Thursday, June 15, 2006
Chopping Mall!
We get free Showtime this month so that they can sucker us into subscribing. The selection of movies is far from stellar but since I like free stuff I set our DVR to record every single movie available so that I can review them after the month is over. Also, Showtime carries Penn & Teller's "Bull...." which I think is hilarious.
However, the thing I am most excited about is "Chopping Mall". It's a 1986 low budget teen slasher film produced by the king of B movies, Roger Corman. Basically a lightening storm causes three mall security robots to malfunction and start killing teens locked in a mall late at night. The acting, dialogue, music, and special effects are all hilariously bad. Actually, for a low budget movie the production value wasn't too bad. The only exception is the audio mixing, the background noises were louder than the foreground noises!
The two moments that tie for my favorite are when the annoying blonde girl gets hit by a robot laser which makes her head explode and when a crazed nerd drives an electric utility vehicle (similar to a golf cart) kamikaze-style into a robot which causes both of them to be electrocuted.
If you like B movies I highly recommend this one.
However, the thing I am most excited about is "Chopping Mall". It's a 1986 low budget teen slasher film produced by the king of B movies, Roger Corman. Basically a lightening storm causes three mall security robots to malfunction and start killing teens locked in a mall late at night. The acting, dialogue, music, and special effects are all hilariously bad. Actually, for a low budget movie the production value wasn't too bad. The only exception is the audio mixing, the background noises were louder than the foreground noises!
The two moments that tie for my favorite are when the annoying blonde girl gets hit by a robot laser which makes her head explode and when a crazed nerd drives an electric utility vehicle (similar to a golf cart) kamikaze-style into a robot which causes both of them to be electrocuted.
If you like B movies I highly recommend this one.
