{"title":"Killer Tomatoes Strike Back","dateDebut":"1991","dateEnd":null,"description":"This third entry in the dumbfoundingly silly \"Killer Tomatoes\" series continues the low-budget franchise's tradition of bombarding audiences with endless inane sight gags, horror movie in-jokes, and \"nudge-nudge, wink-wink\" comic asides. This installment finds flamboyant mad scientist Professor Gangrene (an enthusiastically hammy John Astin) up to his old tricks. The madman responsible for the near-annihilation of humanity by the title fruit, Gangrene is currently masquerading as the host of trashy talk show \"Talk of the Town,\" through which he mounts a temporarily successful media campaign restoring the red-stained reputation of the much-maligned tomato. Fortunately for an unwary populace, the professor's plot for world domination is foiled by hard-bitten detective Boyle (Rick Rockwell) and eminent \"tomatologist\" Dr. Kennedy Johnson (Crystal Carson). Though not as funny as the previous installment, Return of the Killer Tomatoes (which featured a young George Clooney in deadpan mode), this is still a mildly entertaining romp. The pulpy red menace would soon return for yet another sequel, but not before inspiring a truly great animated TV spinoff.","leadImageMedUrl":"http:\/\/distro-1.retrojunk.com\/secure\/cd0c20888fd033ee7e2aa2148ff65e67460bb8fcc40f381779c52f71a86e3bc3984dcf\/image\/86b_ccbc66c038__adb98634c8.jpg"}