They Live

John Carpenter19881h 34mAction, Horror, Sci-Fi

Why we chose it

Carpenter throws satire and consumerism into the blender and serves up a killer shake of pure fun, in which an out-of-work labourer steals a pair of dark glasses and sees who really runs the city. Roddy Piper was a professional wrestler, and he came up with the film’s most quoted line himself.

Synopsis

Out of work and with nowhere to live, a labourer in Los Angeles steals a pair of sunglasses and finds that through them every billboard and every government notice carries a different message: obey, consume, sleep. Some of the people walking past him, it turns out, aren’t people at all. Somebody has to tell the city.

Information

Director
Cast
Production year
1988
Decade
1980s
Duration
1h 34m
Genre
ActionHorrorSci-Fi
Language
English
Country
United States
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
16+

What others say

4.0
300 reviews

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