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Chopping Mall

1986 · 77 min

A gleefully silly, neon-lit stalk-and-chase through an empty mall, mixing cheap thrills, gory kills, and knowing laughs.

Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd

Tagline: Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!
Overview: 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!

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Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd

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Tone: campystrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
technology
violence
isolation
class
Places: workplace
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	7
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Written by: Steve Mitchell, Jim Wynorski
Starring: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd, Karrie Emerson, Barbara Crampton, Nick Segal, John Terlesky, Suzee Slater
Music: Chuck Cirino
Cinematography: Tom Richmond
Runtime: 77 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Italian

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