There is no worse place in America to be right now than a shopping mall. As many of you know, today is Black Friday, one of the biggest sales times of the year, and people tend to go a bit nuts. While past years have resulted in reports of people being trampled to death, the most notable story from today involves a woman at a Los Angeles Wal-Mart who pepper sprayed 20 people to get to some consumer products (what is wrong with some people?). I suppose, however, it could be worse: shoppers could be trapped in malls with killer robots - a horror that Hollywood is now planning to revive.

Variety has learned that Dry County Entertainment is now planning a remake of the 80s thriller Chopping Mall. The original, which was produced by Roger Corman and directed by Jim Wynorski, was about three teenagers who are locked in a high-tec shopping mall and must escape three robot security guards that have gone haywire. Robert Hall, who owns Dry County, is planning on writing and producing the project with partner Kevin Bocarde and will also direct it himself. The plan is to begin production in the spring, but Hall says that the movie will not be a straight-up remake, saying, "It will retain the basic concept of young people trapped in a mall; however, the story will have a darker, supernatural spin."

Does supernatural mean that it will no longer be robots and will instead include fantasy elements like magic? If you're going to be changing it that much, why call it a remake? Why not just make an original horror movie that happens to be set in a mall?