Chopping Mall (1986)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Alison Parks	Kelli Maroney	½
Ferdy Meisel	Tony O'Dell
Rick Stanton	Russell Todd	½
Linda Stanton	Karrie Emerson	½
Suzie Lynn	Barbara Crampton	½
Greg Williams	Nick Segal
Leslie Todd	Suzee Slater
Mike Brennan	John Terlesky

Review

If ever there was a slasher film that epitomizes the 80s, it's this one: a shopping mall, R2D2-like killer robots, and a bunch of hair-sprayed teenagers running around in Levi's jeans. Filmmaker Jim Wynorski scores points for not taking himself too seriously and for getting B-movie dialogue to sound quite natural. But the basic premise is ridiculous for the film's (and the time's) level of sophistication. There's absolutely nothing scary about these slow-moving, clunky robots who obviously would struggle to tip over even a waggly toddler. Wynorski tries his best to come up with gags that could make his cheap SFX look impressive, but you can almost see the props guy's hands working just off frame.