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Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

1988 · 98 min · Director: John De Bello ★ IMDb 5.3 · 8,381 ratings

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Mad scientist Professor Gangreen is cooking up the second coming of the Great Tomato Uprising, in which music converted tomatoes into human form to war against mankind. Pizza delivery man Chad Finletter must save the world and beautiful tomato-girl Tara.

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Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Smile 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Humor
25%Smile
  1. Humor40%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Fear10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 5.3/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Relief
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Relief
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 57 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorReliefTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor62 %62 %0 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor60 %59 %3 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor57 %55 %6 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor60 %59 %6 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor60 %60 %4 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor58 %58 %1 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor57 %56 %0 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor60 %57 %1 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Humor69 %68 %5 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Humor70 %70 %9 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor60 %57 %8 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor56 %51 %5 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor59 %56 %6 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Humor63 %61 %9 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Humor64 %60 %9 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Humor64 %59 %6 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Humor69 %63 %9 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Humor75 %66 %26 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Relief78 %68 %49 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Humor77 %67 %55 %25 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AS
Anthony Starke

AS
Anthony Starke

Chad Finletter

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Karen M. Waldron

John Astin

Prof. Gangreen

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Steve Lundquist

Igor

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Michael Villani

Bob Downs

JS
J. Stephen Peace

Wilbur Finletter

FD
Frank Davis

Sam Smith

HW
Harvey Weber

Sid

JD
John De Bello

Charles White

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Costa Dillon

Prison Guard / Man in parking lot / SAG representative / Product placement customer / Reporter

DG
Deborah Gates

Woman In parking lot

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Rick Rockwell

Jim Richardson / Tomato dealer

TW
Teri Weigel

Matt's Playmate

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Gordon Howard

Pizza customer

D
Devlin

Shopper

DF
Debi Fares

Matt's Tomato

Michael Greene

Tomato Man

JA
John Ara Martin

Waiter

Details

Directed by
John De Bello
Written by
John De Bello, Costa Dillon, J. Stephen Peace, Stephen Andrich
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.3 · 8,381 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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