James Wan names two '80s cult classics he'd like to remake: '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...'
M3GAN producer James Wan says he wants to remake Chopping Mall and Night of the Creeps. Horror fans are currently getting ready for some new killer doll action, as the highly-touted M3GAN gets ready to creep out movie theaters. Penned by Malignant co-writer Akela Cooper, the movie stars Alison Williams as a roboticist who crafts an AI-powered doll to act as a companion for her orphaned niece.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Killer robots/dolls like M3GAN have of course been a staple of horror movies for a very long time. Unsurprisingly, M3GAN producer Wan is a fan of one particular rampaging robots gem from the 1980s: the bad-movie cult classic Chopping Mall. In fact, in a recent talk with /Film, Wan named Jim Wynorski’s Chopping Mall as a horror film he’d love to take a shot at remaking.
"I have many horror films that I think that are just fun that I love, and I'm pretty sure the horror community shares them with me. 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.
Wan’s output from the original Saw through 2016’s Conjuring 2 indeed provided a great demonstration of his directorial versatility. And it’s this ability to shift effortlessly between sub-genres that makes Wan one of the more successful horror directors of modern times. Of course, after Conjuring 2, Wan took a break from his beloved horror genre altogether. But it was big news when he returned to fright flicks with 2021’s Malignant, a film that many consider his masterpiece.
What James Wan Will Do Next The DCU sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is next up on the release schedule for Wan. After that, it’s anyone’s guess what the genre-jumping director will attempt. Maybe he will indeed follow his bliss and seek to do a remake of one of the cult classics mentioned in his above remarks. Chopping Mall certainly would be a ripe target for a remake, given the original movie’s combination of amazing premise and disappointing execution.
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