An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
Acting
Karloff's weary, self-aware final bow is devastating.
Direction
Bogdanovich's debut: Roger Corman gave him 48 hours and Karloff's remaining days.
Writing
The drive-in finale merges real horror and reel horror perfectly.
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roger Corman told Bogdanovich he could make any movie if he used 20 minutes of Corman's 'The Terror' and Karloff for two days. He got it done in 23 days for $130,000.
Released months after RFK's assassination, Paramount buried it. The film's prediction of random mass shootings became horrifyingly prescient.
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