Story Line
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
“TARGETS are people...and you could be one of them!”
Top Cast
Tim O'Kelly
Bobby Thompson
Boris Karloff
Byron Orlok
Arthur Peterson
Ed Loughlin
Monte Landis
Marshall Smith
Nancy Hsueh
Jenny
Peter Bogdanovich
Sammy Michaels
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1968-08-13
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
ThrillerCrimeHorror
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User Reviews (3)
adorablepanic
7/10
•4/19/2020Roger 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 runnin...
Wuchak
7/10
•5/29/2022**_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 Bogd...
griggs79
7/10
•3/26/2025Hmmm… 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’...