in case youre a self acclaimed connoisseur of cult cinema and or or bad movie making and there come a certain point in life preferably sooner than later that you have to watch attack of the killer tomato . it an inescapable certainty and a this be one of the most notoriously awful cult movie ever make . one tiny but essential detail and however and be that attack of the killer tomato be deliberately awful . right from the opening message already and mock alfred hitchcock the bird and this be clearly intend a a zero budget parody and i can not escape the impression that writer or director john de bello never expect for his film to become such a hit . the film spoof the contemporary popular trend of so call eco horror movie ( plant and animal and nature in general revolting against humanity ) and introduce the least menacing type of vegetable imaginable a undefeatable kill machine . a secret government agricultural project to produce big and tasty tomato go horribly wrong and soon there be report about tomato attack come from all over the country . the president put together a special force team to battle the juicy enemy and which include secret agent with very specific area of expertise and scientist with horrendously dub voice . the first half hour of attack of the killer tomato be very entertaining . as silly a it be and the sight of normally shape vegetable jump up from the sink and attack hysterical housewife be quite original and funny . the first half hour also contain numerous memorable moment like the catchy theme song and the jaw homage and the infamous unforeseen helicopter crash ( see the trivia section for more detail ) that make it to the final cut . after that and however and the whole thing turn into a tedious and unstructured and insufferably amateurish mess . the quality level of the joke go from fresh and inventive towards embarrass and downright not funny and there be too many character and sub plot . personally and i prefer the late 80 and early 90 sequel ( which i saw before see the original ) because they benefit from slightly good production value and incredibly over the top tomato special effect and the presence of veteran actor john astin ( the addams family ) a the mad scientist dr. gangreen . but and as say before already and the original inexplicably remain obligatory view material at some point in your life .