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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792186489
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792186486
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 12, 2003
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 24990
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1968
Editorial Review:
Description:
TARGETS is a thrilling horror film that follows the story of Byron Orlok (Karloff), an aging horror film star who is contemplating his retirement. Meanwhile, Bobby Thompson (O’Kelly) is a seemingly mild-mannered husband and son whose obsession with firearms is his way of coping with his otherwise mundane life. But, when Thompson suddenly snaps and his harmless hobby turns into a dangerous reality, Los Angeles doesn’t know what hit it as Thompson unleashes undeserved fury upon innocent drivers on the L.A. freeway. And if that weren’t tragedy enough, things take a bigger turn for the worse when Orlok and Thompson’s paths cross as Orlok makes a special appearance at a drive-in theater where Thompson happens to be waiting with his arsenal.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Low-Budget Message Film
"Why did a sniper kill innocent victims in June 1966 Texas? Why were over 7,000 Americans slain or wounded by gunfire in 1968? Why was there no effective gun control law in 1968? This movie sheds a little light on a dark and deep topic." You can't say they didn't warn you!
This film begins on a dark and stormy night. The baron enters a cellar to look into a coffin. Violence follows, the film ends. Its only a low-budget movie. Byron Orlok is an old film star, he is retiring. We see the ... Read More
Rating:  - Terror magnified by reality
Targets is an intense, psychological thriller loosely based on the Charles Whitman murder spree at the University of Texas. This is the kind of realistic, edgy, flat-out scary motion pictures that Hollywood rarely makes anymore.
The legendary Boris Karloff basically plays himself--an aging horror star that is ready to retire. A superb performance. Tim O'Kelly also does an amazingly frightening job as a disillusioned sniper. Their paths cross in a harrowing, intense finale.
This movie ... Read More
Rating: - A forgotten classic
Targets is one of those movies that seems to have been lost in time; you really don't hear much about this movie and that is a shame. This is one of those forgotten classics. Going into Targets I really wasn't sure what to expect and this turned out to be a great and very underrated and creepy movie.
Despite being written and directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Boris Karloff you never really hear much about Targets, which is really a shame. This movie was far better than I thought it ... Read More
Rating: - Targets
Financed by Roger Corman, who lent real-life aging horror star Karloff to newcomer Bogdanovich for two days, "Targets" is a compelling thriller loosely based on Charles Whitman's 1966 murder spree at the University of Texas. Karloff, essentially playing himself, is marvelous in one of his last screen appearances, and Bogdanovich expertly juxtaposes cinematic and real-life horror, resolving the tension in an unforgettable finale that unfolds before a giant screen image. Shelved by Paramount, who felt the ... Read More
Rating: - A Low Budget Classic
Made in 1967, Targets is Peter Bogdonovich's first and best film, and one of Boris Karloff's most memorable. It concerns an ordinary, clean-cut young guy who one day decides to take his gun collection atop a tower and shoot people on the freeway-- no explanation given. The actor who plays the shooter is totally eerie because he's so normal. The film came about because Karloff owed Roger Corman a couple of days work, so Corman offered to lend him to his talented protege Bogdonovich, who wrote the script ... Read More
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