Chopping Mall

11/14/19861h 16m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg! ~

Overview:

High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for the Park Plaza Mall. When a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots" on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers!

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$800,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

laser
shopping mall
remote control
robot
struggle for survival
group of friends
mall
lockdown
trapped in building
falling
android horror

Cast

Kelli Maroney

~ as ~

Alison Parks

Tony O'Dell

~ as ~

Ferdy Meisel

Russell Todd

~ as ~

Rick Stanton

Karrie Emerson

~ as ~

Linda Stanton

Barbara Crampton

~ as ~

Suzie Lynn

Nick Segal

~ as ~

Greg Williams

John Terlesky

~ as ~

Mike Brennan

Suzee Slater

~ as ~

Leslie Todd

Paul Bartel

~ as ~

Paul Bland

Mary Woronov

~ as ~

Mary Bland

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 6 year(s) ago
6
Killer security robots at a Southern Cal mall

Security robots at a Los Angeles mall malfunction after a lightning strike and become a deadly threat to a group of youths partying at a furniture store after hours.

“Chopping Mall” (1986) takes the malevolent robot idea of “Westworld” (1973) and places it in the mall setting of “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) with robots that look like malicious versions of “Short Circuit” (1986) and R2D2. “RoboCop” didn’t debut until the next year.

Winsome girl-next-door Kelli Maroney is a highlight as protagonist Alison while Russell Todd from “Friday the 13th Part 2” (1981) is stalwart as Rick. Suzee Slater as Leslie is a’right. This is a spirited Grade B flick but at the end of the day it’s a throwaway; it’s fun and well-executed, but somehow hollow and forgettable.

The movie runs 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which was also used in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982) and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991).

GRADE: B-/C+