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Chopping Mall (1986/Vestron/Lionsgate Blu-ray)



Picture: B Sound: B Extras: B Film: C+



Made just one year before the cult classic Robocop is the eerily similar (in some regards) 1986 Jim Wynorski film Chopping Mall. Following the typical slasher film narrative, I found the poster to be a bit misleading. There are no zombies in this picture but rather killer robots! A silly and gory film that doesn't shy away from some nudity, Chopping Mall is a relentless rip off of other better movies with enough '80s nostalgia to make it fun to watch today. The film stars Kelli Maroney, Barbara Crampton, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and Dick Miller to name a few. This is the first title under the Vestron Video Collector's Series in addition to Blood Diner (review elsewhere on this site.)


A new mall gets a security upgrade of seemingly super efficient and deadly robots that prove early on that they are a bit on the deadly side. When eight teenagers get trapped in the mall and all of the human security guards get wiped out, it's a fight for survival as the killer robots unleash terror upon them before shouting ''Have a nice day!''.


Presented in 1080p high definition with a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1 - the film looks great on Blu-ray disc even though it was shot in the '80s on a low budget. The DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 lossless track makes the film sound as good as it can with nothing particularly noteworthy audio wise, but nothing to complain about either really either.


Special Features include...

Audio Commentaries

Isolated Score Track

Trailer

8 Featurettes on the film



If you're an '80s horror fan and feel like you've seen it all, you won't get anything particularly new from Chopping Mall, but its a good cheeseball comedy/horror that would be fun to watch with a couple friends. It's at least a curio.



- James Lockhart

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