They Live
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
They Live (1988, USA) is a Science Fiction-Action-Horror film directed by John Carpenter.
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Main Details
- Released on November 4, 1988
- Color
- Running time: 94 minutes
- Production Co.: Larry Franco Productions| Alive Films (presents)
- Distribution Co.: Universal Pictures
- Directed by John Carpenter
- Written by John Carpenter and Ray Nelson
- Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster
Plot Summary
- A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.
Taglines
- "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."
- Obey or else - alien invasion of the subliminal kind...
- Who are they? And what do they want?
- 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.
