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They Live, written, directed, and scored by horror maven John Carpenter, premiered in 1988. Its budget was modest but it earned itself the status of cult favorite with its combination of science fiction and black humor.

Carpenter sets up a future world not too different from our own, a world in the throes of a depression, complete with shantytowns warmed by oil-barrel stoves. Our Hero: Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, played with panache by pro wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Nada's looking for work but he's going to find something else entirely: a conspiracy of aliens who secretly dominate the planet, controlling the human population via subliminal messages.