Film

They Live 1988

Directed by John Carpenter

  • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
  • 93 min
  • R

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.

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

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Plot-driven, classical in form, resolved and effortless.

  • character-ledplot-driven
  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • effortlessdemanding
  • contemporarynostalgic

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