Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Ya know, they say ya put good things out in the world, you can expect good things back, and that’s never truer than with our latest update!
It’s time again fer the annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, and fer ya’ll who don’t know, this is essentially the Oscars of horror entertainment. Every year, the Rondos provide fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite horror flicks, books, comics, mags, horror hosts, and more from the previous year, and in our case —- Best Documentary! Yessir, our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective is officially nominated fer one of these coveted recognitions, and we’re hot to win!
But we can’t do this without you, Scream Freaks! ‘Cause ‘member — the Rondos are decided by fans for fans, so we need yer help in achievin’ this highest of horrific honors!
All it takes is a quick email!
Email: taraco@aol.com Subject: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Message: (Your Name) + Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective for Best Documentary.
Can it be any simpler?
And of course, there’s more to the Rondo’s ballot with numerous artists, actors, writers, etc. in other horror categories lookin’ fer a win, so take a peek at anything else ya wanna give yer two cents on in that same email. ‘Member, you can vote on as many of the categories as ya want, so help make others’ nightmares come true. Find the rest of the ballot at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards site HERE. Voting ends 4/16/24 at midnight!
Speakin’ of awards, be sure to catch us Sunday night 3/10/24, as we once again present the award for Best Horror Animation of 2023 at the Ahh Scares!, sponsored by our amigos, the Horror Addicts! We’ll once ‘gain be joined by one helluva line-up of new and returnin’ horror entertainers recognizin’ last year’s top shelf picks from movies to video games, books, actors, and more, so don’t miss out! Click HERE to watch the LIVE premier, and tell ’em Deadwest sent ya!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Been a minute, but we’re back on the warpath helpin’ Count Ted be all he can be as the new king of the vampires, and thanks to an overly enthusiastic suggestion by the Wolfman last episode, that means roundin’ up the classic monsters once more fer a helluva reunion.
Yessir, with Frankenstein and Wolfie already in tow, Ted’s now lookin’ to add the gill critter to his possey of power, and that’s probably ’cause he’s rumored to be hidin’ out at one of Ted’s biggest inheritances — Draculand! The most popular theme park in the Crosslands packed with gut churnin’ rides and twisted attractions modeled after Drac’s ol’ mug, we imagine there bein’ plenty of distractions gettin’ in the way of us findin’ our fish face monstrosity, but who says we can’t have a little fun, right? So, let’s go fishin’ with dynamite and enjoy ourselves ‘nother review featurin’ one of horror’s more undercelebrated mutants from the watery blood drenched depths!
We also wanna thank all you Scream Freaks buyin’ the Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kits which is a HUGE help fer supportin’ the show! Every cent spent on these kits goes directly back into the show, fundin’ even more merch fer y’all to enjoy down the road with more Screaming Soup! stickers, tradin’ cards, and (fangs crossed) toys. It’s all in the works, so THANK YA KINDLY from the bottom of our humbled husk of a heart!!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Dig out the tinsel, unknot ’em balls of string lights, and hold yer mothballed socks out fer goodies — it’s Christmas time ‘gain!
And speakin’ of Christmas, what better gift fer you Scream Freaks out there than the Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit?!
Yessir! Made possible by our generous supporters through Patreon, Ko-Fi, and Buy Me a Coffee, this kit’s got it all. For the low cost of $15 (which includes shipping and handlin’) Scream Freaks can now have their very own Official Scream Freak button, a mini-wanted poster featurin’ mug shots of the web’s #1 animated horror hosts with their rap sheet, a drink coaster from the Howl-Inn Grub & Spirits, five exclusive tradin’ cards (featurin’ Deadwest, Billy, Mandy, Heck Machine, and Buzzkill), and a postcard delivered all the way from the Crosslands! Sweet, right?!
Only available ’til supplies last, this one of a kind merch not only puts a piece of your favorite horror host show in yer mitts, but purchases help fund even more Screaming Soup! merch in the near future with additional tradin’ cards of our monstrous gang and rivals ‘long with plans for producin’ somethin’ I know you diehards have been clamorin’ fer — mini Screaming Soup! PVC figures startin’ with Deadwest! Yee-haw!
