Shopping costs an arm and a leg – literally – in Jim Wynorski‘s Chopping Mall, a cult classic horror movie from 1986 that horror master James Wan happens to be a big fan of.
Speaking with Slash Film this week, Wan expressed interest in someday putting his own stamp on Chopping Mall, set in a shopping mall (naturally) and centered on killer robots.
Wan tells the outlet, “I have many horror films that I think are just fun that I love, and I’m pretty sure the horror community shares them with me. I love movies like ‘Chopping Mall.’ I love ‘Night of the Creeps.’ These, to me, are just sort of fun horror films that I would love to be able to dive into one day, or do them but with the way that I make my films.”
As you may recall, Dry County Entertainment had acquired the remake rights to Chopping Mall back in 2011. The late Robert Hall (Laid to Rest) had planned to direct a new take on the 80s horror movie, but that remake ultimately never ended up coming to fruition. It’s a property that’s ripe for the taking and who knows, maybe James Wan will indeed be involved someday!
In the original Chopping Mall, co-written and directed by Wynorski, “Eight teenagers are trapped after hours in a high-tech shopping mall and pursued by three murderous security robots out of control in Chopping Mall, where shopping costs more than an arm and a leg.”
Kelli Maroney starred in the 1986 movie alongside Tony O’Dell, John Terlesky, Dick Miller, Rodney Eastman, Russell Todd, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and Barbara Crampton.
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