Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- It's one of the most famous monster movie parodies of all time with the 1978 cult classic "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes"!
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Killer Tomatoes: They'll beat you, bash you, squish you, mash you, chew you up for brunch...
And finish you off for dinner or lunch!
Then finish you off for dinner or lunch!
Then spit out at bedtime
Can no one stop these mutant fruits?!
Where will we find our brave recruits?!
Will we get rid of the tomato shoots?!
Tomatoes, tomatoes, TOMATOES!
Gumby Melon Mayhem
The sequel was even better, with surprisingly good writing and acting. With a mullet toting George Clooney in his first main cast roll and John Astin as the villain.
PART TWO! OF ONLY TWO PARTS!
But if this film does well, you see,
I'm sure you know, predictably,
It won't be long, until part 3!
@@michaelccozens Ah, so Astin was from the sequel. He returned to voice the villain in the cartoon so I'm even more curious about the sequel. Never saw the movies. Did he do the "angry, I'm an ANGRY scientist" when they called him mad bit?
@@ShadowWingTronix I can't recall specifically, but I know he, and the movies in total, were wildly entertaining. I gotta rewatch!
Didn't know about this being clooney's first movie role. Thanks for the info.
The villain of the first movie has a cameo in the second one, which pretty much consists of him, screaming about how he only has a cameo in the second movie!
“Tweety Bird doing an impression of the Tasmanian Devil” is surprisingly accurate. There is obviously no better description.
Yes!
This movie is only topped by the Troma mega-hit "The Toxic Avenger".
Finally, a hero my home state of NJ both needs... and deserves! XD
I have a Troma Team collection Toxic Avenger is def. their peak but lots are great if you're into Cheesey flicks!
Both are icons of my warped childhood heh. Had the toys for both.
Single best gag had to have been the Disguise expert asking for ketchup by the campfire.
Yeah I was waiting for him to show that.
8:36
No, it's Kanye West in his Favorite Cosplay....
@@thatweirdlesbian- ...What?
@@tsubakiofmelancholy6297 I apologize for my previous cringe behavior. I swear I've changed.
@@thatweirdlesbian- Ah, It is okay. We all have weird pasts.
One of the ultimate “so bad it’s good” B movies. The idea is so ludicrous, but you can’t help laughing
It's one of those films, considering how movies are these days, that people would line up to see rather than watch the latest Academy Award winning film.
My favorite part of this movie is the guy who said tomato and everyone went into panic mode.
He became a running gag in the cartoon show.
@@edwardlecore141 I'm surprised and happy that someone actually remembers the cartoon😄
@@shampooh8r I had both seasons on VHS and the gameboy game, and the 1 off comic spin-off. I was a huge fan of the entire franchise.
.....
TOMATO...
@@RandomTrinidadian AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This movie had a box office more than 5 times its budget, 3 sequels and a cartoon series that ran two seasons for a total of 21 episodes.
Not bad for a chessy B-Movie parody. XD
I’ve heard that it ended up being one of the highest grossing movies ever made when one takes its budget into account.
@@Aaron-zt5ee It's not quite that successful. It did very, very well with a gross of over 5X its budget, but that's not exactly uncommon at all. And there have been plenty of lower-budget movies that have outgrossed their budgets by 100X or more. And a few have even hit 1,000X their budget.
"It's just fuckin' Arkansas" SILENCE, CANADIAN. Nah, but it's all in fun lol. Gotta say, glad I'm not the only one to find this a bit hit or miss, had been told by a couple of friends how great the movie was, and just kind of came away with "Eh, it's ok"
In my defense, if the tomatoes had taken over Saskatchewan I would've made the same joke
Your friends are bad by hyping it up too much, a good friend will just suggest it without any hype, thus not creating any unrealistic impressions that will fall short.
Bill Clinton gets off a helicopter with a pig under each arm
So the marine standing guard asks him "whats with the pigs sir?"
