The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
247 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter BogdanovichDirector
- Peter BogdanovichScreenplay
- Samuel FullerScreenplay
Cast
- Tim O'KellyBobby Thompson
- Boris KarloffByron Orlok
- Arthur PetersonEd Loughlin
- Monte LandisMarshall Smith
- Nancy HsuehJenny
- Peter BogdanovichSammy Michaels
- Daniel AdesChauffeur
- Stafford MorganSalesman - 1st Gunshop
- James BrownRobert Thompson Sr.
- Mary JacksonCharlotte Thompson
- Tanya MorganIlene Thompson
- Timothy BurnsWaiter
Stills
Themes
snipervietnam veterandrive-in theatermurderserial killersniper riflelos angeles, californiakilling spreeaging actormovie star