Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Everyone must have just a little, tiny bit of masochism in them. At the very least I have to confess that I do. Otherwise I would never have watched this movie. It's a movie that you know, from even before it starts, is going to be bad. Really bad. Unquestionably, undebatably and unapologetically bad. It's that last bit that might be the movie's only saving grace. Everyone involved with it - from the producers to the key grip and best boy - knew that this was bad. They had to know. And they made it anyway! For putting themselves through the experience of making this, they're also masochists! For them, because they actually released it for other people to see, there's a bit of sadism involved as well.It opens with some captions referencing Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" - and noting an invasion of birds in 1975 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. That incident never actually happened - but, weirdly, there apparently was a bird "invasion" in Hopkinsville in 2013 - almost 40 years after this move was made. I don't know what to say about that, so I'd best leave it alone. Anyway the captions end with the words, "No one is laughing now." In another example of soothsaying - no one was laughing when this movie ended.What can you really say about this? You know it's going to be bad when the best known "performer" in it is the San Diego Chicken. OK, one could make a case for Jack Riley, I suppose, who clearly didn't have enough to do to keep himself busy after his turn as Mr. Carlin on "The Bob Newhart Show" came to an end. And I guess you have to give it credit - because you know it's going to be bad and it turns out to be really bad, so it meets expectations (perhaps even exceeding them) and maybe even accomplishes what it set out to accomplish because I think it was meant to be bad. Really bad. And it was. You know what - it gets a 2. For being exactly what it was expected to be. Really bad.

Anyone who thinks they're going to get cinematic quality from a title such as this should be quarantined and re-educated immediately! But for those looking for an insanely silly and over the top flick to snicker at, this could very well be the one! In line with movies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series, but more outrageous and aware of it's budget constraints, If the actors had any credible talent to begin with, they were told to leave it all by the door before they came on set. And borderline politically incorrect - but balanced. IE; when the overdubbed Japanese scientist explains 'Tomatoes are not vegetables gentleman, they're fags.' And a nerdy scientist covers for him and explains 'He means fruits...' And at the end of the meeting a general says 'Well, we better go out and take a look at the situation. But you better bring your jackets, as there's a little Jap in the air..' And the nerd scientist whispers to the Japanese associate 'He means 'nip'...' All in all, it's good clean fun, sans vulgarity, gratuitous nudity, or REALLY dumb plot twists such as alien domination or some crazed vegan out to teach the world a lesson. There's a little bit of intrigue though, as someone tries to thwart Mason Dixon from discovering how to repel the tomatoes. But hardly anything to grip ones armchair over. How silly can adults be? Watch this movie, and ye shall see!

Looking back, even the makers of this film likely couldn't have foreseen how much staying power their concept would have. Years later, this still has some appeal as one of the goofiest send-ups made. In the spirit of the Zucker - Abrahams - Zucker team, co-writer / producer / director John De Bello and co-writer / co-star J. Stephen Peace make fun of schlock pictures of decades past, spinning a yarn about deranged ravenous rolling tomatoes that mutter to themselves while annihilating hapless human victims. They just dive head first into the splattery action, and pack the movie with sight gags, verbal jokes, and satirical detail. That said, not all of it is that funny, in this viewer's humble opinion; one has to wait through some slowly paced scenes and jokes that fall flat in order to get to the really good stuff. There's just not enough utter hilarity to sustain even an 84 minute run time. Still, the incredible enthusiasm of the mostly no-name cast does keep this watchable enough. David Miller stars as government operative Mason Dixon, the man who heads a special task force to take care of the tomato problem. Said task force includes a "disguise expert" (Gary Smith), a swimmer (Benita Barton), a deep sea diver (Steve Cates), and a special assistant / parachutist (Mr. Peace) who carries his parachute with him wherever he goes. Familiar comedy actor Jack Riley appears as the salesman, while the equally prolific character actor Eric Christmas does well as the doddering Senator Polk. Believe it or not, a couple of musical numbers are also thrown into the mix, with the gut busting theme song and the all-important ditty "Puberty Love" rating as highlights. Among the priceless gags are our disguise expert working undercover as a tomato, a group of men meeting in a room that's much too small, a Japanese scientist who's VERY badly dubbed, a spoof of "Jaws", and a man taking a shower in a hallway. The special effects are just as tacky and unconvincing as one could expect (and desire), and as a bonus we get to see a helicopter crash that was actually very real (as in not scripted). Given how brightly the film starts, it's disappointing that the movie isn't funny more consistently. But when it does score, it scores strongly. Recommended best to folk who enjoy rampant silliness and zaniness in their comedies. Followed by three sequels and a TV series. Six out of 10.

All the tomatoes of the US come to life grown to large proportions and are attacking and devouring housewives.It's up to Mason Dixon to stop the revolt of tomatoes.His group includes a master of disguise,a Russian Olympic swimmer,an underwater specialist who always wears his scuba suit and a soldier who always wears his parachute.Extremely kitschy comedy with few corny horror elements involving ketchup.The film-makers obviously intended "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" to be bad as the plot is filled with terrible acting and laughable dialogue.The film is truly stupid beyond belief.Followed by three inferior sequels:"Return Of The Killer Tomatoes!","Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!" and "Killer Tomatoes Eat France!" and an animated series plus videogame.6 killer tomatoes out of 10.