• The horror genre’s current hitmaker is director James Wan.
• The filmmaker recently discussed his passion for the genre with Slash Film.
• Jim Wynorski directed the 1986 techno-horror slasher movie Chopping Mall.

The horror genre’s current hitmaker is director James Wan. With movies like Saw, Malignant, and The Conjuring, he has contributed to taking the horror genre to new heights with his zeal and interpretation of the genre that is above standard. Fans know they can always count on Wan to deliver them a scare, whether it be from torture films or haunting themes. The audience familiar with his work also knows that he enjoys humorous horror, as evidenced by the famous video of the dancing doll from his most recent film, M3GAN. The filmmaker recently discussed his passion for the genre with Slash Film and expressed an interest in redoing cult classics like Chopping Mall with his own special spin.

Jim Wynorski directed the 1986 techno-horror slasher movie Chopping Mall from a screenplay he co-wrote with Steve Mitchell. It follows eight teens who are stranded in an amusing security system-equipped mall. It features three high-tech robots designed to use tasers and tranquilizer weapons to incapacitate and capture burglars. But as predicted, the robots misbehave and begin killing anyone they come across. As the robots electrocute a janitor and start following a bunch of mall employees who were enjoying a party inside a furniture store, the plot takes comic turns.

When the film premiered in theatres, it starred Kelli Maroney, Tony O’Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and Barbara Crampton but wasn’t well received by the audience. However, it developed a cult following after being released for home viewing over time. Wan said, “I have many horror films that I think are just fun that I enjoy, and I’m quite sure the horror community shares them with me.” when talking about his passion for entertaining horror films. He went on to say:

“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.”

Fans of the cult film and of the director would love to see a remake with his touch, despite the fact that Wan dismisses his interest as wishful thinking. We may anticipate that it will rely more heavily than the original edition on technological mayhem. For the time being, you can see M3GAN, which Gerard Johnstone directed based on a scenario by Cooper and Wan and a screenplay by Akela Cooper.

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