Review of They Live (1988) by Riff J — 16 Jan 2019

This movie was waaaay ahead of its time. With warnings about class wars, consumerism, subliminal messaging, the elite controlling the message/media, etc. This movie could have been today and it would have even more impact than it did back then.

Carpenter does an amazing job here, showing that he can adapt to different subgenres within horror. Rowdy Roddy Piper was great in the lead role. The only thing I thought could be improved upon slightly was the ending.

.. I wish could've seen more about the impact it had on the aliens and on their eventual demise. But I loved that Piper died in the end, so it wasn't a perfect Disney ending... it made it that much darker.

Highly recommend this to horror and sci-fi fans.