Halloween horror marathon: Chopping Mall

poster-chopping-mallThere’s never been a movie party to go off without a hitch. Ever. Take into account the fact that this shindig’s after-hours, and you’re guaranteed catastrophe. New, untested robotic security guards guarantee not only catastrophe, but catastrophic bloodbath. It’s cinematic rule: if people drink and screw in a place they’re not supposed to, they will die. Always has been, always will be.

Despite adherence to a trope, it’s still surprising how quickly the situation deteriorates. One would think that there would be some kind of built-in redundancy for power surges and so on when you’ve created robots that have tasers, sleeping darts, and lasers built-in. Evidently, such a thing isn’t necessary for security robots. One lightning strike and they turn into deadly killing machines.
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