Bill responds "Son these aren't just pigs. These are Arkansas Hogs. I got one for Hillary and one for Chelsea"
The marine responds "thats a good trade sir"
Ark-Kansas
@@TheBrandonTenold Brandon, some movies I'd REALLY love for you to review:
Robot Monster
The Pack (1977)
The Burning
Rock And Rule
Godzilla 2000🤞
The line reading for "Hey look, it's a funky little tomato" is all I need to get me to want to watch this movie.
Love the Wizards shirt!
I saw this on opening night with my parents on or around 1978. It was the second movie I ever saw in the theater. The first being Star Wars, in 1977. Two very different films, two of my most favorite films. Thanks for giving this a nod Brandon. Us old people appreciate it !!
So were you first in line for the sequels too?
@@TheBrandonTenold Brandon, I'm just curious, have you seen any episodes from the new Shudder "Creepshow" series? If so, what do you think of it?
It's the franchise that made George Clooney a mega star.
Only because his greatest hit Grizzly 2 was made in 1983 but not finished until 2020...And im sure Clooney loves to talk about Grizzly 2, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Batman, Facts of Life
@@lutherheggs451 You forgot another Clooney classic, "Return to Horror High"
@@lutherheggs451 He'd probably be too busy doing the shill for stupidly overpriced coffee machines - or something more suitable and high-end. Like Warburton's Bagels.
Finletter dragging that stupid parachute everywhere never fails to crack me up!
Return of the Killer Tomatoes as a classic and showcases some of Clooney's best acting and mullet. It's actually hilarious
When was it made?
@Blah Blah like 87 I think
@@blahblah6497 released April 88
I decided to buy it on RUclips right after watching Brandon's video. It is still ridiculously fun.
My dad introduced me to this wonderful film and the even better sequel as a kid. It's funny how many people doubt me of the existence of these films.
Same here. Also movies like Killer Klowns and The Stuff. My friends thought I made up such movies until I showed them.
It has a sequel!?
@@dragontamergm7756 yep, I'd say it's better and it has George Clooney
@@drakeloki4214 it has George Clooney!!?
@@dragontamergm7756 yep, might have been his first movie.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and The Green Slime both have great theme songs!
The short lived Killer Tomatoes animated series through 1990-'91 had a voice cast of Cam Clarke (voice of Leonardo & Rocksteady on TMNT), John Astin (Gomez on The Addams Family through 1964-'66), and Maurice LaMarche (Egon on The Real Ghostbusters & Brain on Animaniacs).
I loved that cartoon whenever I was a kid. First time I saw it Iwas like "What the hell is this?" Mind blown.
I remember watching the cartoon series along with toxic crusaders and cro.
I’ll be honest I saw the toon first, and was surprised at the lack of talking tomatoes but the sequels sorted that lol. Hopefully they get looked at sometime. But this is just pure brilliance in satire no damns given.
The cartoon was better the films are awful
I completely forgot there was a cartoon.
At first I only knew about the cartoon, but I ended up renting the movie from Blockbuster back in the day. Both the cartoon and movie are classics in my opinion.
I remember the cartoon also.
Same here
I remember the cartoon for its theme song and for the girl tomato being hot, stacked, curvy, and always showing her midriff.
Same, I remember watching the cartoon as a kid especially its memorable theme song but never knew for the longest time it was based on a movie.
@@JounLord1 I saw the movies and cartoon series as well 😎
Remember watching the sequel and the animated series as a kid. Gotta find those other sequels I didn't know about and watch.
One of those had Skip from Family Ties.
"Return of the Killer Tomatoes" is floating around on RUclips. The only funny scene is the advertising joke that WaynesWorld plagiarized. Timestamp 47:15. You're welcome.
@@robotnoir5299 *dressed in a popular athletics brand clothing* It's like people do things just to get paid, and that's just really sad.
As far as parodies go, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes is still funnier than anything the Scary Movie ever tried.
