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:

pizza delivery | pizza | mad scientist | tomato | san diego california | 

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Taglines:

Who can stop the mad Professor Gangreen???

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

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, 31 December 1988

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four Square Productions,Tomatos II

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gary Condit: a patron in the pizzeria. J. Stephen Peace, who co-wrote and co-produced the film, was a friend of Condit, and both were members of the California State Assembly. Former US Congressman Condit became a household name in 2001, when Chandra Levy, his intern and mistress, disappeared.

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Goofs

As Chad talks to the Fuzzy Tomato, the clock says 1:52 am. The scene cuts to a close-up of the Fuzzy Tomato, and the clock says 2:10 am. When the camera moves back to Chad, the clock says 1:53 am. The very end of the scene, the clock says 2:13 am.

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Quotes

Matt Stevens: That's the bravest thing I've ever seen a vegetable do.

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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 grandson 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

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Supergirl, Captain America (1990), and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (2014)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Greatest B-movie comedy ever made

Even though I've only recently saw this yesterday,it is most certainly the greatest B-movie comedy ever made,and the most important part of Killer Tomato history,since many characters here went on to be on the TV show,most of the characters from the first movie reappear only they're played by different actors with the exception of J.Stephen Peace as Chad Finletter,with the introduction of six new characters,Chad(Anthony Starke),Matt(George Clooney),Tara(Karen Mistal,later to be played by legendary voice actress Kath Soucie on the show),Professor Gangreen(John Astin),and FT as himself,the product placement gag precedes the one in Waynes World by 5 years,and it has one of the weirdest relationships since Splash,I haven't seen the first or the next 2 sequels,but I'm sure they're just as funny as this one,so take my advice and buy this at Best Buy today and request to Anchor Bay to release the other Killer Tomato movies on DVD