It all starts and stops with y’all, so check out the commercial below, and shoot us your with $15 sent through PayPal to @screamingsoup ‘long with yer name, mailin’ address, and the description “Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit”! Ya won’t regret it!
In the meantime, keep yer peepers peeled fer our next episode set in Draculand where we’ll be on the hunt fer the next monstrous ally to join Count Ted‘s gang of classic creatures. It’s all been fun and games so far, but we can’t shake this feelin’ trouble’s brewin’ on the horizon, and that ex-bride of Dracula’s, Countess Contessa, surely has somethin’ to do with it. A wet and wild misadventure full of sappy romancin’ and gut churnin’ gore, this upcomin’ romp will also feature a buncha new kick-ass tunes by Tubi movie composer Neil Lee Griffin (aka the voice of Count Ted)! Elevatin’ the quality of our show by leaps and bounds, he’s really been helpin’ us find Screaming Soup!’s musical identity with a wide breath of sound that can best be described as a top shelf hybrid ‘tween punk and western. We get so excited listenin’ to it all, it makes us wanna animate all the faster to start usin’ it! Be sure to check out more of Neil’s amazin’ work at nlgcomposer.com.
Regardin’ other vids, we’re plannin’ on repostin’ an updated version of our Killer Tomatoes Retrospective due to new facts brought to light after the fact. Seems 30 year ol’ trips down memory lane can only be so reliable, and we want to make sure the Killer Tomatoes’ history is as accurate as it can be fer the benefit of fans everywhere. Nothin’ major, mind ya, but big ‘nough details to wanna tweak this passion project closer to perfection than it was ‘fore.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
From all of us here at Screaming Soup! HQ, enjoy yer hundredth viewin’ of Silent Night Deadly Night, save us a glass of alkie-nog, and let us know what new holiday horror ya found this season. Scary Christmas, Scream Freaks!
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! That annual belly buster known as Turkey Day is upon us ‘gain, and we’ve got plenty to be thankful fer!
First off, we just got back from one of our favorite cons still willin’ to allow us in the door — RETRO TOY CON! Presented by our amigos at Toy Federation, this playful plastic pickin’ weekend was one fer the history books we tell ya what. Three days of toy huntin’, pizza parties, lobby/room/and parkin’ lot toy swappin’, celebrity meet and greets, costume contests, panel discussions, and listenin’ to our big yap act as the emcee of the event, doin’ our best to keep folks entertained ‘tween announcements with jokes ’bout signin’ petitions fer a Popples panel and findin’ us a Polly Pocket fer our Mighty Max.
While we did manage to score some new shelf fillers from obscure Bad Eggz Bunch to bargain bin Goombas from the ’93 Mario Bros. movie (with the coats still attached! Whoa!!), the biggest highlights were the friends and memories we made. We screamed He-Man know-it-all Pixel Dan‘s name whenever he walked by (much to his annoyance, we’re sure), swapped YouTube war stories with toy fanatic Shartimus Prime, shared our favorite hot dog hang-outs with Eddie Deezen, got the skinny on Retro Toy Quest‘s new Toy Collector’s Wishbook, joked a little with WWE Hall of Famers the Steiner Brothers, and talked ’bout the current state of the film biz with Star Wars alum Chris Parsons.
The headliner of the week, however, was the reunion of the creative forces behind the ’92 X-Men cartoon from Fox Kids, and we can’t tell ya how wild it is to get to know the voices behind characters we have such fond memories of from childhood. George “Beast” Buza entertained us with tales from the set of The Brain (1988) with him playing a henchman eaten by a giant rubber monster of gray matter. Alyson “Jubilee” Court was kind ‘nough to say those famous lines of hers as Lydia on the Beetlejuice cartoon over the intercom system. Roscoe “Ms. Marvel” Handford gave us some good laughs over her photos with our Screaming Soup! props. We had a terrific sit down with Lenore “Rogue” Zann discussin’ her time playin’ Sizzle on the long forgotten Stunt Dawgs cartoon. Cal “The Wolverine” Dodd was a hoot and a half with his displeasure over some obnoxious boom box playin’ a butchered version of Wipe Out. And the ringleaders of this mutant circus, showrunners Eric and Julia Lewald with Mark Edens, were some of the kindest, most approachable folks anyone could ask to meet. The best time we had with ’em was talkin’ ’bout how many western flicks influenced the scripts fer X-Men, Exo-Squad, and Spiral Zone while tradin’ some of the dumbest jokes we could think of! If ya haven’t bought either of Eric and Julia’s books on the makin’ of the X-Men series, do yourself a favor and snatch these up NOW. Previously on X-Menhas a ton of interviews with the cartoon’s cast and creators while featurin’ a ton of behind trivia per episode, and X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series simply explodes with an unbelievable ‘mount of production art and notes not seen in most books based on toons from this era.
