10 Horror Movie Mistakes Directors Refused To Fix Because The Acting Was Too Good

9. An Expensive Error - Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes

There are many questions surrounding the 1997 horror parody movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - the major one being "Why?"

Why did anyone think this would be a good idea? Because it's schlocky, self-aware goodness, that's why!

Director John DeBello must have thought, "Why is this happening to me?" when a stunt during filming went very wrong. Whilst filming a scene where a helicopter was supposed to land in the background, the whirly bird lost control and slammed into the ground.

Thankfully no one was seriously hurt, but the low budget film's bank balance took a hefty hit as the chopper was valued at $60,000.

However, because everyone just sort of went with it, footage from the smash ended up in the film itself. That and because there was no chance they could get the money for another helicopter.

The script was changed so that one of the eponymous mutant foodstuffs took the aircraft down and the close-ups of the cast members watching the crash are nothing short of hilarious.

If this accident was going to happen on any film set, this was probably one of the better ones.

 
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Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random clips from The Simpsons on YouTube at 3am, and writing about himself in the third person.