Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Friedman[2]
Screenplay byScott J. Schneid
Tony Michelman
Robert King
Story byScott J. Schneid
Frederick R. Ulrich
Produced byThomas Fries
Robert J. Koster
Paul Little
Starring
CinematographyHarry Mathias
Edited byGregory F. Plotts
Amy Tompkins
Music byStacy Widelitz
Distributed byFries Distribution Company
Release dates
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[3]

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge is a 1989 American slasher film directed by Richard Friedman, and starring Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith, Rob Estes, Pauly Shore, Kari Whitman, Ken Foree, and Morgan Fairchild. It follows a young man who apparently dies in a suspicious house fire after saving his girlfriend, Melody;[4] a year later, at the new mall built over the site of the burned-out house,[5] thefts and murders begin to occur as a mysterious figure secretly prowls around the shopping center and takes a keen interest in watching over and protecting Melody.

Plot

In an unlit store, a shadowy figure steals clothes and a crossbow. Melody and her friend Susie get jobs at the new mall, just before its scheduled grand opening. The shadowy Eric, his face half scarred, excitedly sees Melody, his former girlfriend, from hidden vantage points around the mall, and leaves flowers and gifts for her. He breaks open a mannequin head to fashion a half-mask. When a mall maintenance worker spots Eric in the ventilation ducts, Eric kills him by forcing his head into a running fan. Eric attacks anyone who threatens Melody; he kills a guard, who spies on women in the dressing room via mall security video, by crushing him into an electrical panel using a forklift. A masked mugger attacks Melody in the parking lot, but Eric shoots him with the crossbow. Later the mugger is revealed to be the mall pianist; Eric kills him on the toilet with a poisonous snake. The mall owner's son, Justin, harasses Melody's friend Susie; Eric kills him with a lasso pulled into the mall escalator. Reporter Peter Baldwin becomes interested in Melody, investigates the suspicious fire, and with Melody, Susie, and pal Buzz, tries to learn if Eric is still alive. A year earlier, Eric Matthews' house was destroyed in a suspicious fire which apparently trapped and killed him, just after he saved his girlfriend Melody. A year later, in the mall built over the site of his home, Eric plants a time-delay bomb beneath the mall, timed to coincide with the mall's grand opening.

Mall guard Christopher Volker attacks Melody and Peter at gunpoint as they talk, in a car, about the fire; he boasts that he is the arsonist. As they escape and Volker chases them with his car, Eric leaps onto the roof, distracting him and causing a crash. Later, Volker attacks Melody again, knocking her unconscious. Eric fights him, then kills him using the automatic box crusher, and carries Melody to his lair.

Buzz tricks a guard away from the video surveillance booth[6][7][8] so he and Susie can search for Melody. Melody awakens, and talks with Eric. She is glad he is alive, but confesses she does not love him anymore; he angrily declares that he has planted the bomb, so she will die and be with him forever anyway.

As Peter searches for Melody in the tunnels, Eric deploys the snake to kill him, for being interested in Melody. When Peter retreats, and later finds them anyway, Eric tries to fight and kill him, but Eric is stunned by Melody's shout that she loves Peter. Peter takes the chance to knock Eric out, so the pair escape and can warn Buzz and Susie of the bomb. Eric revives and kills those involved in the arson, the coverup, and the construction of the mall: mall owner Harv Posner and the complicit Mayor Karen Wilton. Melody, Peter, Buzz, Susie, and all of the mall patrons escape, as Eric's subterranean bomb explodes, destroying the mall.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in southern California at Sherman Oaks Galleria, Promenade Mall (now Westfield Promenade) and Valencia Studios, "an old warehouse converted for the film."[9][10] Alhambra, California was also a location shoot.

Release

The film was released theatrically in Detroit, Michigan on September 22, 1989,[11] and in Los Angeles on December 1, 1989.[1]

Critical response

The Los Angeles Times was bluntly negative in its assessment of the film, comparing it with other Phantom of the Opera film adaptations: "this schlock-slasher version of Leroux's shocker—with the Phantom turned into a burned, vengeful teen prowling the air-tunnels of a posh suburban shopping mall—is, hands down, the most inept, pointless, puerile and inane." The review continued: "scarcely a scene isn't gross or ridiculous, scarcely a performance isn't forced or shallow, scarcely a line of dialogue isn't a burbling, awkward cliche. There's a perfection of awfulness here that almost commands respect; it can't have been easy to keep going on this picture after a look or two at the rushes."[12]

Charles Tatum of Australian review site EFilmCritic.com gave the film one star (of four), "Worse than Montezuma's Revenge", writing "You probably did not need a plot sketch since the entire story is in the title. Someone named Eric is taking revenge against people as a phantom of a mall. This also means there is no suspense. We know Eric is behind this, but we still have to see Estes and Cute Girl go through the motions of a silly investigation."[7]

In his "Final Verdict," Andrew Smith of UK review site PopcornPictures.co.uk gave the film one star, stating "You should know the 80s slasher drill by now. No scares, suspense, story, acting or characters—just novelty death scenes and a psychotic villain. When a film fails to deliver on the latter two AND the rest, then it's really bottom-of-the-barrel stuff."[5]

Home media

It was made available on video by Fries Entertainment in February 1990.[13] A DVD edition was released by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in 2006.[7][14] On November 23, 2021, Arrow Films issued a limited edition Blu-ray in the United States and United Kingdom featuring four versions of the film: the original theatrical cut, a truncated television cut, a composite cut and a secret cut under the Special Features known as the Subterranean Cut. This can be accessed by pushing right on your Blu-Ray player remote when Alternate and Deleted Scenes is highlighted under the Special Features category.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  2. ^ Young, R. G. (2000). The encyclopedia of fantastic film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Applause Books. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-55783-269-6.
  3. ^ Szebin, Frederick C. (March 1989). "Eric's Revenge". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Phantom Of The Mall: Eric's Revenge (main)". TVGuide.com.
  5. ^ a b Smith, Andrew (2000). "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)". PopcornPictures.co.uk.
  6. ^ Wedell, Katie (November 6, 2008). "Five Favorite Pauly Shore Moments". GO!. Dayton Daily News. Ohio. p. GO28. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. 2. Audiences first get a view of Pauly's "south shore" when he moons the camera in "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge.
  7. ^ a b c Tatum, Charles (March 29, 2003). Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge. eFilmCritic.com.
  8. ^ Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge, Fries Entertainment. The event occurs at 1:04:10.
  9. ^ Szebin, Frederick C. (November 1989). "Eric's Revenge". Cinefantastique. 20 (1/2): 30.
  10. ^ Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge, Fries Entertainment. The event occurs at 1:30:00 (end credits).
  11. ^ "Opening Today". Detroit Free Press. September 22, 1989. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Wilmington, Michael (December 4, 1989). "Movie Review : A 'Phantom' Too Many". Los Angeles Times. p. F5.
  13. ^ Atkinson, Terry (February 16, 1990). "Horror, Schlock and Docu-Rock : This Week's Movies". Home Tech/What's New. Los Angeles Times.
  14. ^ "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge". CDUniverse.com.
  15. ^ "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge Limited Edition (UK)". Arrow Films. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021.
  16. ^ Squires, John (August 27, 2021). "'Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge' Heads to Blu-ray With 4 Different Cuts of the Movie". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021.

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