Targets
Filmhouse88 Lothian Road
Sat 17 Oct · 18:00
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Book tickets for two or more of our Halloween films in the same transaction to receive a discount! Screening in celebration of Roger Corman's Centenary and in a Boris Karloff double bill with Frankenstein . In his directorial debut, Peter Bogdanovich weaves two disparate story lines into a terrifying moment of confrontation. In seemingly unrelated events, aging horror film star Orlok (Boris Karloff) announces his retirement, and an apparently average young man (Tim O'Kelly) accumulates an arsenal of rifles and handguns. As the pace quickens, O'Kelly turns into a murderous sniper, showing up at a drive-in theater where Orlok is making his final personal appearance. Targets owes its existence to the fact that Boris Karloff owed studio head and executive producer Roger Corman two days' work - Corman told Bogdanovich that he could make any film he wanted as long as it was under-budget and Karloff was involved. The film ended up being Karloff's final appearance in a major American film.
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88 Lothian Road
18:00Sat 17 Oct
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