framing this side of Coleman Francis, the really frustrating thing about Tomatoes is the toothlessness of its satire. And that's a major missed opportunity, considering that the irony of using a stereotypically foreign genre (Japanese monster movies) against a parody of America's jingoistic reliance on military power (the Army is useless against the giant tomatoes) should've been a comedic gold mine." Rue Morgue writer Michael Gingold later wrote, in a review of the Blu-ray edition in 2018, wrote that "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes may be one of history's most misunderstood films. It has often been celebrated as a prime example of 'so bad it's funny' cinema, when in fact it's an attempt at intentional comedy that is, at best, a scattershot success." The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 27% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 4.30/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 9 out of 100 based on 5 critic reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Legacy Attack of the Killer Tomatoes has become a cult film. A number of sequels and other spin-off material have been done 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 sequel Return of the Killer Tomatoes picks up the story 10 years later. The film is notable for the casting of George Clooney in one of his first film roles. American composer and orchestrator Gordon Goodwin, one of the original composers for the film, later wrote an Emmy-nominated, big-band piece inspired by the music for this film, to be played with his jazz ensemble Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Adaptations, parodies, and spin-offs The film was adapted in 1990 as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, a cartoon TV series which ran on Fox Kids, but despite the name, it was based on Return of the Killer Tomatoes. A novel released in 1997, Attack of the Killer Potatoes, pays tribute to the film. Different video games were developed: a 1986 video game released for 8-bit computers, which was based on the film, and a 1991 video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy game consoles, which was based on the animated series. Viper Comics released a comic book adaptation of the film in