In addition to this overload of excitement, we also got to behold one mother of a 3D printin’ project an up and comin’ toy company blessed the con with — a LARGER than life reproduction of the original Masters of the Universe toy line by True Legacy Design. We’re talkin’ HUGE He-Man figures with all the same action gimmicks accompanied by unbelievably proportioned vehicles and playsets. Unreal, right? Currently workin’ on gettin’ the licensin’ rights from Mattel, True Legacy Design hopes to start sellin’ these bad mama jammas to the public in the near future and already started their own YouTube channel to get news buzzin’ on this incredible venture of theirs. Who knows? Maybe they can help us produce some Screaming Soup! figures!
Speakin’ of Screaming Soup! products, we finally got in the rest of the merch this week for the upcomin’ Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit, and it’s shaped up to be one sweet package of tangible goodies. Full of various stickers, a mini-poster, buttons, and trading cards, this sucker’s sure to be at the top of every Scream Freaks’ wish list this holiday season and will be ready for sale shortly. Thanks ‘gain to the Scream Freaks on Patreon whose contributions made this treat possible. We’ll be contactin’ you for your mailin’ addresses to make sure you’re the first to receive this amazin’ package of soupy goodness!
And ‘fore we forget, the creators of The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise just released the first handful of episodes fer their new Killer Tomatoes podcast that takes fans behind the scenes of the most hilarious cult flicks inspired by the produce aisle, and we’re a featured guest fer one of ’em! Listen to filmmakers Costa Dillon and Steve Peace yap with the series’ most recurrin’ actor John Astin aka Dr. Gangreen, Marc Price (star of Killer Tomatoes Eat France), and us fer makin’ the 3 hour long documentary on all things Killer Tomatoes! Listen to it all NOW on Spotify!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
A chill hangs in the air as eerie winds weave their way through summer’s grasp, transformin’ luscious trees into gnarly silhouettes surrounded by colorful last gasps. Gourds are gutted and displayed on suburban stoops with grisly grins of fire ‘long side cacklin’ ghouls of plastic, circuits, and wires. Creeps put on their sinful bests and parade for candy as unwelcomed guests. Can it be? Could it mean? Why, yes, it’s a HappyHalloween!
Trick ‘r treat, Scream Freaks! Yup, it’s that spooktacular time of year ‘gain, and we’re happier than witches flyin’ over the full moon! Costume parties, horror flick marathons, scary pranks . . . just ‘nother day fer us ya could say, but Halloween’s a perfect ‘cuse to crank it to 11.
Speakin’ of rock references, don’t forget we got yer back when it comes to needin’ the perfect playlist of terror-ific tunes fer yer next hootenanny. With a jukebox full o’ nearly 600 diddies celebratin’ the scariest time of the year, y’all have access to 36 hours of our own hand picked songs havin’ anything to do with horror movies and TV shows as well as stand alone tunes packed with creepy themes and lyrics. Whether ya hit play and kick back, or use it as a springboard for creatin’ your own custom playlist, we just wanna help as many folks as we can who’re beggin’ fer more music than the usual go-tos like “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller.” Just visit our Howl-Inn Grub & Spirit Jukebox page HERE and enjoy!!
