They Live

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-11-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (64087 Reviews)

Director:

John Carpenter

Genres:

Action Horror Sci-Fi

Cast:

Roddy Piper Keith David Meg Foster George 'Buck' Flower

Writer:

Ray Nelson (short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning")

John Carpenter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

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