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THEY LIVE

1988 US HMDB
November 4, 1988

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.

Cast

Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence, Susan Barnes, Sy Richardson
Azione Thriller Fantascienza

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Marco Castellini

John discovers, by pure chance, that most of the Earth is populated and governed by aliens who, under false human appearances, have reached the positions of power in society. Through advertising and hidden messages, they easily influence people's lives and keep them subjugated. Man will try to rebel… An original screenplay with which John Carpenter makes a “politically” committed film that, in a sort of parallel with the film's story, hides, under the false appearances of a sci-fi horror movie, its true nature as a fierce condemnation of certain methods of American society. A great idea only partly “limited” by the low budget available. Other films by the same director may be preferred, but it certainly should not be failed.

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