In the meantime, yer probably wonderin’ what’s goin’ on with Count Ted‘s situation since Frankenstein hooked him up with Wolfie in the Massacre Mountains. Well, they’re doin’ fine and Ted’s really comin’ up to speed fer how to be the Crossland’s new king of the vampires. Just in time too, ’cause he’s still game fer Wolfie’s plan to reunite Drac’s ol’ gang as part of his new regime, and the next guy we’re wranglin’ in’s gonna make one helluva splashy entrance. Rumor has it the long missin’ gill creature’s been sighted ’round the Crosslands’ favorite distraction Draculand, and let us tell ya — lookin’ for a creep ‘mong a sea of creeps in a fantasy getaway slammed with wall to wall theme park rides, mazes, and other sweet attractions ain’t gonna be easy. Parkin’s gonna be ‘nough of a nightmare!
Somethin’ else we’re excited to ‘nnounce is a Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kit in the works. Thanks to the generosity of Scream Freaks like y’all donatin’ to our Patreon, we now have ‘nough capital to produce some cool merch we’ll be packagin’ in one sweet bundle. Full o’ different kinds of stickers, buttons, coasters, tradin’ cards, pogs, and mini posters, it’s gonna be a regular treasure chest of collectables fer Scream Freaks everywhere wantin’ a piece of our show they can happily hold in their claws. So, keep ’em peepers peeled, ’cause that’ll be comin’ sooner than later!
Followin’ up on our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective we released a few months back, we’re thrilled to learn the masterminds behind the franchise liked our three hour praise fest of their work so much, they now have it permanently featured on the home page of the Killer Tomatoes website! Just when we didn’t think it could get any better than yappin’ with every cast and crew member involved with our favorite cult series, somethin’ like this happens and makes us feel like we’re now part of that incredible history. And if that weren’t ‘nough, we just learned Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and Steve Peace are startin’ their own Killer Tomatoes podcast and asked us to be one of their first guests! Jumpin’ jack-o-lanterns!! Y’all know when that episode drops the second we do!
In other news, next month is the return of our favorite toy convention from our amigos at Toy Federation — Retro-Toy Con! Not only are we pumped to snag us a table at this supremo hot spot fer toy fanatics huntin’ fer plastic treasures from yesteryear and today, but the guest list we’re a part of this time is just uncanny! Believe it or not, yer favorite animated horror host will be huggin’ the celebrity wall with none other than the original voice cast of Fox’s X-Men cartoon from the ’90s, WWE hall o’ famers the Steiner Brothers, Eddie Deezen from Dexture’s Lab, Star War’s Chris Parsons, and Pixel Dan! You bet yer Halloween candy it’s gonna be one helluva good time, and ya won’t wanna miss out! We’ll be actin’ as the announcer of the dealer’s room once ‘gain and have exclusive art prints fer sale at our Screaming Soup! table ‘long with free candy and opportunities to take yer picture with Deadwest undead in person! Mark yer calendars and come out see me and the rest of these amazin’ guests next month, November 17-19 in Greenville, SC!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! We’ve been hard at work gettin’ our show back on track after the time we spent wranglin’ together the BIGGEST BADDEST Killer Tomatoes retrospective ever dared, and now y’all get to enjoy the fruits of our labor once ‘gain!
Pickin’ back up where we left off with helpin’ Count Ted be the best vampire king he can be, we hike into the heart of the Massacre Mountains to find one of his predecessor’s greatest partners in slime — the Wolfman! Yessir, ol’ Frankenstein thinks Wolfie might be a valuable asset to Ted’s gang, and needs every bit o’ help he can get trackin’ him. We just hope we don’t run into any trouble we may have accidentally unleashed the last time we were in these parts. After all, Jerky the Bear couldn’t have survived that fall at the entrance to Hell . . . could he?
Y’all may even see other top shelf talents durin’ our misadventure in the wild weird west this time out, most notably ’em yappers from Movie Dumpster Joe and Sean. Seems these groupies have been followin’ their favorite haymakers on the fightin’ circuit, Cumdar and Corpse Fucker, and their latest battle royale happens to be in our neck of limbo. Always happy to meet fellow movie buffs, y’all should really give their show a watch if ya haven’t already and tell ’em Deadwest sent ya!
In other news, y’all may notice our double feature review fer Wolfcop and Another Wolfcop has some pesky censors plaguin’ it. While we were farmin’ our Killer Tomatoes project, YouTube underwent some changes in their quality control department, and not in our favor. We uploaded this latest adventure the same as our other 100+ vids, but for the first time ever, YouTube yanked it off the web within a few minutes. The reason? They didn’t like us sharin’ an important part of cinematic history when audiences finally get to see what happens to a fella’s schlong durin’ a werewolf transformation. A true first fer celluloid entertainment when ya think you’ve seen it all that deserves to be studied by film scholars ’round the world, but YouTube shamelessly labels it as everyday smut. Shame!