You HAVE to do "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" now! Super-under-appreciated satire, one of my favorite comedies, and a great showcase for both young George Clooney and veteran character actor John Astin!
My aunt was in that film. She was only in the extra cast, running around.
Lol. Nope.
I had a really bad day at work. Bad customers, lots of extra work, always short staffed, the usual. I get home, tired and unhappy then I see "Wait! There's a new movie review from Brandon Tenold!" And after that, my life is good once again! 😀
Right there with ya broski! We have a bad winter storm moving in so everybody and their brother came by my work today. None of them seemed to understand why I wasn't my usual charming self. Bunch of *BRITISH CIGARETTES* (I'm going to be using that joke for waaaaay to long)
This is one of my favorite movies. I re-watch it every now and then when I feel like shutting off my brain and watching something really goofy.
In some senses, _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes_ was ahead of its time. The scene with the goverment comitee in the tiny room is like a condenced version of that gag at the beginning of _Shin Godzilla_ of the politicians moving from boardroom to boardroom as the crisis changes. And the twist of somebody on the president's entourage being the mastermind behind it all was rare in the 70s but has been played straight in a lot of recent movies _(Iron-man 3, Geostorm, Big Game_ etc.)
Well, Shin Godzilla was in fact soft parody of Japanese government during Fukushima. So...
You know what that means: somebody needs to make "Shin Tomatoes"!
@@TheBrandonTenold is only matter of time untill someone reboots the franchise... hopefully it will not be the people who made _Critters Attack!_
@@Mario_Angel_Medina Actually I heard Disney just aquired the Rights and A Reboot is in Active Development. Supposedly it is being Fast Tracked, and word is that Kathleen Kennedy is being tapped to Produce it, in conjunction with Rian Johnson. With writing responsibilities being handled by JJ Abrams and Alex Kurtzman.
It's going to be a full on Post Modern deconstruction of the Racist, Misogynist, White Supremacist subtext included by the original film. They plan to Largely Gender Swap the Main Characters and also Race Swap a few more key ones.
They are tapping Brie Larson to be the lead role and are actively searching for a Gender Fluid Hermaphrodite to star in some as Yet unannounced role being written specifically for this reboot.
They are planning using that as a major marketing point.
First Movie to Star a physiological Hermaphrodite who describes themself to be Completely Gender Fluid and goes by the Pronouns -
Bitch and Bastard
If this film is successful, they plan it to be the first of a trilogy that will ultimately open up into its own Unique Expanded Universe that will expand in a whole series of different stories that All connect.
@@blahblah6497 I would had preferred a more comedy oriented team like Paul Feig and Katie Dippold but that sounds ok, more or less 😂
Does anybody else remember the animated series based on this movie, or was that a 90’s fever dream of mine?
Yes, that was real alright. Back in the day when literally anything could get made into a kid's cartoon.
Highly recommend the second one.
I watched it last year (when I found out it was only a loose sequel) and found it blew away all expectations. You can watch it without seeing the first one, there is a recap that pads the run time... and they make fun of that.
You also get a young George Clooney and John Astin! I definitely think it's the best one in the series.
Cheers.
YAS! Finally something from my childhood I absolutely obsessed over! Thank you!
When I think "so bad it's good" cult classics, this is what immediately jumps to mind. Great flick!
That movie is so popular that the opening of the anime "Chainsaw Man", which consists scenes from different movies, also includes one from here.
It's the table climbing scene, btw. Which fit right next to scenes from The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
When this film came out Jack Riley, who had a small part in the film, appeared on The Tonight Show and told people not to see it. He was best known at the time for a recurring role as a patient on The Bob Newhart Show, as well as a part in Mel Brooks' High Anxiety. He's done many things since, including voicing a character on Rugrats. He was also in Mel Brooks' To Be or Not to Be.
Genuinely surprised it took you this long to cover this film.
I heard of this way back when I first watched a film review....in 2011!
