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Movie Reviews of Chopping Mall
Movie Review: Good for nostalgia, not much else.
Summary: 3 Stars
Chopping Mall (Jim Wynorski, 1986)
Pretty standard Corman-produced fare from the mid-eighties. It's the year 2000, and the world is still shopping-mall centered. (And oh, yeah, fashion and slang haven't changed since the mid-eighties, either. Fascinating!) A security company have just instituted the latest and greatest in security technology--security robots aimed at keeping the burglar population down and not needing to pay human guards. "It's foolproof", the security consultant says. "What could go wrong?" Famous last words. Eight mall employees have an after-hours party in the furniture store during a lightning storm that (of course) short-circuits the system. We first realize something's wrong when one of the robots kills a janitor. The kids, of course, are still blissfully unaware. But that will soon change!
It's your typical Corman-factory crap, but if you're looking for a slasher film with a couple of variations on the usual theme, Chopping Mall will fill the bill. It's not entirely awful, Barbara Crampton gets in some gratuitous nudity (I think exposing her breasts was part of her standard contract, something for which we should all be thankful), and Wynorski (who also co-wrote the script) and Corman bring back some characters from earlier Corman films for an amusing twist on the whole meta thing years before it got popular. All in all, a surprisingly unstupid Corman flick, especially considering Wynorski (whose greatest achievement to date has been the Bare Wench Project series) was at the helm. ** ½
Movie Review: Slasher meets sci-fi
Summary: 3 Stars
Chopping Mall is your basic retread of the slasher movie formula with a couple unique touches. Number one, it obviously takes place in a shopping mall, and number two, robots are doing the killing here. Although it certainly has its horror aspects, it's much more of a dark comedy movie at heart.
A mall decides to equip its premises with the latest in security technology, a team of security guard robots that lay the beat-down on burglars by firing laser beams. One night a group of teenage mall employees decide to throw a little party inside the furniture store after closing hours, unfortunately this coincides with an electrical storm that causes the robots' internal computers to go haywire. Now the group attempts to escape the mall with their lives as the murderous robots run rampant.
Chopping Mall has all the calling cards of a campy 80's horror movie. Over the top synth music, inter-changeable/disposable characters, laughable dialogue, the works. The one thing Chopping Mall surprisingly does lack is gore, which is often the focal point of these types of movies. The pacing (thankfully) is brisk, but a little more gore definietly wouldn't have hurt. At a trim 70 or so minutes in length, Chopping Mall is a mostly forgettable, but nonethless entertaining movie for those that are prone to enjoying this type of thing to begin with. If you love cheesy horror, and really really love the 1980's, this would be your movie.
Movie Review: Chopping Mall
Summary: 3 Stars
CHOPPING MALL is every bit the cheesy B-movie that the title suggests. Its goofy plot finds a group of teens fighting for their lives when they are locked in the mall with three robotic security guards that have been reprogrammed... to KILL!! Jim Wynorski directs this trashy Slasher that will only be remembered for a few of its outrageous death scenes. While most of the kills are pretty unremarkable, CHOPPING MALL gives DEADLY FRIEND a run for its money when a stray laser beam competes for the 'Best Head Explosion in an 80's Film' award. If the outdated fashion and big hair weren't enough to give away the film's age, the cornball humor and synthesized score will certainly do the trick. Horror fans will be happy to see a number of recognizable faces, including Roger Corman favorite Dick Miller and scream queen Barbara Crampton in a pair of brief cameos. Even at its worst, CHOPPING MALL is still an entertaining popcorn movie with enough killer robot mayhem to please the average Slasher fan!
-Carl Manes
I Like Horror Movies
Movie Review: A slightly original idea in the 80's slasher genre
Summary: 3 Stars
From the high-tech computerized wizardry and robotics of the 1980's, comes Chopping Mall. The basic plot is simple; a shopping mall purchases three security robots to roam the mall during nightly closed hours. All intruders will be zapped via stun gun wires. Workers such as security guards and janitors must simply show an ID to the robots who answer "Thank you, have a nice day." Unfortunately, during a lightning storm, the main computer gets zapped by a bolt of lightning and the robots go on a killing spree.
Typical horny 80's teenagers, who are a must in films like these, try to stop the killer robots with guns, propane tanks, paint, and road flares. I recognized one of the dudes as 'Scott' from Friday the 13th Part II.
There are some decent kills and a cute blonde goes up in flames, so it isn't a total waste of time, but I don;t see myself popping this in the DVD player on a regular basis. But for fans of 80's flicks, though this is not ground breaking, belongs in your collection.
Movie Review: A Little of Both
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is everything that is good and bad about 80's horror. You have your bad acting, but an interesting story premise. It is one of those bad movies you will either love for being bad, or dismiss as drivel. Growing up in the 80's, I have a soft spot for the horror films of the time, so I had a fun time watching this one.