It's Another Double Feature Tonight- "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and "The Monster Club"!

Double the fun 🍅🍅

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Looks like it's my turn to be deleted this week. Catch my by line under my name!

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Okay - Got Killer Tomatoes up...
Fruit or Vegetable
When they bite you, you won’t care
What will end their reign





Video
https://youtu.be/xkeBESouTIM

ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS ... ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES ... ATTACK OF THE 50-FT WOMAN ... ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES.

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES? Yes, indeed! This send-up of 1950s sci-fi films has been called many things since its initial 1978 theatrical release. It has been called a "cult movie" (a film with a comparatively small, yet fervent and loyal fanbase), as well as a "popcorn movie" (a film that is immensely popular with audiences, but not with critics). It has also been called an unintentionally "so bad, it's good" movie, which it is NOT!

Right from the outset, producers John DeBello and Stephen Peace had conceived KILLER TOMATOES as not only a parody of post-World War II, atomic-era sci-fi, but of "good bad movies" as a whole. Such movies, usually of low-budget craftmanship, have always been designed with the utmost sincerity in mind. it is the deadly seriousness of such "masterpieces" as Ed Wood's GLEN OR GLENDA, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE that has made them so watchable and entertaining, despite--or BECAUSE OF--their utterly inept direction, absurd stories, poor acting, ludicrous dialogue, and laughable special effects. In other words, they are UNINTENTIONALLY bad, while imitations like KILLER TOMATOES are INTENTIONALLY so.

One thing they are NOT, though, is DULL. There is nothing more unwatchable than a dull, plodding, and boring "bad movie," or one that has been made in such unbearably bad taste that the viewer feels immediately afterwards like taking a shower. From my experience, the best example would be the totally reprehensible Italian film CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, in which actual torture of real animals is enacted right on the screen.

Fortunately, ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES is neither dull or in excessively bad taste. DeBello and Pence followed to the final detail the formula for a successful "good bad movie," most importantly in the form of its absurd title monsters, as well as by the decision to not explain their origin whatsoever! The film's overall cheesiness is also illustrated by the catchy "Killer Tomatoes" song (composed by DeBello himself) that is played during the film's credits. Plus, I'm sure nobody who has seen the movie can ever forget such dialogue as "Tomatoes can't fly!" . . . "Well, they can't eat people, either, but they're doing one hell of a good job of that!"

In addition, KILLER TOMATOES benefits from its topical social and political satire. Besides skewering 1950s monster movies (including the endings often seen in such films), screenwriters DeBello, Peace, and Costa Dillon poke fun at popular 1970s movie blockbusters, music (who can ever forget "Puberty Love"?), Washington, D.C. (including Watergate, the CIA, the military, and political buttons), and advertising decals. In short, this cult favorite offers ample opportunitues for analysis of various pop cultural subtexts.

Never mind the fact that mosr critics have dismissed KILLER TOMATOES as a "one-joke movie," or have called its humor silly. The film, according to box office sources, turned a profit, having grossed $567,000 on only a $100,000 budget. This unexpected success led to three sequels to date. The first was released to theaters, and starred a young George Clooney. The second and third were released directly to video, and featured John Astin as a mad scientist who, according to the these follow-ups (as well as an animated TV series inspired by the franchise), had created the Killer Tomatoes in the first place. None of these, including the cartoon show, equalled the popular success of the first movie, suggesting that ferocious and monstrous vegetables were good for only one attack.

As I had mentioned earlier, I will post my review of the first feature tonight, and then, later, around Noon, Westies time, my "bonus" review, of the second feature.

Ooooh, almost missed it!

One of the most effective songs in the musical "Wicked" isn't heard in the recently released movie. WICKED (the movie) is really only the first half of the musical. 'Changed For Good' comes near the end of the second act, as Elphaba and Glinda are singing a tearful goodbye. Words and music by Stephen Schwartz ("Pippin", "Godspell" and other works). A sentimental bittersweet duet — totally unlike our brash nonsensical ridiculous movie.

BTW, the second WICKED film is already "in the can" and being edited for a November release. Tentative title: WICKED: FOR GOOD.

Attachment is from the 2003 original Broadway cast album. I skipped the intro, so start around 0:50. (The album won a Grammy.)

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From what I've heard
It seems most vegetables and fruits
Are quite harmless
But there's something we should learn
It sounds absurd
Suppose tomatoes could be trained
To move and murder
Then they take an evil turn
Well, if that's possible, I couldn't say
But a beach-ball-sized tomato mob
Is rolling this way

>Like the giant praying mantis
>Or the ants in the sewers
>Like so many movie monsters
>Something made them mad
>Who can say if we'll survive until morning -- but
>For now, believe it
>Tomatoes can go bad

Appoint a team
A chubby guy in suit and tie
Plus a diver
And some more unlikely sorts
An ad campaign
While Senate dithers, people die
Every fruit stand
Has a scarlet-splattered corpse
Bring on the fleeing crowds and Army troops
An awesome helicopter crash
And media snoops

>Like a frontier fort besieged
>We'll make a stand, fight them off
>There's a mastermind behind them
>We'll unmask the cad
>Who can say if we'll survive until morning -- but
>It's time to heed it
>For now, concede it
>Tomatoes can go bad

^Those costumes from Goodwill...
^Dumb politicians
^Lame and dated jokes
^That fall flat now
^A cast of rank unknowns
^(They're unknown still)
^But we will be glad to watch it anyhow!

>Like a Leslie Nielsen comedy
>Just put logic aside
>Like a silly '50s Sci-Fi
>Plot is stretched a tad
>Who could say if it would vanish like a snowflake?
>Some folks will laugh, and some will smile with a head-shake
>Guffaw or grimace
>Embrace the premise
>Of this Red Menace...
>Tomatoes can go bad

youtube.com/watch?v=wYTeyNB1k5g

Tomatoes

To-ma-to!

I tried

Sven tweeted that we'll be seeing some "hot tomatoes". Does that mean we'll be getting the long-anticiated Gewngoolie/Anita X. Orcist duet?

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (8pm)
Fruit or Vegetable
When they bite you, you won’t care
What will end their reign

Video
https://youtu.be/xkeBESouTIM

The Monster Club (10:30pm)
A Club for Monsters
Sometimes Humans are Welcome
Sometimes they are Not

Video
https://youtu.be/uPIzLDmK9kA

Can I do it?