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Retrofest 2011: Golden Turkey Awards: Chopping Mall (1986)

Chopping Mall (aka Killbots ), described by one reviewer as 'Like Dawn of the Dead done by dorks' , is a 1986 'spam in a can' flick directed by  Jim Wynorski,  in which a group of sex-obsessed teenagers are locked overnight in a shopping mall and hunted down by the mall's security robots.  It's an unlovely confection of nudity, 80's synth soundtrack, laser beams and exploding heads.   Jim Wynorski is an exploitation director of some note, with titles to his name such as The Bare Wench Project: Scared Topless , Scream Queen Hot Tub Party and the tv remake of The Wasp Woman ...  Classy.  (Incidentally, the wart-riddled demon-hand on the film poster has nothing whatsoever to do with the film it's promoting...).  Anyway, another scuzzy b-movie of the 1980s for your consideration... and it's only going to get worse from here.