As someone who grew up on this movie, I made my friends watch this movie at my birthday party one year. They walked away singing the theme song for years. Mission accomplished.
4:05 - The scene the internet found out about thanks to the opening of Chainsaw Man.
The tomato noise will never be not funny to me. Gets me every single time.
I never would have thought of Tweety-Taz, but that was perfect.
I loved the cartoon of this movie my God this is a very good movie to watch
Was the cartoon a spinoff from the movies or was it a reimagining of the franchise? I honestly can't remember since it's been so long since it was out.
@@yoda908 it was like " the real Ghostbusters"where its sorta the movie universe, but also not
Matt Cameron went from deliberately off-key singing "Puberty Love" in this movie to playing drums for Soundgarden, whose song "Live To Rise" was featured in the first "Avengers" movie. That's damn cool.
There's something about you that I really really like. Your demeanor, appearance, cadence, chosen career, clothes, I don't know. I like all of those, but I don't know if that's it. Sometimes I just see someone I really like. I'm a simple girl with a weird brain and I don't understand how it works
The tomatoe attacking sounds made me laugh back when this movie came out and still does.
Still remember this movie when it came out because of the song lol, old drive in horror movie that had comedy in it!
Willbur Finletter was the first thing that poped back into my mind when I saw the title. "Will he ever get rid of that parachute?..." *sing*
I’m honestly surprised it took this long to get to Attack of the Killer Tomatos
I'm too poor to contribute to your patreon.. but this is a movie I have been waiting for you to do for YEARS!
Thanks man!
I was a killer tomatoes fanatic all thanks to Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda Shear🤣🤣🤣 man I miss USA Up All Night
I legit crying laugh when I saw the group trying to fit inside the small meeting room. That was the most memorable scene of the movie for me
Anybody else remember the CARTOON series based on this film? I loved watching it as part of my Saturday cartoon line-up when cartoons were funny, didn't take themselves seriously and were a hoot to watch!
I do!
The "FBI unmarked motor pool" written on the side of the car is still one of my favorite gags. I've loved this movie since I was a child, it's a classic.
Yeah I remember people talking about this movie when I was a kid it definitely doesn't hold up as well as some people thought I did but it deserves credit for being one of the first horror parody movies that truly became mainstream.
I recently got a box set called “50 sci fi classics”. It’s the one with a big picture of Gamera on the cover. An absolute gold mine for the kind of movies you like to do. I would highly recommend Teenagers From Outer Space, even if you don’t buy the set.
The MST3k episode made from that movie is pretty damn funny
@@warrenjehosephat231 I didn’t know they made an episode from it. But I did kinda assume they did.
I bought this on VHS and it came with killer tomato seeds. Love this flick 😂👍
The chopper crash was already funny but finding out that it was an accident and that it cost more than half the movie's budget had me cracking up. It looks like the kind of thing that would have been written for this movie.
One thing didn't Brandon didn't mention is it became a big franchise ten years after it was made because an episode of the animated series "Muppet Babies" used clips from the movie which relived public interest in it.
This is the perfect movie for you to do. I'm actually surprised it took you this long to do a video on it.
I’m always looking forward to the one random day you will review ‘The Munchies’. 1987… such a classic.. maybe for only 80’s kids like me who hired vids every week and most weeks did include the munchies… 😁👍
Brilliant! You just made a somewhat amusing 50’s sci-fi horror parody, actually hilarious! Your riffs are often worthy of MST3K or Rifftrax. And you really brought your A game here. Made me literally laugh out loud (not to be confused with “LOL” which has now come to mean absolutely nothing) multiple times. Would love to hear you riff over an entire movie. You’ve probably done that, and sorry I have missed it. Love your channel. Always brightens my day. Thanks for your continuing great work.
I riff full movies on Twitch from time to time, just watch my social media for when I do it
@@TheBrandonTenold Wow. Really? I may have to catch those there! I get such joy out of good riffing. And even did it live myself (with two other stand-up comics) as a fund- raiser for a local historical landmark movie Theater. I wrote the script and we did “Killers From Space!” starring Peter Graves. We killed the audience. And the film. That wasn’t that hard as the film was mostly dead anyways
Heh, I grew up watching the cartoon show...
