Movie Information
Overall Rank: 2092
Average Rating: 3/4
# of Ratings: 21
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1968
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Peter Bogdanovich, Nancy Hsueh
Plot: An elderly horror film star who, while making a personal appearance at a drive in theater, confronts a psychotic Vietnam veteran who's turned into a mass murdering sniper.
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Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 10/20/2024
Slow first act pays off with a thrilling second half. Tim O'Kelly is very creepy as the sniper. Boris Karloff has a chance to give a good dramatic performance outside of horror for once.
Rating of
3.5/4
dukeakasmudge - wrote on 08/02/2011
Why am I just hearing about this movie?! I recorded this movie off the movie channel just because I liked the description.When I started to watch it, I really expected Targets to suck but I was I wrong.Targets was a great movie.I noticed my favorite Boris Karloff roles are when he's not playing a monster or something similar
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Bullseye on this "Target"
kcvidkid - wrote on 06/06/2008
The more I think about it, the more I liked "Targets".
How fun it was to see Boris Karloff playing a nice old man; how you might imagine him in real life. He brought a surprising amount of humor to his role as an aging horror actor well aware of the changing times and trying desperately to retire.
In a parallel story, a young family man prepares to go on an emotionless shooting spree, with only the hint of a cry for help as he tries to make some contact with his oblivious wife.
Their stories converge at a drive-in theater as "monsters" of two generations come face to face. This sequence is intense. And I found the atmosphere nostalgic rather than dated, even reading into it a comment about the rise and fall of the drive-in theater, which in turn perhaps represents the death …
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