THE DANMAN CAN

 This cheese is so thick, you need a double-edged sword to cut it. Deathstalker Franchise Films Ranked

Jim Wynorski has directed a lot of schlock. I admit, I've only seen one of his films, the subject of this review, but just take a look at his IMDb filmography —lots of direct-to-video titles, TV movies, softcore parodies, and sequels to films that he didn't create. The titles alone are enough to make you giggle.  Chopping Mall  (1986) has a great (if misleading) title and an equally great (and equally misleading) theatrical poster. Originally released under the name Killbots (which actually makes more sense), this horror comedy wastes basically no time setting up its premise, wherein "state-of-art" mall security robots (immediately) malfunction and terrorize a group of employees partying after hours.  Wynorski's sophomore feature is light on gore (though it has one hilarious death and one very disturbing one), heavy on cheese, and is a weird mishmash of tone. While they're not exactly the same, The Protector robots resemble ED-209 from  RoboCop (my review he...