That said, we knew we had to get the episode to you Scream Freaks pronto, so we just threw some bars on the breast part of the review and reuploaded it right away fer yer pleasure. The biggest suprise has been y’all’s reaction to the boob count censors which is heartfelt to say the least. We’ve gotten away with a lot these past 50+ episodes, but sad to say, we may have to compromise on the celebration of nudity in our movie reviews, just to keep our hard work up on YouTube. Not sayin’ we won’t look fer other places to post our vids uncensored, of course. There’s gotta be other platforms that ain’t patrolled by highfalutin AI programs used as low brow dick detectors able to identify the outline of a nipple in quadrillionth of a nanosecond.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! It’s been a month since we premiered our long awaited passion project on everything Killer Tomatoes, and we’ve gotten one helluva response! Yes siree, buzz ’bout our Killer Tomatoes Retrospective has been makin’ its way down the horror fan pipeline with its debut on YouTube, Betamax TV, OSI74, and The Vortexx, and folks are ecstatic someone like us finally got the inside scoop behind the makin’ of this outrageous franchise with three hours worth of interviews featurin’ nearly every cast and crew member from the movies to the cartoon series.
The biggest praise we could hope fer, however, happily came from the comic masterminds behind the whole series, Four Square Productions. To quote, writer/Killer Tomatoes creator Costa Dillon, “No one does horror hosting better than Screaming Soup! They created the Citizen Kane of Killer Tomato retrospectives.” Director John DeBello called us the “consummate consommé of horror hosting,” and Steve Peace was so impressed with the retrospective, he says he’s gonna make this required viewin’ fer his grand young’ns. When documentin’ such a huge part of these fellas’ lives, we can’t ask fer better than that!
So, what’s next fer Screaming Soup! ya ask?
Well, fer now, we’re gettin’ back to production on our regular season and pickin’ up where we left off with us helpin’ Count Ted transition from hapless video store clerk to Dracula’s replacement as king of the vampires. Just like we brought Frankenstein in to mentor the befuddled bloodsucker, our next wild weird west adventure will have us huntin’ the Wolfman fer pointers in the Massacre Mountains where some previous nasties of nature we’ve encountered are still roamin’ ’round. Even better, we have a cameo planned with our amigos Joe and Sean from Movie Dumpster, a show where they talk ’bout our favorite kinda flicks while creatin’ their own little fantasy web world of co-existin’ movie properties called the MDU (Movie Dumpster Universe). Y’all should really check ’em out if ya haven’t yet, and get a taste of what yer in fer come time fer episode #53 to drop.
In other news, we’ve been itchin’ to do some quick and dirty art as of late and have been whippin’ up some fun colorin’ book drawin’s of us on adventures with different cohorts in the horror hosting community. Don’t know how long we’ll keep this up, but the response has been great, and we’re regularly addin’ more to our gallery page, so keep an eye out for these as they arrive, and let us see yer colored masterpieces!
Lastly, we’re givin’ a special shoutout to our longtime fan Brandon who’s a longtime supporter of our show. Brandon likes to bring some of horror’s more obscure titles to our attention and even goes so far as providin’ us with YouTube links to watch ’em all! In honor of a Super Scream Freak sharin’ this nostalgic entertainment with us, we wanna share it with y’all as well. Just check out the links below, and enjoy ’em ‘fore some higher power takes ’em down.
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! After ’bout a year of video silence, we proudly return with our greatest triumph yet, provin’ once ‘gain why we’re the web’s #1 animated horror host show. Just as memorable as our epic season long crossover with Charles Band, as awesome as sharin’ the QnA stage with the likes of Kane Hodder, and as special as gettin’ worldwide recognition from Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder’s The Last Drive-In, we now cross paths with ‘nother icon of horror whose arrival sent shockwaves through the world of cult cinema that’s still enjoyed today. We’re talkin’, ‘course, ’bout Killer Tomatoes.
