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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1980)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:4

Rotten:6

Average Rating:0.6/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Music, comedy and spoof horror are all combined in this uniquely low-budget attack on conventional horror movies. When a high-level government experiment goes terribly awry a group of giant,... Music, comedy and spoof horror are all combined in this uniquely low-budget attack on conventional horror movies. When a high-level government experiment goes terribly awry a group of giant, mutated tomatoes roll through suburbia on a spree of mayhem and murder. [More]

Starring: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley

Starring: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley, Bill Priester

Director: John De Bello

Director: John De Bello

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Sep 23, 2003

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10/30/03
J. Read
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10/11/03
Adam Tyner
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is in that thankfully small sub-genre of film I like to call “frat guy camp."

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10/05/03
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