Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
They were out for blood, and rotten to the core. Now they're back ...
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
In Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “killer tomato apocalypse”. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, power, consumerism, technology.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Black Panther (2018)E8/E12 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Spaceballs (1987)E8/E12 · rare rung · consumerism, power
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)E8/E12 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)E8/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Warcraft (2016)E12 · rare rung · power, prejudice
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E12 · rare rung · power, technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Blade II (2002)E4/E10 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · power, technology
WALL·E (2008)E13/E14 · rare rung · consumerism, technology
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)E11/E14 · rare rung · power, technology
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · power, technologyAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Appleseed (2004)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Blade Runner (1982)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
RoboCop (2014)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Downsizing (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Underworld: Awakening (2012)consciousness in monsters · vampire‑werewolf dystopia
The Legend of Hei (2019)consciousness in monsters · spirit guild realm
Wizards (1977)consciousness in monsters · post‑apocalyptic fantasy realm
Godzilla (2014)consciousness in monsters · monster apocalypse
Willow (1988)consciousness in monsters · mythic fantasy realm
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)consciousness in monsters · kaiju timelineSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · power, prejudice
Superman (2025)consciousness in aliens · power, prejudice
Redline (2009)consciousness in aliens · prejudice, technology
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)consciousness in animals · power, prejudice
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)consciousness in animals · power, technology
Impossible Things (2021)consciousness in machines · power, technology