We originally planned on a Screaming Soup! special on the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes movies to be our swan song after 100 episodes, but once we accepted the reality of our tedious production schedule, and the fact the talents involved with makin’ the Killer Tomatoes aren’t gettin’ any younger, we decided 50 episodes and the validation we achieved from receivin’ Joe Bob’s Silver Bolo Award in 2021 was a good ‘nough time to cross this off our bucket list. We’re still producin’ ‘nother 50 Screaming Soup! episodes, mind ya, we’re just sayin’ this passion project of ours got significantly bumped up.
As filmbuffs and lifelong fans of the Killer Tomatoes franchise since first seein’ the cartoon while gobblin’ action figures up with our Killer Tomato toys, we always hated how there were never any behind-the-scenes featurettes or tell-all books ‘yond the makin’ of the first Attack of the Killer Tomatoes movie from 1978. IMDb, magazine articles, online interviews . . . it was all the same decades ol’ scraps of information and movie plot synopsis. Nothin’ answered the real burnin’ questions we had fer how this cult flick oddity by a gang of nerds outta San Diego managed to explode into a pop culture phenomenon as a toy sellin’ Saturday mornin’ cartoon ’round the world. Frustrated by this constant lack of knowledge, we finally took it upon ourselves to collect these factoids for the sake of Killer Tomato fans everywhere, and be the first EVER to share the WHOLE story behind this underdog franchise.
It all started with us contactin’ producer/writer Steve Peace who fans know better as their favorite parachute draggin’ Tomato War vet Lt. Wilbur Finletter. Steve and his filmmakin’ partners producer/writer/director John DeBello and writer/Killer Tomatoes creator Costa Dillon formed Four Square Productions when they began their film careers as teenagers makin’ Super 8 movies, and we managed to dig up a phone number fer that business online. “You’re lucky I even picked up. This may very well be the last workin’ landline in the world,” Steve laughed after feelin’ a strange compulsion to answer our call. Fillin’ him in on us bein’ horror hosts and expressin’ our interest in doin’ a retrospective that finally paints the whole picture ‘hind the history of the Killer Tomatoes, Steve was more than accommodatin’ and connected us with DeBello and Costa who happily granted us our first interviews for the retrospective which greatly helped lay the bones for the Killer Tomatoes timeline additional interviews with cast and crew from each movie could add meat to.
With help from Four Square, IMDb Pro, and good ol’ fashion gumshoe work, we managed to round up and interview most everyone involved with the series fer the retrospective. Recordin’ our conversations over Zoom, we had an incredible year yakkin’ it up with Olympic gold medalists, Miss Universe winners, soap opera stars, folks who worked on sets like Super Mario Bros. and Married . . . With Children, stand-up comics, heavy hittin’ talents ‘hind The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, and not to mention — John “Gomez Addams” Astin which was the most unbelievable two hours spent durin’ all this as he shared nearly a 100 years worth of stories in the entertainment biz from Hollywood to Broadway. All these folks are such amazin’ talents and the nicest, funniest people anyone could hope to talk with ’bout killer veggies. Woulda been nice to say we got to chew the fat with George Clooney, ‘course, but believe you us — if there’s anyone missin’ from this sucker, it ain’t fer lack of tryin’! It either means we couldn’t reach ’em at all or they plain said, “No.”
So, that brings us to now. After ’bout a year editin’ twenty plus hours of interview footage down to a hair over three, we’re proud to present the most in-depth, be-all end-all tell-all retrospective on the ENTIRE history of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes series includin’ Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, Killer Tomatoes Eat France, and both seasons of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon series that originally aired on Fox Children’s Network. We cover Four Square’s first studio picture Sour Grapes aka Happy Hour, Elvira’s ribbin’ the original flick on late night TV, the unofficially licensed video games, the tomatoes’ resurgence thanks to the Muppet Babies, the reason why no restaurant wanted to use killer tomatoes for an ad campaign, the real story ‘hind the cartoon’s cancellation, and MORE!
