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Chopping Mall

Chopping Mall

Horror · Science Fiction · 1986

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!

Movie details

Chopping Mall

“Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!”

1986 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 17m

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5.8 / 10

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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!

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jim Wynorski

Written by

Jim Wynorski · Steve Mitchell

Kelli Maroney

Kelli Maroney

Alison Parks

Tony O'Dell

Tony O'Dell

Ferdy Meisel

Russell Todd

Russell Todd

Rick Stanton

Karrie Emerson

Karrie Emerson

Linda Stanton

Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton

Suzie Lynn

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Nick Segal

Greg Williams

John Terlesky

John Terlesky

Mike Brennan

Court is in session

Put Chopping Mall on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.