They Live (1988)

Name: They Live
Released: 1988
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason

• Movies, Action, Science Fiction

• 93 min

7.2

You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.

Directed by: John Carpenter
Casting: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence, Susan Barnes, Sy Richardson, Wendy Brainard, Lucille Meredith, Susan Blanchard, Norman Alden, Dana Bratton, John F. Goff, Norman D. Wilson, Thelma Lee, Stratton Leopold, Rezza Shan, Norman Howell, Larry Franco, Tom Searle, Robert Grasmere, Vince Inneo, Bob Hudson, Jon Paul Jones, Dennis Michael, Nancy Gee, Claudia Stanlee, Christine Anne Baur, Eileen Wesson, Gregory J. Barnett, Jim Nickerson, Kerry Rossall, Cibby Danyla, Jeff Imada, Michelle Costello, Jeb Stuart Adams, Jennifer Austin, Michael Forino, Robert V. Greene, Helen Kelly, Al Leong, Gunnar Magg, Matt McColm, Tommy Morrison, John Carpenter
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1988-11-04
Status: Released

Tags: dystopia, villainess, alien, social commentary, conspiracy, los angeles, california, alien invasion, sunglasses, glasses, brawl, subliminal message, horror, hilarious, whimsical, farcical, frightened

A lone drifter stumbles upon a harrowing discovery -- a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.