Graveyard Poet
12Apr12
You summed up this film perfectly in a single sentence.
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Howard Orr
20May12
"Targets" is important because it marks the point where the pathologies of serial killers became the new dreamscape of cinema horror. The film essentially acts as a metaphor for the death of Karloff's metier, perhaps because his brand of horror refused to step out of the screen.
Graveyard Poet
12Apr12
Bogdanovich's directorial debut is his finest film, featuring Boris Karloff's greatest performance as a darkly comic retiring horror movie star juxtaposed with the existential exploration of scenes of suspenseful silent menace as a numb youth embarks on a brutal killing spree. This underrated gem is as taut and precise as the trajectory of a sniper's bullet. One of the best films of the '60s.
Craig B
13Nov11
Terrifying, cold and brilliantly assured; and, thanks to Karloff as Orlok, full of wry charm, too. Utterly memorable filmmaking.
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Weena Eloi
3Feb10
It's Peter Bogdanovich's strangest film but definitely my favorite. It stars Boris Karloff, who had only a few days left on his contract with Roger Corman so he loaned him out to Bogdanovich for this quick, action-packed quickie. This is powerful stuff. Loosely based on the psychotic Charles Whitman's rampage at the Unversity of Texas in Austin in 1966, it's a frickin' masterpiece.
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