In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to buy some beer, get locked in a furniture store and talk about the 1986 classic “Chopping Mall”…
It’s a well known fact that the 1980’s was arguably the most prolific and profitable time for horror films — sometimes for better, other times for worse.
Julie Corman, wife of legendary horror producer Roger Corman, had a deal with Vestron video for a horror film that would take place in a shopping mall, which was the center of American consumerism in the 80s. She hired Jim Wynorski to pen the script and he only agreed to the project so long as he got to direct.
He ended up writing a script after he was inspired by the 1954 film “Gog,” although many believe the film is much closer to the made-for-TV film “Trapped,” which starred James Brolin. The premise of the movie was rather simple — a group of employees get trapped in a mall after hours with a group of malfunctioning robots meant to serve and protect but instead they turn murderous.
Shot at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which is the same mall that appears in films such as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Commando” and “Terminator 2,” the movie titled “Killbots” was released into theaters in 1986 but didn’t fare very well at the box office until a new name was finally suggested.
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to buy some beer, get locked in a furniture store and talk about the 1986 classic “Chopping Mall”…
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