Vegetable, fruit, or girlfriend: that isn’t the question Return of the Killer Tomatoes asked in 1988, but maybe it should have been.
The original Attack of the Killer Tomatoes came out in 1978 and reached cult status after clips of the parody film aired on an episode of Muppet Babies. Fozzie was assaulted by silly tomatoes, and the rest was history. Ten years later, another unexpected attack occurred, with Return of the Killer Tomatoes, and everyone was, well, perfectly safe. There’s no real threat here because instead of embracing the “giant monster menace” type of movies the first was spoofing; this entry is more of a character piece about love, sex, understanding, and a mad scientist—and it’s better for that.
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Stephen Wilds 