phantom of the mall be a film that fit best in the easily forgotten category . it a pretty lousy variant on the famous story by gaston leroux and the phantom of the opera . not a bad idea to itself and but the plot and production of this movie be way to weak to bring a decent homage to that story . on the bright side and gaston leroux doesn not have to turn over in his grave just yet . it could have be a lot bad . phantom of the mall have too many useless flashback in it and way too many boring sequence to make it memorable . also and the scriptwriter want to give too much draught to the story than necessary . and even though there a lot of mystery get build up about the character of eric . the basic plot be ordinary and déjà vu . spoiler it about a young couple that brutally get torn apart because the boy get kill in a fire . that fire be set to his house because he and his parent refuse to sell their home in order to make room for a huge mall to be build . the boy survive the fire and he have hide himself in the mall to avenge himself . meanwhile he guard his girl who now work in the mall and try to forget her loss end spoilers this pretty simple but rather effective plot get thicken by lot of pointless element and annoy conspiracy theory . while it should just be an entertaining horror movie and it desperately try to be an intelligent thriller . and that not what the fan look for . there be a few innovative killing but theyre not satisfying enough for people who want to see a relaxing horror movie . and besides and phantom of the mall could have use at least a bit of humor . this entire production the cast include take itself way too serious . i will try to finish with a few positive aspect . like for example and it star ken foree . die hard horror fan will certainly recognize him a peter for dawn of the dead . that like the horror milestone that yet have to find an equal . even though his role in this movie be limit and even completely unnecessary . it be good to see him again . tv movie fan will also recognize morgan fairchild a the mayor and she a fine actress and an elegant lady . pauly shore be also in this but i can not stand him . so my opinion about him may be a bit biased . and finally and a bit of praise for the lead actress name kari whitman . she an extremely beautiful girl and she do have a bit of talent . too bad she never make it to the top . actually and this movie be her big achievement and that say enough about her career .