Television Crossover Universe

1978--ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES!-- A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes. RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (FILM) Release Date: April 22, 1988 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Non-Horror Crosses: Superman ; Mary Tyler Moore Show; Marx Brothers The Story: Set in a divergent timeline, it’s ten years after the events of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, known as the Great Tomato War. Tomatoes are now outlawed. But a mad scientist plans on unleashing a new tomato menace. Notes: Superman makes a cameo appearance, but doesn’t really affect the plot. This would likely be the second Superman, Clark Kent Junior. This film follows Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and is followed by Killer Tomatoes Strike Back. Matt Hickman adds: In Return of the Killer Tomatoes Igor has a diploma from The Ted Baxter School of Journalism.  T he Marx brothers are also in the crowd scene at the end ATTACK OF T...

This was one of the earliest horror films I remember from my childhood, on the Creature Double Feature, on a Saturday afternoon.  It really freaked me out as a kid. 1954--THEM!-- The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. January 1986--TWILIGHT ZONE--" Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes   (1986)"-- Emile Francis Bendictson refers to giant ants. April 1986--TWILIGHT ZONE--" A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot "-- H.G. Orson refers to "giant ants." Johnson's is named after Gramps Johnson, one of the giant ants' first victims in the film. PLANETARY # 8 “THE DAY THE EARTH TURNED SLOWER” (WILDSTORM/DC COMICS) Release Date: February 2000 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Planetary Horror Crosses: Them! The Story: The group defeat a secret organization trying to create an army of giant ants. Notes: It’s revealed that ...