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Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)

In the late 80s when sequels were being put out at an incredible rate, this little film called “Return of the Killer Tomatoes” was released. It definately ranks among the best comedy sequels I’ve ever seen. Possibly the funniest sequel to this genre next to “Gremlins 2”

The film is the sequel to the spoof of disaster flicks “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” that bombed heavily upon release. This film pokes fun at the low-budgets and box-office failures of both films but tends to make more of a mockery of the first film. It reuses old footage, makes fun of the actors/lines from the first film and has a plot thats almost a complete turnabout from the first one. There are no giant growling tomatoes or explosions or musical numbers or anything hi-tech in this film but you get tons of hot chicks, evil Tomatoes-turned-Rambo guys, catchy synthesizer music, the adorable little F.T.(“fuzzy tomato”) and probably the only time you’ll see John Astin and George Clooney in the same movie.