Chopping Mall

Release Date: 1986-03-21

Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (378 votes)

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Overview: A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.

Production: Trinity Pictures, Concorde Pictures

🎭 Top 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

📝 User Reviews

Wuchak

⭐ 6/10

Jul 29, 2019

***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+

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