Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

Starring:John Astin, George Clooney, Devlin, Costa Dillon, Deborah Gates, Gordon Howard, Steve Lundquist, John Ara Martin, Karen Mistal, Brett Peace, Chad Peace, J. Stephen Peace, Rick Rockwell, Spike Sorrentino, Anthony Starke, D.J. Sullivan, Michael Villani, Harvey Weber, Mark Wenzel
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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You're not going to believe this, but Return of the Killer Tomatoes is a genuinely funny movie. Ten years after John DeBello made the frowzy, low-budget Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, he brought the fleshy fruit back for a murderous encore. Like the first film, it works as a parody of horror-movie conventions (and it repeatedly makes fun of itself, Mad-magazine style), but this time the budget is higher. There's a great, ongoing send-up of product placement, plus a juicy role for the oft-underutilized John Astin, as the evil genius this kind of movie needs. Just to keep everything moving, another exploitation film keeps cutting in: Big-Breasted Girls Go to the Beach and Take Their Tops Off. It ain't high art, but this movie knows its audience. A young George Clooney plays one of the heroes. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

Not as funny as I thought it would be.......2007-07-02

This is an imitation of a movie-that-is-so-bad-it's-funny, but the movie just isn't all that bad. On the other hand it isn't super clever either. It splits the difference and as a result is humorous, but not a side splitter. The scenes from the original Attack of the Killer Tomatoes looked funnier and someday I will give that one a look.

Full Contact Yatch Racing? Yes!.......2007-03-25

This was one of my favorites when I was younger. Still hilarious.

FT rules.......2007-01-12

Talk about a hokey plot and cheezy acting -- this movie is GREAT !! The 1980's will never be forgotten as a decade of some really sad movies. My God does George Clooney look young and with that mop of hair..... Can't wait to see The Killer Tomatoes take France.

FT, FT, FT!.......2006-07-30

Return Of The Killer Tomatoes is a film about many things. Product placement, TV news, big breasted babes in bikinis, Michael Jackson, Miami Vice, the Pope, scams, peanut butter on pizza and many other fads of the 80's. Starring such greats as George Clooney, John Astin and, of course, Karen Mistal (who has the best bottom of any B-movie actress I have ever seen) this is NOT as funny as the first but still has a ton of laughs within its many scenes.
But under all the humor is a serious view about how people felt about the last, closing years of the Cold War against Communism. In a time when the Red Menace was seen as giant ants or aliens from space the director was brave enough to show that not all Communists, who were represented by the tomatoes, were bad. Chad, the always confused main male character, falls in love with Tara, a tomato-woman(but then who won't fall in love with a smart, willing, good cooking, great dressing tomato?). And FT, played by FT,(who as we all know become a huge star in the film industry as while as live theater in Europe), starred as the socialist with a heart of gold, who was even willing to put his own life in danger for the American way of life. THIS is a B-MOVIE to beat all B-movies. And remember, Tomorrow IS another day!

Possibly the funniest movie ever made........2006-01-30

It starts off a bit slow, but once the product placement jokes start it takes off.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark/Transylvania 6-5000/Return of the Killer Tomatoes

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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark/Transylvania 6-5000/Return of the Killer Tomatoes
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Elvira Elvira® busts out in her outrageously funny feature film debut. When her Great Aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira® heads for the uptight New England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample assets, all hell busts out and breaks loose. Can 'The Madonna Of The Macabre' find love with a studly cinema owner, avoid her creepy Great Uncle, titilate the town's teens and become a Las Vegas dance sensation all without being burned alive at the stake? Cassandra Peterson stars in this sexy comedy hit, filled with wild wisecracks, campy chaos and scary movie spoofs, all poured into the lowest-cut black gown in horror movie history! Includes a 4 Page Collector's Booklet Return of the Killer Tomatoes THEY'RE BACK AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE REALLY STEWED! It has been years since the original Killer Tomato attack was squashed, and pizza-makers Matt (George Clooney) and Chad (Anthony Starke) are living a life ripe with good times and non-tomato based sauces. Meanwhile, mad genetic scientist Professor Gangreen (John Astin) is plotting to take over the world by creating a race of mighty tomato warriors and one wanton tomato woman (Karen Mistal). But when Chad falls in love with the bodacious tomato babe, he and Matt must face a deadly rampage of ninjas, newsmen, toxic waste and product placement. Can these two heroes defeat the most fiendish red menace of all or will the girl of their dreams turn out be a complete vegetable? Includes a 5x7 Poster Replica Transylvania 6-5000 For A Good Time, Call Transylvania 6-5000 Tabloid reporters Jack Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) and Gil Turner (Ed Begley, Jr.) are sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. But before the jumpy journalists can dig up their big story, they must first face the horrors of an extremely clumsy butler (Michael Richards), a nymphomaniac vampire (Geena Davis) and a semi-mad doctor (Joseph Bologna), as well as assorted mummies, werewolves and more Transylvanian oddballs. Can these two bumbling heroes unravel this monstrous mystery or are they in for some very scary surprises? John Byner, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Jones and Norman Fell co-star in this hilarious horror spoof written and directed by Rudy DeLuca (co-writer of CAVEMAN and HIGH ANXIETY). For laughs, screams and a good time, call TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000! Includes a 5x7 Theatrical Poster Replica

Return of the Killer Tomatoes / Return to Horror High

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80's version of horror spoof
OH, George! WE Hardly Knew Thee...

Return of the Killer Tomatoes / Return to Horror High
Starring: John Astin , George Clooney , John De Bello , Devlin , and Costa Dillon
Director: John De Bello
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Return to Horror High is a convoluted cheesefest that tries to be spoof and horror movie at the same time, feebly prefiguring Scream. A movie crew is filming a slasher picture at a high school where a series of murders actually occurred; the killings begin again--or are they simply staged for the production? The answer to this question is distinctly uninvolving, but it involves a lot of fake blood. Familiar faces include Vince Edwards and Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick (a uniformed cop), plus--until he becomes the first victim--George Clooney. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

80's version of horror spoof.......2006-03-16

If you like the "Scary Movie" spoofs of "Scream" and other horror films and are a George Clooney fan, you'll like "Return of the Killer Tomatoes." It is good for when you want to watch a movie and want to laugh out loud. The companion piece "Return to Horror High" was too campy and was not good

OH, George! WE Hardly Knew Thee..........2005-01-22

Before E.R.
Before Batman and Robin.
Before Roseanne, The Facts of Life there was:
Those pesky Killer Tomatoes, and that really bad high school reunion. Yes, Mr. Clooney cut his teeth on the lame sequel to the smash tomato movie. In Horror High he gets killed early on, but maybe he lives and gets sent to the E.R. Who knows! Who cares, just sit right back and enjoy these tales and don't take them too seriously.