I was laughing most of the time when I watched this movie
yes, glad you finally got around to doing this legendary bad B movie!
"This is the internet and it's kind of what we do here."
I laughed far too hard at this.
That older couple that is just casually watching their grandkid get eaten are a highlight.
Later they say "would you like to buy a crib?" 🤣
There was a Saturday morning cartoon as well. Remember when kids got tons of questionable properties turned into cartoons? We had Rambo, Robocop, and the Toxic Avenger, in cartoon form. The 80's and early 90's was a wild time, and I miss it.
THANK YOU BRANDON!!! SAW THIS WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
Watched this as a kid with my parents back in the early 2000's. Still brings back good memories. The humor really helped with my extreme fear from horror.
Wow, I didn't expect you to cover this classic.
"Bad news, the tomatoes have taken Arkansas.
"Good news, Its just fuckin' Arkansas."
Krillin voice: *BUT I LIVE HERE-!!*
Just think that before Matt Cameron destroyed our ear drums with his thunderous drumming, he was saving the world from killer tomatoes with godawful singing.
That sheet music scene killed me. The idea that Puberty Love is so awful that being on a sheet of paper as musical notes was enough to be toxic to killer fucking tomatoes.
It's surprising how this movie made a franchise, from multiple sequels & a cartoon series to even a spin off movie with killer tire!
and is partially responsible for George Clooney's carrer
Legend has it the filmmakers originally had plans for a "Tomato cinematic universe"
@@TheBrandonTenold I don't believe it, but also wouldn't be surprised
@@TheBrandonTenold speaking of tomatoes, if the adult industry ever took their shot, they could call it the Fruit Cinematic Universe, or FCU.
I convinced my mom to buy this for me at Walmart as a kid in like 2000 , I was so upset
About time I own the show and all the movies. Love the fact George Clooney started out with the sequel.
Not just George Clooney! The first sequel also introduced mad scientist Mortimer Gangreen played by the great John Austin, who went on to become the main villian for the rest of the series.
I have to admit...I find Brandon's videos both entertaining and relaxing. I really enjoy his content, man. Good stuff as usual and I found him by watching his review of Halloween 3. I laughed my ass off and been hooked ever since! Happy Holidays Brandon!!
I remember when I first saw this. I was spending a long weekend at my grandparents house and we all took a late night walk to a blockbuster and I picked this out just because it was a funny title. Good times.
The sequel had George Clooney in a supporting role. And some of the best product placement ever!
I always forget about Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes when talking about horror comedies, though you make a good point of it being a spoof. If you do the sequel, please talk about all the things George Clooney hides in his hair.
I’ve been rewatching the Killer Tomatoes cartoon from the early 90s, and one of the best gags is when a group of captured protagonists are tortured by being forced to watch the original Killer Tomatoes film
The cartoon show from this movie was also amazing.
Jack Reilly, one of the stars of this movie - Mr. Carlin from the Bob Newhart show - was on a Canadian talk show promoting this movie prior to its release. He was in the helicopter when it went down. It was a great story. I knew I had to see it as soon as it came out. I wasn't disappointed.
10:50 the "Schritz beer" product placement is likely a reference to Schlitz Beer. in 1976, 2 years before this movie was released, Schlitz had to recall 10 million bottles due to very, very bad quality.
Who could've guessed a beer called Schlitz would be schit?
@@TheBrandonTenold 😆
actually from wht i heard Schlitz was revived again many years later and luckily some of recipe papers from the beer were saved with an extra help from the workers who know it
My high school friend made me watch this. I was not disappointed.
Just to put it into perspective, Halloween had 3 times the budget and not near as many effects, models, cast members, or accidental helicopter crashes. Even Monty Python and the Holy Grail had around a $400,000 budget. 1978, 100,000 was a LOW. The fact that they managed to put together this movie and create an entire franchise around it is just awesome.
