Chopping Mall (1986)

Four couples are trapped after hours in a mall patrolled by lazer equipped security robots that have gone berserk, this simple though ridicules premise, enclosed location, and just enough character development make this prime 80's schlock rather enjoyable. The early parts of the film are really pretty bad, and some of the characters so annoyingly cliché I was not unhappy to see them dispatched. But as the film goes on you kind of bond with some of the steadily decreasing cast and there is a nice sense of peril, even if some of the performers didn't have the best idea as to where the lazer effects would be inserted post production. A guilty pleasure, and I can testify a perfect movie for one in the morning. **