Return of the Killer Tomatoes

Well, here's where I'm going to ask, Dan.

Did you watch Return of the Killer Tomatoes? So I was going to, Brian.

And then I didn't because I learned that they rebooted Attack of the Killer Tomatoes this year.

I had no idea that this was happening.

nice.

So you pulled the same thing that we did in, I know what you did last summer, where I watched the immediate follow-up and you watched the new reboot.

But then we can provide some perspective because my biggest takeaway from Return of the Killer Tomatoes is it's a real movie.

Okay.

Yeah, I mean,

I love the campy ones, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, you know, like...

Yeah.

Well, okay.

So I'm going through the five.

So the original Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Return of the Killer Tomatoes in 1988.

And then there

was a cartoon I remember watching.

Yes.

Or Return of the Killer Tomatoes with George Clooney.

Oh, my God.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

So those, I was going back and forth.

It was probably going to be either Critters 3 or Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

Those were the top two contenders there.

But then when Matt...

Mm.

The, The Return of the Killer Tomatoes is really us, uh, spoofing sequels and films and filmmaking in general by, um, the, the theme song, the lyrics are all about making a sequel, and the, um, product placement and the low budget special effects and the same actors playing multiple parts to save money and so forth are all try- trying to...

You know, our goal was to really kinda skewer the whole concept of, um, formulaic sequel making at the time.

Yeah.

Uh, I must say, the reviews for this film are great.

And, uh, we, we...

It is... [smacks lips] You know, Return of the Killer Tomatoes is a, is a darn good film in my opinion.

Yeah.

Is it Return to Horror High?

Oh, I thought you were going to say The Return of the Killer Tomatoes, but yes, it's not.

Well, that too.

I just had such deja vu.

But he loved it.

I mean, as the lore goes, when he got the script, when his manager and agent got the script for Return of the Killer Tomatoes, they said, don't even bother.

And he said, are you kidding me? I love this stuff.

I love camp.

I didn't know who he was.

But I had seen him in a movie about eight years before this called Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

Mm.

But that's only because of my dad.