Chopping Mall

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Chopping Mall

My rating of 10/10 assumes that the only people who are going to watch "Chopping Mall" are people who have decided ahead of time that they like it; anyone else would consider it a B-movie (or more likely a C-movie). The movie focuses on a mall where they have robot security guards, called Killbots. Then (tsk, tsk), some horny teenagers decide to stay in the mall overnight, and the Killbots malfunction and go on a killing spree. One thing that we notice is that Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov play Paul and Mary Bland, the same characters that they played in "Eating Raoul", and Dick Miller plays a janitor named Walter Paisley, a character that he has played in many movies. Oh well...

CHOPPING MALL is exactly what you would want from a dumb 80s slasher movie. Three "killbots" menace misbehaving teens when they choose to stay in the mall afterhours to have sex and get drunk-- cheesy 80s lasers and lightning effects ensue. With the exception of one crawly sequence in a pet store, the movie is never suspenseful and many of the characters are so obnoxious that you're cheering on the robots, but it is so much fun and so silly. A perfect Halloween movie, full stop.

Cheeky, but fun, 80's flick about killer robots. Has a pretty coherent plot without any major holes (except for maybe why a computer is put on the roof), not 1, not 2, but 3 robotic villains (who are rather polite for killer robots), and idiot humans that you want to see die anyway. It's a shame it's out of print.

A treasure trove of teen movie clichés and outlandish murders, Chopping Mall is - and I'm as surprised as anyone - a lot of fun! It's well-paced, the action's good and these are likable characters. Not only that, but the Kill Bots themselves are kinda cool. You can tell pretty quickly which of the teens will step in at the last minute and be the hero, yet I was engaged throughout. Part of the appeal is the setting; They used an actual location during production (the go-to Sherman Oaks Galleria in this case), so the mall culture is legitimate. It's a snapshot as well as the wish-fulfillment of having free rein in a mall after-hours. That can't be just me, right? The premise is absurd and characteristically naughty, and that's all part of the charm.

What more could you ask for in a cheesy horror film from the 1980s? This movie depicts a group of horny teenagers who are accidentally trapped in the mall overnight with three possessed security robots. Unreal circumstances, predictability, corny phrases, and partial nudity make this banal-plotted flick a true camp hit!

Teenagers are partying in a shopping mall late at night, and find themselves having to escape the latest in mall security: the Killbots. Sucks to be them, since the Killbots are armed with laser beams and C4 (in case some military commandos break in, I guess). I started laughing at the hilarious facial expressions of the second guy to get killed, and from that point on the movie was pure comedy. The silliness factor is out of control, with such things as a sporting goods store that just happens to have a few M-16s in stock, a couple watching TV while 6 people have sex in the background, a girl who wears her pants so tight that she has a huge you-know-what throughout the entire movie, a soundtrack inspired by Atari, a cameo by Dick Miller (whose entire career seems to be based on making cameos in B-movies), an exploding head, etc. Pretty crazy stuff.

A group of teens(among them lovely Barbara Crampton from "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond")are terrorized in a shopping mall by a bunch of killer security robots."Chopping Mall" is a highly energetic horror film that is perfect for younger horror fans.The film is well-made,delightfully cheesy and it offers some memorable set-pieces(check out a head explosion scene!).The characters are likeable and there are some great one liners.Highly recommended.Director Jim Wynorski made also "Sorority House Massacre 2","976 Evil 2:The Astral Factor" and "Hard to Die".

Had all the boxes checked: cheesy dialogue, campy feel, bad acting, silly villain(s), gratuitous boob shot. It was just an entertaining 80 minutes. Please don't expect more out of that and I don't think you will.