10 Cheesy Sci-Fi Horror Movies Like Chopping Mall

SummaryChopping Mall is a cheesy 1980s sci-fi horror movie with fun moments, teenage partying, and deadly laser-firing security robots called Killbots. Re-Animator, a black comedy horror film, follows Dr. Herbert West’s experiments with resurrecting the dead, featuring gore and terrifying elements. Brainscan, a science-fiction slasher movie, follows a teen tormented by a video game host urging him to commit real murders, with an early take on virtual reality. Chopping Mall is remembered as a cheesy yet classic sci-fi horror movie reminiscent of the other films produced at the time. The film follows a group of teens trapped overnight in a mall with deadly laser-firing security robots known as Killbots. Chopping Mall was made in 1986, an era known for its growing horror market, with slasher movies and predictive science fiction becoming signatures of the genre. The film is scary but not terrifying, especially now that the effects have aged, such as the hand-drawn electrical shock effects...