They Live

Name: They Live
Director: John Carpenter
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
Released: 1988
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason

7.3 1988 1h 33m

Science FictionActionThriller

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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Director

John Carpenter

Cast

Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence

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They Live

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Afterburn

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