As Peter Bogdanovich passed away today, here's the trailer for his 1968 breakout film "Targets", the chilling depiction of an all-American young man turned ruthless serial killer that also gave Boris Karloff a sweet and emotional career capping role. youtu.be/oiSc3xAXX5g
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The silent 1910 Frankenstein is closer to the original novel than today, the year the Boris Karloff version turned 90

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel was 92 when the 1910 silent film premiered (in two years the Karloff version will hit that mark) Frankenstein 1910 was considered lost for most of its existence. You can watch the rediscovered, restored version here Frankenstein 1910

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Betty White and Boris Karloff, c. 1958 Two incredible talents!
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Since today is Boris Karloff's birthday, what is your favorite Universal Studios Monsters movie?

For me I have to go with the original Dracula with Bela Lugosi. The movie has such an eerie feeling to it that I can totally understand how anyone back in the day would be scared of it

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1/1 scale resin bust of Boris Karloff as The Monster from β€œBride of Frankenstein” (1935) reddit.com/gallery/rlmuht
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The Mummy 1932 (Boris Karloff) fan art with the rusty nib pack by Truegrit Texture Supply
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We've reached the end of Season One of Monsters by the Minute! The final episode? BORIS KARLOFF. That is all. Merry Christmas and thank you all for your support! billmakespodcasts.com/mum…
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We’re so used to Boris Karloff in black & white and/or under heavy makeup that only in color do you realize how dark his complexion was, as in Bogdanovich's wonderful, chilling, *Targets*. It’s because Karloff was Anglo-Indian… a Hollywood person of color hidden in plain sight! twitter.com/MuseZack/stat…
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"The Comedy of Terrors" - Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff - 1964 [1147x1449]
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Boris Karloff's Frankenstein. Graphite done by me on Arches paper. 30inches by 22inches
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Bela Lugosi & Boris Karloff looking very handsome

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Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester between takes
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TIL actor Danny Trejo has the most on-screen deaths of anyone in Hollywood history, with 65. Followed by Christopher Lee (60), Lance Henriksen (51), Vincent Price (41), Dennis Hopper (41), Boris Karloff (41), and John Hurt (39). foxnews.com/entertainment…
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Boris Karloff's Frankenstein. Graphite drawing done by me. 30inches by 22inches on Arches paper.
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Targets (1968) - Boris Karloff faces off against a terrifying sniper on a killing spree, contrasting fading gothic horror with contemporary 60s fears youtu.be/w6fc7eNrj0s
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1940s My paternal grandmother, judged at her college by Boris Karloff to be the beauty queen. Pensacola, FL
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Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Peter Lorre relaxing on the set of "Comedy Of Terrors" (1963).
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Boris Karloff Portrait
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Boris Karloff
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Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) meerschaum reddit.com/gallery/qa7hoh
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Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi napping on the set of "The Raven", 1935
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the Boris Karloff Chat Experience
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Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester during the production of Bride of Frankenstein
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"The Comedy of Terrors" - Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff - 1964
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Horror film stars Lon Chaney Jr and Boris Karloff c. 1944
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Lena the Hyena (1946). Al Capp held a contest (with Frank Sinatra, Boris Karloff and Salvador Dali as the judges) for fans to design a character for his comic strip Li'l Abner. This was the winning entry out of over 500,000 drawings.
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Boris Karloff's Frankenstein, Me, Graphite, 2020
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Boris Karloff's Frankenstein. Graphite drawing done by me. 30inches by 22inches on Arches paper.
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Rough Boris Karloff Inspired Mummy Design. (Halloween 2018) What do you guys think? reddit.com/gallery/phu7rn
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My WIP Boris Karloff sculpture, based on The Bride of Frankenstein.
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Black Sabbath 1963 movie trailer Plot: Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner. youtu.be/BStyedN5k7c
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Boris Karloff and Vincent Price Sing 'The Two of Us' youtube.com/watch?v=goXi7…
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Tower of London (1939) - Universal's classic history-horror starring Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and a young Vincent Price youtu.be/WarQ46gFL0s
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This Day in Victorian History Boris Karloff [William H. Pratt], English actor (The Mummy, Frankenstein), born in Camberwell, London (1887) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor…
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Boris Karloff and Colin Clive behind the scenes of "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). Comments are welcome. reddit.com/gallery/oxpuml
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Production photograph of Boris Karloff as β€œImhotep” under a hair dryer for The Mummy (Universal, 1932)
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Boris Karloff - It Was A Very Good Year. Recorded in October 1968; Boris passed away the following February at age 81 youtu.be/jmhEUDCLIm0
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"Quentin Tarantino" and "Tony Iommi" were influenced by Boris Karloff's Black Sabbath! Later, Tarantino and Iommi went on to become ultimate God like figure in their respective field ✌🀘
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You'll Find Out (1940) [1:36:00] Kay Kyser meets Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Bela Lugosi ~ Props From King Kong (1933) are seen and a Sonovox is demonstrated youtube.com/watch?v=XC4lo…
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Targets (1968) - Horror legend Boris Karloff faces off against a killer with a sniper rifle in Peter Bogdanovich's debut feature

Peter Bogdanovich, an auteur that emerged during the American New Wave, impresses with his debut film Targets in 1968. The film holds a dual focus; a lament for Hollywood’s golden age as the classic era of gothic horror shambled to its coffin, while also capturing the real world horrors of the decade - assassinations, unchecked PTSD from the Vietnam War and the restless disillusionment of the younger generation.

Horror legend Boris Karloff plays Byron Orlok in what is a semi-autobiographical role. Following a test screening of The Terror, a real Karloff vehicle that also starred Dick Miller and a very young Jack Nicholson, Orlok abruptly announces his retirement from the business. He has become disheartened in his old age. The job has lost its joy. Why bother making gothic horror anymore, he digresses, when the modern idea of terror is what headlines the news each morning; another day, another violent shooting. On the other side of town, another plot-line begins to lock and load. Young Bobby Thompson seems to live a perfectly ordinary life. Good home, loving wife, nice family. But behind that quiet honest face is a ticking time bomb. Bobby eventually snaps and begins a wild round of GTA, starting with his family and then heading out to the unsuspecting public. The two stories eventually intertwine for the movie’s nail-biting climax at a drive-in theatre, where Bobby intends to wreak havoc at Byron Orlok’s final appearance.

Targets may not be a conventional horror by the usual standards, but indeed, is that not the point? The late 60s were brimming with unrest. Ghostly goblins and gobbling ghosts weren’t going to cut it anymore. Tragically, the concept of the film was inspired by true events, namely the mass murderer Charles Whitman and his 1966 assault on the University of Texas. Orlok seems to have a point. When you’re bombarded with the horrors of reality on a constant basis, stories of crumbling old spooky castles appear all the more fake, a strange fantasy.

However, fantasy plays an important role in Targets. Bobby’s seemingly perfect life reflects an infantile vision of the American Dream. The set design of his home is purposefully fake, like Tim Burton’s hyper-sterotypical suburbias but on a Roger Corman budget. But the cheapness adds to the final effect. It’s all too clean, too bright, and also very claustrophobic, suffocating Bobby without him even realising it.

Bogdanovich does a swell job of threading the two plotlines together while k

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