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Original theatrical trailer
Full Product DetailsSide #1 --
1. Opening Titles [3:25]
2. The Crime Scene [1:31]
3. The Helicopter Crash [2:11]
4. The Brass Convenes [6:30]
5. Stay Out of the Water! [5:25]
6. Meet Lois Fairchild [3:06]
7. The Attacks Escalate [5:15]
8. The Mindmaker Song [8:05]
9. The "Cherry Tomato" [8:28]
10. America Under Siege [6:00]
11. Attempt on Mason Dixon's Life [7:22]
12. The Tomato Stomp [4:30]
13. Run, Mason, Run! [11:06]
14. Puberty Love Discovery [4:20]
15. The Tomatoes' Last Stand [6:01]
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, All Movie Guide