Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

One of the first films ever to be designed specifically to become a cult movie, this silly low-budget comedy has tomatoes growing to giant size and terrorizing screaming '70s types. It's really bad on purpose, with awful effects and a dumb script, in hopes of luring fans of campy old movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space. There's a fun Jaws parody as the tomatoes attack a swimmer and a cute bit involving a military meeting in a small office with a very large table, but overall it fails to generate many laughs. The problem is that the films which this one attempts to mock -- mainly bad 1950s sci-fi pictures -- have a cult following because they are funny unintentionally, and are beloved for reasons which this somewhat cynical effort completely misses. It has its moments, granted, but it just tries too hard. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Features:
  • Original theatrical trailer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       David Miller - Mason Dixon
       George Wilson - Jim Richardson
       Sharon Taylor - Lois Fairchild
       Jack Riley - Agriculture Official
       Rock Peace - Wilbur Fenletter
       Eric Christmas - Senator Polk
       Al Sklar - Ted Swan
       Ernie Meyers - President
       Jerry Anderson - Major Milis
       Ron Shapiro - Newspaper Editor
       D.J. Sullivan - Mrs. Williams

• Director:

  John de Bello

• Producer:

  John de Bello, Steve Peace

• Screenwriter:

  John de Bello, Costa Dillon, Steve Peace

• Cinematographer:

  John K. Culley

• Composer (Music Score):

  Gordon Goodwin, Paul Sundfur

• Editor:

  John de Bello

• Special Effects:

  Gregory M. Auer