#22: Legacy Role in Targets (1968)
In Targets (1968), directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Boris Karloff delivered one of his most personal performances. He played Byron Orlok, an aging horror star who begins to question whether his kind of cinematic fear still has meaning in a world shaped by real violence and mass shootings. The role carried a clear meta-dimension, echoing Karloff’s own place in the industry. As one of his final films, it worked as both a farewell and a reflection on the end of a certain era in horror cinema.
