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Chopping Mall (1986)

R 03/21/1986 (US) Horror, Science Fiction 1h 17m

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Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!

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.

Jim Wynorski

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Steve Mitchell

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Karrie Emerson

Linda Stanton
Julie Corman

Mall Shopper
Kelli Maroney

Alison Parks
Toni Naples

Lead Bathing Beauty
Tony O'Dell

Ferdy Meisel
Barbara Crampton

Suzie Lynn
Suzee Slater

Leslie Todd
Russell Todd

Rick Stanton
Paul Bartel

Paul Bland
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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on July 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... read the rest.

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