Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) is an American horror-comedy parody directed by John De Bello that you can watch online on iFILM. Shot on a shoestring, it became a cult classic by doing something most bad movies fail at: being deliberately, knowingly terrible in a way that is genuinely funny.

The premise is exactly what the title promises. Ordinary garden tomatoes have turned predatory. They are eating people, chasing pets, and sending government task forces into full bureaucratic panic. The military response is hopeless, the news coverage is absurd, and the film commits to every single bit of it with a straight face.

At 83 minutes it never outstays its welcome. De Bello made something that works precisely because he understood exactly how cheap and ridiculous it was — the joke is the movie, not just in the movie. For anyone who enjoys cult B-cinema and wants to watch one of its strangest founding texts, this is it. Stream Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) online on iFILM.