Killer Tomatoes - Sequels

Sequels

There have been a number of sequels and other spin-off material in various media as a result of this movie. They include three movie sequels:

• Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
• Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! (1990)
• Killer Tomatoes Eat France! (1991)

The 1988 sequel, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, uses stock footage from this film in the opening, with only one real change. The scene from the climax of the original portraying hundreds of people running into the stadium to squash the tomatoes is dubbed over to make it seem like they are evacuating the area.

In the theme song for this film we hear about the death of Herbert Farbage by tomatoes, in the opening song for the sequel we learn that Herbert actually survived the attack and now has an upcoming TV show.

American composer and orchestrator Gordon Goodwin, one of the original composers for the film, later wrote a big band piece inspired by the music for this film, to be played with his jazz ensemble Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. The piece is meant to poke fun at the soundtrack in a musically comic fashion, especially through the song's use of solo Bass Trombone.