Targets

Writer-director Peter Bogdanovich’s debut, about a horror-film veteran and a sniper., In this film, Byron Orlock is a disillusioned horror movie actor. Bobby Thompson is a young man with a bright future who snaps and becomes a murderous sniper. While Orlock is at a drive-in theater for a movie publicity promotion, Bobby shows up and proceeds to terrorize the audience., A Vietnam veteran on a shooting spree crosses path with an aging horror star, who is making an appearance at a local drive-in movie to promote his latest and final movie., An ageing horror star announces his retirement convinced that he can’t compete with the everyday horrors around him. His fears explode into reality when he is caught up in a motiveless massacre by a sniper. This unconventional mix of fact and fiction marked Bogdanovich’s directorial debut and Karloff’s last notable performance. More than 20 years on, Bogdanovich’s idea of the monster next door seems more relevant than ever., An aged horror star feels his low-budget movies pale in comparison with actual violence. Making an appearance at a drive-in movie, he runs into a local man on a killing spree., About a horror-film veteran and a crazed sniper.