Chopping Mall (1986)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Steve Mitchell (writer)
Jim Wynorski (writer)

Release Date:

21 March 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Where shopping can cost you an arm and a leg.

Plot:

Eight teenagers are trapped after hours in a high tech shopping mall and pursued by three murderous security robots out of control.

Plot Keywords:

Mall | Shopping Mall | Blood | Splatter | Person On Fire

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kelli Maroney	...	Alison Parks
Tony O'Dell	...	Ferdy Meisel
Russell Todd	...	Rick Stanton
Karrie Emerson	...	Linda Stanton
Barbara Crampton	...	Suzie Lynn
Nick Segal	...	Greg Williams
John Terlesky	...	Mike Brennan
Suzee Slater	...	Leslie Todd
Paul Bartel	...	Paul Bland
Mary Woronov	...	Mary Bland
Dick Miller	...	Walter Paisley
Gerrit Graham	...	Technician Nessler
Mel Welles	...	Cook
Angela Aames	...	Miss Vanders
Paul Coufos	...	Dr. Simon

Also Known As:

Killbots (USA) (theatrical title)
R.O.B.O.T. (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

77 min | UK:73 min (DVD) | Belgium:81 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Belgium:16 (video rating) | Italy:VM18 (VHS rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Center - 8500 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Concorde Pictures

Trivia:

The film's negative was tied up in legal limbo, so the Lion's Gate DVD edition of the film was mastered from a Lightning Video VHS master.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Throughout the entire movie, people can be seen walking around in the background on different floors of the mall, even though it's supposed to be closed.

Quotes:

[repeated line after the robots kill someone]
Killbots: Thank you... have a nice day.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Transylvania Twist (1989)

Now I Fear Mall Security...

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.