Targets

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

Cast

Tim O'Kelly

as Bobby Thompson

Boris Karloff

as Byron Orlok

Arthur Peterson

as Ed Loughlin

Monte Landis

as Marshall Smith

Nancy Hsueh

as Jenny

Peter Bogdanovich

as Sammy Michaels

Daniel Ades

as Chauffeur

Stafford Morgan

as Salesman - 1st Gunshop

James Brown

as Robert Thompson Sr.

Mary Jackson

as Charlotte Thompson

Reviews

adorablepanic

Roger Corman offered to produce (without credit) whatever film first time director Peter Bogdanovich wanted to make under two conditions: He had to cast Boris Karloff, who owed Corman two days work; and to keep the cost down, he had to pad the running time with footage from an earlier Karloff film. ...

Wuchak

**_As relevant today as it was when it was made_** An aged horror icon (Boris Karloff) wants to retire because he’s weary of the biz and thinks modern life has become more horrifying than his old-fashioned movies. But a director/writer (Peter Bogdanovich) encourages him to read an atypical script...

griggs79

Hmmm… I’ve never quite got Bogdanovich. I’m still not convinced. _Targets_ is a good idea—old-school horror legend (Karloff, doing his best with what he’s given) crosses paths with a modern-day, real-world killer—but it never quite lands. Karloff’s great, obviously, and there’s something poignant...

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