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Jacob’s 7 Horror Movies That Put The ‘Maul’ In Mall For Black Friday!
Post Thanksgiving is a time of food coma recovery, spending time with loved ones, often going to the movies, and sweet, sweet Black Friday deals that people will literally brawl over! Fortunately, with a lot of these sales moving to safer internet venues, I thought it would be fun to list a few great horror movies set at the mall to show the kinds of danger you maybe avoiding this year…
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1976)
The classic socio-political horror satire of consumerism from the king of the zombies, George Romero. Following the events of Night Of the Living Dead, zombies are everywhere and cannot seem to be stopped. A small group of survivors try to find the safest, and most equipped place to ride out the undead armageddon – at the mall! Unfortunately, so did a huge mob of zombies. The ghouls congregating there, as one charcter notes after they question why “Some kind of instinct. Memory, of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives.” All while watching the clueless and dumb zombies wander the mall aimlessly, unable to do anything but shamble and consume.
CHOPPING MALL (Feature Image)
Now we move into the height of mall based mayhem with that most excellent decade, the eighties! Malls were the peak of commerce and social gatherings, so it makes sense that the malls of suburban Los Angeles would want to beef up security… with deadly force! The mall establishes some fool-proof sentry droids to keep the peace, only for the mechanized mall cops to go haywire after some kids sneak in after hours, now terminating any living thing in their way with explosive laser blasts!
NIGHT OF THE COMET
What happens when the apocalypse hits Beverly Hills? Some very fashionable survivors trying to fight off zombie hordes and evil scientists! After the Earth experiences an extinction level event, passing through the radioactive tail of the titular comet, all that are left are those who survived by staying in steel lined locations, government agents, and irradiated undead who’re slowly disintegrating into dust. Thankfully for our teenage heroes, the malls of Beverly Hills pack uzis.
SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA
Another Linnea Quigley horror classic. A group of pledges will do anything to get into the big sorority, be it paddling or breaking and entry. The college kids and following nerds unwittingly unleash a wish granting Imp while trying to steal a bowling trophy from the mall/bowling alley in a strange turn of events. “Uncle Impy” seems like a pretty stand-up wish granting demon at first… but then heads start rolling and are used to hit some strikes!
PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC’S REVENGE
The trend of mall based horror in the eighties gave us perhaps one of the more bizarre interpretations of The Phantom Of The Opera. A newly built mall experiences multiple ‘accidents’ that are in fact murders staged by Eric, the titular Phantom Of The Mall. His body was horribly disfigured in a fire concocted by the greedy developers who wanted his family’s land to build the mall and now he’s back with a vengeance! And anyone who harasses or attacks his former girlfriend Melody also has to go. Lots of great kills in this one, and featuring Pauly Shore as the comic relief!
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
A modern day B-Movie starring David Arquette and Scarlett Johannson that has some topical jokes on mall economics. The small town of Prosperity, Arizona is as nearly dried up as its former goldmine. Attempts to kickstart the economy with a new mall… created a desolate mall. And now toxic waste has created thousands of deadly, giant spiders to make things worse. All leading to a climactic battle at the shopping center when the surviving townspeople barricade themselves in and stock up on anything they can find to fight off the arachnid hordes.
DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
The well regarded remake written by James Gunn and directed by Zack Snyder, managing to recapture the horror and political sensibilities of the original with a heaping dose of action. Ana, a young nurse, awakens to find the neighborhood kid zombified and soon chewing on her husband. After a chaotic escape showcasing the sheer destructive fallout of a fast acting and fast running zombie apocalypse, she and other survivors find themselves at the modern mall run by some armed authoritarian security guards. They manage to take control, but as time moves on, and the undead horde grows, they find that living at the mall gets pretty old, pretty fast…
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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed
The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.
Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.
The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.
Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”
Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.
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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.
“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.
Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.
The prize also includes:
An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings
A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear
A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room
A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course
The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II
Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two
“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”
Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.
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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power
Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.
Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.
Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.
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