Monty Python's Quest For The Holy Grail actually had an $400,000 budget? And they still couldn't come up with an ending? Fucking public schoolboys. It's not just Boris who wastes his budget I see.
Monty Python had to pay for all those coconuts though.
That katana pull from the pilot and the charge walked so Captain America going "Avengers Assemble" could run.
I hope Brandon Tenold reviews "The Creeping Terror." An awfully funny 1950s monster movie with an even creepier facts about the production and it's director.
Out of morbid curiosity what are those facts?
great cheesy monster movie from ‘64, I always thought the creators were inspired by Lovecrafts works
@@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677 the "script" was actually a nine-page treatment, the original monster costume was stolen by the effects creator as revenge for not getting paid so a crappy one had to be mocked up at the least minute, all the dialogue had to be dubbed in later due to crappy sound equipment, and before the film premiered, fearing charges of fraud, the director vanished and was never heard from again
@@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677 It was filmed at The Spahn Ranch.
Yeah, THAT Spahn Ranch.
Huh that would actually make a good movie.
To me, the funniest joke in the film was the giant tomato wearing EAR-MUFFS.
Checking the cast, I only recognized 2 actors in this. One was Jack Riley, who was a regular on THE BOB NEWHART SHOW. But, strangely enough, the other was Eric Christmas, who played "Senator Polk". I JUST saw him playing another Senator, in "THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN". That's some type-casting.
I remember seeing an ad for this on a special where comedians spotlight bad horror movies. I love the corny theme song the most. The sequel and cartoon series were fine and fun.
Yep! That was It Came From Hollywood! A staple of my misspent elementary school years.
The Tweety doing a Taz impression was surprisingly on point.
Finally! You finally did it! Oh man, I love this movie! So glad you finally did a review on "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"...
Remember seeing the Killer Tomatoes series on USA up all night marathons Friday and Saturday nights
This movie is great but the sequel with George Clooney is even better.
No I’m not joking
You look like Dexter Morgan from Dexter. You know Brandon, today it's Dexter Morgan's birthday.
Love this film, and Return of the Killer Tomatoes which is even funnier 😆
The too-small conference room scene was awesome. So was the 'Who's got the ketchup' campfire scene. This movie rocked.
3:21 I can see what caused the crash. The helicopter was tilting back too much when landing and that broke off the tail rotor, which made it spin uncontrollably. I'm guessing either the pilot didn't have experience with these kind of tiny choppers (which was all the filmmakers could afford on their small budget) to know not to do that or it was just a pure accident.
I noticed that, too.
I think it's airframe unfamiliarity. That tail assembly is really long! Had it been just a foot shorter or angle a bit more he would have landed just fine. Also guessing the pilot was former military, because that sort of high tilt landing is common when landing in a hot LZ.
@@bakomusha I looked it up and according to the NTSB, the pilot misjudged the altitude and speed during the power-on landing.
@@EHH246 pilot: “Okay, we’re going in for a landing.”
Helicopter: _”SCREW YOU!_ I don’t wanna land!”
Pilot: “Oh NO! We’re going to crash at that attitude! Give me the stick!”
Helicopter: _”NO!”_
(crashes)
Considering Mel Blanc voiced both Tweety and the Tasmanian Devil, Tweety imitating Taz was certainly a possibility.
OMG I never thought you'd actually review this one!!
I can’t believe “Night of the Lepus” wasn’t a parody like this.
I really do love this movie!
12:13 I just realized that those congressmen are named after former US presidents. William McKinley, the 25th president, Millard Fillmore, the 13th president, and James K. Polk, the 11th president.
10/10 one of my all time favorite monster movies
Hahaaa! I kept thinking: there's no way the dude in the library who just says tomato didn't crack you up and then BIGGITY-BAM right there at the end! Tomato!