tomato girlfriends are running to the beach, the credits and song say "Big Breasted Tomatoes Go To The Beach And Take Their Tops Off". Then the music stops and an old lady comes up and says "Hold it right there. Where do you think you're going? My son and a lot of other people worked hard on this film, so you're going to sit right there and watch these end credits."

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Connections

Spoofs 1941 (1979)

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Soundtracks

Love Theme From Return of the Killer Tomatoes
Written and Performed by Rick Patterson and Neal Fox

User Reviews

The girl of my dreams is a vegetable...

I love this movie!! Judge me if you will, but I stand by my opinion. Forget Mars Attacks, THIS is the best B-movie spoof made in a long time. I haven't seen the original (though plenty of supposed footage from the first one is spliced into this film as part of the joke, much in the same way as Bride of Frankenstein, 1935), but from what I can gather from reviews, this is better.

The film constantly makes fun of its low budget with several actors playing multiple parts, and the product-placement scene in the Pizza Place precedes the one in Wayne's World by years and is much, much funnier. The before-he-was-famous Clooney is hilarious, and there's a nice touch having John Astin (who has already spoofed light horror in the original Addams Family) play Professor Gangrene.

The film is simply a silly delight to watch, so I recommend you get your hands on it as soon as possible!

Details

Official Sites:

KT Entertainment

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Return of the Killer Tomatoes: The Sequel

Filming Locations:

Seacoast Natural Foods - 3352 Adams Ave., San Diego, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$5,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four Square Productions, Tomatos II, Tomatos II

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1