And to provide as much Killer Tomato history as possible, we do include a few snippets of information gathered from home video bonus features and other content creators’ web shows, but all sources have been properly credited and handled much the same way as a research paper with links to their original work in the description of the video. The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective is strictly a non-profit documentary made for the purpose to educate and inform fans interested in the history of the Killer Tomatoes franchise under Fair Use (Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976) as well as a creative reunion of sorts for the talents who are excited to see one another after decades apart. Everyone involved with this video from Screaming Soup! HQ to the interviewees participated in this out of the goodness of their heart for no other gain than to laugh at rememberin’ the best times they ever had makin’ these movies.
Now, enjoy this love letter to one of our favorite movie franchises of all time! It ain’t perfect, but we gave it all we got and then some. TOMATOES!!!!
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Ho-Ho-Howdy there, Scream Freaks! The season of slasher Santas, rabid reindeer, and yuletide yetis is upon us ‘gain. Yup, it’s Christmas time! Brick up that fireplace, protect yer chestnuts, and don’t shake yer gifts under the tree too hard — they might just bite! This Christmas is sure to be the most frightenin’ one yet, and we owe a lot of that to a particular streamin’ service.
December kicked off beautifully with the theatrical release of Violent Night starrin’ Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as a kick-ass Santa rescuin’ a family of fat cat hostages from home invadin’ mercs in Die Hard fashion. A 5/5 romp full of serious silliness, we wanted to cover it as an R-Rated Review, but it clearly ain’t a horror flick with its top shelf fantasy/action sequences, so we decided ‘gainst it. That didn’t stop our favorite ghost girlfriend Mandy from sharin’ her two cents on what’s now our newest holiday tradition, however, and she was even quoted by Violent Night‘s Twitter account! So proud of her!!
Like every Christmas, while folks are on the hunt fer ’em perfect gifts that prove they’re not as selfish as everyone thinks, we’re huntin’ fer this year’s newest offerin’s of holiday themed terrors. We covered some of the more front and center promoted fright flicks like Weredeer, The Killing Tree, Nutcracker Massacre, and Shudder’s Christmas Bloody Christmas in bite-size reviews on our R-Rated Review blog, but putrid polecats — we just uncovered a whole treasure trove (or dung heap?) of Christmas horror movies on Tubi we never heard of!
Some new, some old, and all of ’em lookin’ like they were shot over weekends on a paperboy’s salary! Titles we discovered include Psycho Santa 1-2, He Knows, There’s Snow Escape, A Christmas Slay, Season’s Greetings 1-2, Slayed, Christmas Craft Fair Massacre, Christmas Blood, Happy Horror Days, Deadly Xmas, Axemas 1-2, Jack Frost (2022), Christmas Tapes, Christmas Vacation, Killer Christmas Elves: The Movie, Krampus: The Return, Krampus vs Big Foot, Vikings vs Krampus, Sister Krampus, Christmas Apparition, Stuffings, Mercy Christmas, Silent Night Zombie Night, I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday, Leech, and Silent Night (2021). Most of these are still available to watch fer free on Tubi as of this post, and we’re tryin’ to get through as many as we can, so keep yer peepers peeled for these R-Rated Reviews!
In bigger updates, the trailer dropped for our upcomin’ Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective! Set to a rockin’ cover by Piss Ant (Click HERE for their YouTube channel), get a taste for what to expect from this Screaming Soup! special as we dive head first into the untold history behind the Killer Tomatoes franchise, speakin’ with nearly every cast and crew member involved with the makin’ of all four of the movies as well as the cartoon series. You’ll see the creators of the whole shebang John DeBello, Costa Dillon, and Steve Peace, hear from folks behind the scenes like the puppeteers and composers, and even get a peek at John Astin commentin’ on playin’ the series’ angry scientist, Prof. Gangreen. It’s all very excitin’ as we come closer and closer to releasin’ this sucker in the first quarter of 2023.
And even bigger updates yet, we now have Karen Mistal (Tara from Return of the Killer Tomatoes) joinin’ the fun, so this retrospective is really shapin’ up to be the definitive be-all-end-all killer tomato fans like ourselved have been waitin’ our whole afterlives for!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! After weeks full of holiday parties, noisy parades, and belly bustin’ dinners, most folks would double over dead from exhaustion, but not us! We dropped dead forever ago and feel more alive than EVER as Thanksgivin’ returns, encouragin’ us to admit things we’re thankful fer.
