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Chopping Mall (1986)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1986
Running Times: 77 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
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CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Trinity Pictures
Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Producer: Julie Corman
Production Manager: Charles Skouras III
SCRIPT
Script: Steve Mitchell, Jim Wynorski
DIRECTION
Director: Jim Wynorski
1st Assistant Director: Kristine Peterson
2nd Assistant Director: Terry Edwards
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tom Richmond
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Leslie Rosenthal
MUSIC
Music: Chuck Cirino
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Robert Short
OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Matthew D. Fishman
LOCATIONS
Locations: Beverly Center, Los Angeles, California, USA; Sherman Oaks
Galleria, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA
STUNTS
Stunts: Hannah Kozak
CAST
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)
Arthur Roberts (Mr Todd)
Ace Mask (janitor 2)
Will Gill Jr (janitor 1)
Lenny Juliano (burglar)
Lawrence Guy (Dr Carrington)
Morgan Douglas (Technician Marty)
Toni Naples (lead bathing beauty)
Robert Greenberg (big eater)
Maurie Gallagher (girl in restaurant)
David Del Valle (mall shopper with Julie Corman - uncredited)
Rodney Eastman (shoplifter - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
A group of teenagers working at a shopping mall stay late after
work for a party. But the mall's hi-tech security system - a fleet of
highly armed robots - malfunctions and goes on the rampage. The killbots
slaughter the security guards then turn their attention to the teens...
CAPSULE REVIEW
Dumb but very entertaining, that overcomes the
inadequacies of the cast with some great splatter effects, nice throwaway
one-liners and great killer robots. The plot doesn't bear even
a second's thought, but the sheer silliness of it all gets it
through.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Video Distributor: First Choice
USA
Theatrical Distributors: New World Pictures/Concorde Pictures
Video Distributor: Lightning Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: M
Singapore
Rating: PG
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1986
March
21: USA – theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
Where shopping can cost you an arm and a leg.
Chopping Mall - Where they slash their prices - and their customers!
Buy or Die
At Park Plaza Mall the security force isn't just tight, it's terrifying!
Shop til you drop, dead!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Killbots
Kuoleman kauppa – Finnish title
R.O.B.O.T. - working title
Shopping – French title
Supermarket horror – Italian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Eating Raoul (1982)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
The Lost Empire (1985)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988)
INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Video the Magazine December 1987 p.11 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.147
credits, review
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992
p.203
credits, review KEYWORDS
exploding heads, killer robots, robots, sex, shopping malls, teenagers
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