Speed reviewing, Nov. 2019 – part three
More recent viewing, heavy on the sci-fi, fantasy and horror – the latter including an ambitious Netflix series and a grim documentary about violence in […]
Review: They Live (1988)
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason,
Roddy Piper
Keith David
Meg Foster
George Buck Flower
Peter Jason
Plot: A lone drifter stumbles upon a harrowing discovery -- a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
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Plumbing the depths of pulp
John Carpenter has had a long, uneven career, the chief foundation of which (after a couple of very good small features, Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13) was the highly successful and influential Halloween. Personally, I’ve never […]