Right now, we’re most thankful for bein’ a part of Retro-Toy Con recently, which is this unbelievable toy convention thrown by our compadres over at Toy Federation. These guys know how to party, let us tell ya. Not only did they make sure to pack the dealer room with an unbelievable mix of toys from yesteryear and today rangin’ from obscure Freddy Krueger knockoffs to mainstream mainstays like Star Wars and G.I. Joe, they even booked all kinds of celebrity guests from our favorite Saturday morning cartoons, Friday the 13th Part 2, the WWE hall of fame, and let’s not forget — yer favorite animated horror host Deadwest!
Yessir, as part of the star line-up, we happily spent the weekend meetin’ you Scream Freaks who showed up while as well as tradin’ quips with wrasslers Hacksaw Jim and the Million Dollar Man, doin’ Cobra Commander impressions with Arthur Burghardt (G.I. Joe’s original Destro), sharin’ candy with Jem and the Holograms‘ Samantha Newark, slingin’ back drinks at the bar with Warrington Gillette aka the first Jason Voorhees to kill onscreen, hangin’ ten with the first gang of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actors, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, and Barry Gordon, and catchin’ up with our amigos Mark McCray and Dan Klink from The Best Saturday Mornings of Our Lives podcast. Fanboy overload, right? Even better, we got to be Retro-Toy Con’s MC the whole time, makin’ important ’round the clock announcements while teasin’ the other guests with random messages. “Attention Hacksaw Jim. We checked, and we’re sorry, but you can’t use yer 2×4 when thumb wrasslin’ yer fans.”
Sure to go down as one of the greatest achievements of our afterlives was Rob and Arthur complimentin’ our pipes. Words can’t describe what receivin’ that kinda validation means to us comin’ from such talented voicebox dynamos. Only other moment that comes close to beatin’ it was at the end of the con, when we zipped from one cartoon superstar to the next for closin’ statements with the best one bein’ Samantha sayin’, “Show’s over, Synergy.”
This vendor had a beast of a My Pet Monster collection!
And if that weren’t ‘nough of a treat, we even had the honor of hostin’ all the celebrity panels! We asked Warrington ’bout his journey from Wall Street broker to bein’ celebrated as one of the few actors to play Jason over a little kumbaya campfire, and he pitched fans an offer to own a part of his newest flick, Bloody Social. Arthur Burghardt held our hand in shock as we revealed our interest in him takin’ us down memory lane to when he was a magic hobo in Full Moon’s Killjoy. The panel that was the most fun fer us, however, was forcin’ Hacksaw Jim and Ted “The Million Dollar Man” Dibiase to sit through a slideshow of their greatest hits in plastic as they gave their feedback on all the different toys made in their image over the years. We forgot to record our pow-wow with Arthur like dumbasses, but we’ll be sharin’ the audio from the panels with Warrington, Hacksaw, and Dibiase ‘fore long, so y’all can get a taste of the fun we had.
Speakin’ of yappin’ with talents, we even managed to steal Rob and Cam away from their turtle fans long ‘nough to interview ’em fer their work on the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon series for our Killer Tomato Retrospective we’ve been teasin’. Cam not only played Gangreen’s evil sidekick, Igor; he even voiced one of the killer tomatoes from the second season ‘long with Rob’s mutant veggie, Mummato. We still can’t believe our luck! We’re incredibly thankful fer their participation in our project and can’t wait to add their clips of ’em playin’ with their mutant tomato chew toys with everyone else’s stories of bein’ in such a wonderfully wacky series.
Speakin’ of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective — UPDATE — We’re comin’ closer and closer to completin’ this bucket list of a dream project. Editin’ is just ’bout done, the animation shouldn’t take too long, and after we drop in the soundtrack –POW! We hope to have this sucker out there for y’all to enjoy ‘fore Valentine’s Day! What could be sweeter than the first ever behind-the-scenes feature of anythin’ and everythin’ Killer Tomatoes with ’bout 20 interviews of nearly everyone involved from the filmmakers to the cast and crew?! We can’t wait!
Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .
Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Ya know, they say ya put good things out in the world, you can expect good things back, and that’s never truer than with our latest update!
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