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Movie Reviews of Chopping Mall
Movie Review: just when you thought it was safe to go shopping......
Summary: 4 Stars
Some horror movies are meant to scare the pants off of you. Some horror movies try to scare the pants off of you, and other horror movies realize they really have no hope of scaring the pants off of you, and just try to be a fun movie. Chopping Mall is one of those movies.
I always look for three things in a slaher/horror movie. One, is the acting up to par, and is the movie well made? Secondly, are the death sequences cool, and believable? Lastly, does the ending deliever?
Chopping mall does well in the first category. It is fun, has that cool 80's mall feel to it and the actors do a rather good job. The "cool guy" of the movie chews gum like a cow chewing cud, so you're not to upset when he goes. The other actors all do a great job of running, screaming and coming up with ways to destroy the robots. The robots do an excellent job of scooting around and dispelling intruders with their lasers and tazers. (Their laser sound is right out of the original War of the Worlds movie)
Chopping mall, chops up the death sequences into cool and believable bits. This movie has one of the coolest sequences ever, when the blond bombshell, (I'd go into the mall and buy her a pack of cigs too...) loses her head, when running away from the "bots". I watched it in slow motion to see how they did it but I can't figure it out. The rest of them are pretty traditional deaths, but they are all believeable and unique.
The last part of the horror movie for me is the ending. Chopping mall ends pretty well. It's pretty exciting, and fairly tense, believeable and it wraps up the story of the movie.
This movie isn't one you want to watch to be terrified. This is a movie you watch with a bunch of friends, make fun of, laugh at and generally have a good time. It entertains, and brings a cheesy smile to your face. If you like cheesy movies, and are looking for some to add to your collection, then purchase this one.
Movie Review: Quite good cult Sci-fi horror movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
A shopping mall in L.A. has created three advanced security robots to guard the mall at night when it closes down. A group of eight teens (Barbara Crampton, Kelli Maroney, Russell Todd, Suzee Slater, Karrie Emerson, Nick Segal, John Terelesky and Tony O'Dell) decide to hide inside the mall to have a night of fun and sexual excitement, but unfortunately lightning has scrambled the robot's circuits as it turns them into homicidal killers that turns their night of fun into a nightmare of pure terror.
Exciting and enjoyable 80's Sci-fi horror action thriller that puts in a "Dawn of the Dead"-style shopping mall terror frenzy with a bit of "Terminator" thrown in. The acting is decent for a b-movie while the robot and splatter effects are quite excellent including that memorable exploding head sequence done on Crampton of "Re-Animator" fame, i also likw how it takes the slasher genre on Sci-fi level much like the first Terminator movie did and even offers an appearence by Dick Miller. The film is pure 80's horror/Sci-fi fun for anyone who likes the genres.
The DVD's transfer is alright but in fullscreen including the sound but there's some good extras like audio commentary, a featurette, photo gallery and trailer.
Also recommended: "Blade Runner", "The Terminator", "Terminator 2", "Westworld", "Deadly Friend", "Maximum Overdrive", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)", "Runaway", "Final Destination Trilogy", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Videodrome", "Terminator 3", "Terminator Salvation", "Aliens", "Slaughter High", "Scream Trilogy", "Halloween (1978)", "Grindhouse", "Scanners", "The Fly (1986)", "Akira", "Short Circuit", "Night of the Comet", "Robocop", "Demon Seed", "I Robot", "My Bloody Valentine 1981 and 2009", and "The Blob (1988)".
Movie Review: A FAVORITE FROM THE 1980'S
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to admit with guilty pleasure that this one of my favorite slasher films from the 1980's. I think the fact that it's a bit of sci-fi laced with horror that makes it unique. Rather than the typical psycho with a butcher knife or chainsaw, we get a group of security robots who go berserk when the computer that controls them malfunctions and attack people with laser beams. Originally entitled Killbots, Chopping Mall takes place in a mall of course where the usual horny teenagers are up to their usual teenage hijinks.
The teens have stayed in the mall after hours to hold a party, not knowing the new security robots are on thw prowl. A lightning storm causes the computer to malfunction and the robots to go bonkers. The kids are doing the usual, partying, smoking, having sex, etc...but then begin to wander off and eventually meet up with the robots and get killed in fairly brutal but not all that gory style. The kids soon find themselves under attack and on the run trying to avoid the three robots on the various mall levels.
Okay, maybe it's a bit cheesy. The bots don't move all that fast and you'd think it would be small problem to avoide them but who cares. I think what appeals to me about the movie is that the idea of being in a mall after hours has always been one that has intrigued kids. We probably all that it would be pretty cool when we were teens.
The film was just the second to be directed by Jim Wynorski who has since gone onto become one of the great "B" movie directors with films like: "Sorority House Massacre II", "Ghoulies IV", "Vampirella", and many more. The film starred Kelli Maroney who had been in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Night of the Comet.
All in all a pretty good little film
Movie Review: Should have been titled Killbots!
Summary: 4 Stars
Upon first viewing of this film...I autimatically thought of it as a watered down, 80's style of the original Dawn of the Dead...but with robots!
We are in a mall with a handful of young adults with a teen-like behavior straight out of the 80's and of course it is the nerdy duo we care about most...the virgins. The character development is not the greatest and the ending is abrupt, but I found this film to be extremely entertaining for a cheesy horror flick. When it comes to my taste in horror...I love the good, bad and the crap in between...so of course this was a hit with me. This is one of those horror films you can throw in the dvd player and watch for no reason at any time.
This dvd did not receive 5 stars because this dvd only comes with a short featurette on the killbots discussing how they were made and a little background on them. I found the trailer to be most entertaining and wish that the movie had displayed what the trailer had...more gore with a cheesy twist! I would have loved to have seen an arm attached to a shopping bag being drug around the mall...or more "chopping" to fit with the title. This is why the creators should have run with the original title of "Killbots!" but it is understandable why titles must come out to make the film sound better (just like "The Book of the Dead" being renamed into "Evil Dead"). Only gore I can really remember was the head explosion but there are some parts that are great...just not real unique.
So if you are a fan of weird fun horror films then pick this up...you are sure to have fun with it. Just make sure it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg! ;)
Movie Review: Where shopping can cost you an arm and a leg!.
Summary: 4 Stars
Chopping Mall definitely stands out as being one of the better b-movies of the 80's it was a cheaply made but fun horror flick. The special fx were quite good especially for the film's low budget and it has 80's scream queen Barbara Crampton who looks really hot in this film, the robots were pretty decent looking I mean they didn't even look that high tech but more like a 1950's sci fi film. The story is basic as a group of teens who are also mall employees decide to party after hours in a furniture store in the mall and it seems like the mall owners want to provide more security so they bring in some robots to patrol the area, the mall soon closes down and the teens are trapped inside and they soon get chased and killed by these robots or 'Killbots'. These new security robots have malfunctioned due to a lightning storm and have turned deadly but after killing someone they always keep saying "thank you, have a nice day" as if they were trying to be polite or something lol. The teens who are not very bright end up fighting for their lives and get some weapons from a sporting goods store called Peckinpah's ;-), the film has enough silly humor, gore (check out the cool head explosion!), nudity and in-jokes to make it worth watching and the characters were typical and dumb horny teenagers so it was alot of fun to watch especially Barbara Crampton as the ditsy blond she was great in this! the dialogue and synthesizer music were also typical of the 80's but I actually enjoyed this stuff. Cheesy idea and title but hey it works if you enjoy cheesy but great low budget 80's horror films then I highly recommend this.