Chopping Mall (Killbots)

Chopping Mall (Killbots) (1986)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (5,986 ratings)

This high-tech spin on the slasher genre pits a group of sex-obsessed teens spending the night in a shopping mall against the mall's marauding robotic security guards -- whose programming turns homicidal after a bolt of lightning scrambles their control circuits. Director Jim Wynorski cut his… More

Play Trailer

R,
Directed By
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Mar 21, 1986 Wide
On DVD
Aug 17, 2004
Concorde Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    Disreputably fun... just about the best low-budget movie about killer robots destroying a shopping mall that can ever be produced.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...the film features horny teens being chased around a shopping mall by clunky robots that shoot lasers. What more do you need to know?

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Robot killers in a mall. Like 'Dawn of the Dead' done by dorks.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Goofball horror flick is salvaged by a quick pace and diverting sense of humor.

See more critic ratings and reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lee ?


    Silly, cheesy fun that's sure to raise a smile among 80s b-movie horror fans. The plot has three new security robots go on a manhunt around a shopping mall after malfunctioning during a lightning storm. Very 80s stuff with the typical cliched cannon fodderof horny teens.… More

  • Cory T


    After a 'Robocop'-esque infomercial satirizing the "neutralization" of a criminal, 'Chopping Mall' is a wacky B-movie that exudes a jovially fun attitude that removes the drive-in idiocy of the high-concept. Like the Universal classic… More

  • Tim S


    A pretty silly 80's horror movie...or any decade, for that matter. It does have several things going for it though. The yummy Barbara Crampton for one, Dick Miller for another and a really horrible 80's cheese synthesizer score. Other than the head-exploding scene, there… More

  • AJ V


    This is another great machines gone crazy movie, this time taking place at a mall after hours, which is always scary. I loved this techno terror film.

  • Jeff "


    Chopping Mall is a fun, cheesy ride and is an underrated gem of a horror film. The films story is simple, Security robots at a mall malfunction after the main computer gets struck by lightning, and the robots go on a rampage on a group of teens partying after hours inside the mall.… More

Read all 9 featured audience ratings

Currently unavailable on Flixster

Also available on

Other Retailers

Not Available
Not Available
Not Available

Subscription Services

Not Available
Not Available
Not Available

Cast

See more (24)

Trailers & Clips