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Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.


“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.

Tim O'Kelly
Bobby Thompson

Boris Karloff
Byron Orlok

Arthur Peterson
Ed Loughlin

Monte Landis
Marshall Smith

Nancy Hsueh
Jenny

Peter Bogdanovich
Sammy Michaels

Daniel Ades
Chauffeur

Stafford Morgan
Salesman - 1st Gunshop

James Brown
Robert Thompson Sr.

Mary Jackson
Charlotte Thompson
Targets is a crime, thriller film released in 1968 exploring themes of sniper, vietnam veteran, drive-in theater, murder, serial killer, sniper rifle. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, it stars Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson. 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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