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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and put a stop to their murderous spree.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy deliberately inept B-movie spoofing, musical absurdity, and comedy that treats ridiculous threats with straight-faced seriousness.
- Tone
- campy, darkly comic, playful
- Payoff
- amusement
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- gentle
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- absurdity, institutional incompetence, mutation, public panic
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, suburban communities and eccentric research facilities