David Miller, Ernie Meyers, George Wilson

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PG, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: John De Bello

Release Date: January 1, 1978

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DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003

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  • July 9, 2009
    A parody of cultish bad B-movies that became a cult film in its own right. Not good enough for a parody, not even "good" enouhg to be as much fun as the films it's mocking.
  • February 25, 2009
    No, it wasn't perfect. Name me one movie that is, honestly. But, come on. I see a lot of crud about this being "Unwatchable," and "Awful," and in some cases "The worst movie ever." Well, really. The only way anyone could possibly think that about AotKT is if they have absolutely ...( read more)no sense of humour. I'm 22, I just saw it for the first time, I loved it. If you like Mel Brooks movies, this is pretty similar. They took an idea (Hitchcock's The Birds), twisted it into something more obscure and off the wall (Tomatoes), and had a good time making fun of every little cliché of the horror genre, and then some.

    If you, like another reviewer on here, watch two minutes of it and decide you're done with it, then I can't imagine you watch many movies at all. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that had my interest thoroughly grabbed in the first two minutes. The top best-selling movies EVER all failed to grab my interest within the first two minutes, and yet, I ended up liking them. So, my points are twofold; One, don't be a wuss, if you're going to watch this movie at all, actually watch it. Don't watch it for thirty seconds and say "Ugh, how corny, I'm ditching this." Two, consider what you expect out of movies in general, but especially this one.

    Most people watch movies to have fun, and be entertained. If you watch AotKT for those reasons, you'll find it enjoyable. Some people apparently watch movies demanding to be blown away by every aspect of it, and come out of it raving like they've had an epiphany. Don't do that. Ever.

    ... Anyway. Yeah. This is about half-comment, half-rant, but so be it. I found AotKT enjoyable; if you watch it expecting a satire of horror and an entertaining watch, you'll get it. If you're expecting to be left convulsing on the floor feeling like life has no meaning since it peaked at seeing the movie; then you should try something habit-forming.
  • January 29, 2009
    Oh my god, this is the best movie ever. From the text crawl at the beginning to the ridiculousness of the premise, to the wonderfully hilarious theme song, there's really almost nothing not to like about this movie. When I saw it in the video store I thought it was going to be a ...( read more)sincere schlock monster movie, but it's a comedy and it knows it's a comedy. There are no giant, Audrey 2-esque man-eating fruits here- they're just garden variety (literally) tomatoes that decide to rise up against humans, for some reason. I love how people shoot at them rather than stomp them. I love how the first victim screams in horror at a tomato rolling towards her. I love how no one thinks to just pick up an attacking orb and eat it. Apparently there aren't too many salad eaters in this county. The visual jokes are a little campy and reminded me a little of Airplane!, but all in all this movie amused me to no end.
  • December 20, 2007
    Very cheesy and stupid, but somehow entertaining.
  • August 19, 2007
    The titles are quite good but that's all. It's just not funny.
    There are much funnier films than this which don't even try to be. Even the rubbish that Troma produces can be more entertaining.
    This is definitely the worst movie of all time.
  • September 6, 2009
    Great humor (often in the Zucker brothers style; maybe the writers viewed The Kentucky Fried Movie). The name really gives you plot and the rest of the movie is filled with sight gags and other zaniness.
  • August 22, 2009
    what a great film. the pinnacle of ridiculousness. just pure insanity.
  • August 5, 2009
    George Clooney definitely went on to bigger and better things, didn't he???
  • August 3, 2009
    definately not interestd
  • August 1, 2009
    Honestly... Killer tomatoes! it cant be any worse than killer ants :o|

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  • xoxapril
    February 22, 2008
    apparently this film isn't supposed to be a comedy..

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