

Targets
TARGETS are people...and you could be one of them!
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $130K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- sniper
- vietnam veteran
- drive-in theater
- murder
- serial killer
- sniper rifle
- los angeles, california
- killing spree
- aging actor
- movie star
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical13 Aug 1968
- TheatricalR15 Aug 1968
FranceFR
- Theatrical13 Sept 1970
- Physical16DVD & Blu-Ray19 Sept 2023
- TVParamount Network 1 Dec 2025
ItalyIT
- TV3 Nov 1981
- PhysicalTDVD15 Jul 2004
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD3 Jun 2004
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Targets was released on 13 August 1968.
Audience reviews
3- A7/10
adorablepanic
4/19/2020
Roger 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 running time with footage from an earlier Karloff film. The result was TARGETS (1968), which proved to be too topical for many theaters to touch when it initially appeared. Tha…
- W7/10
Wuchak
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 Bogdanovich) encourages him to read an atypical script or, at least, attend a promotional appearance at a drive-in, which is showing his latest movie, “The Terror.” Unfortuna…
- G7/10
griggs79
3/26/2025
Hmmm… 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’s great, obviously, and there’s something poignant about him playing a man who knows he’s past it. But the rest? Bit of a slog, honestly. The sniper stuff should be tense…
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