They Live is a 1988 American science fiction action horror film often called “the Citizen Kane of B movies”. Written, directed, and scored by John Carpenter, it follows a working class drifter (Piper) who discovers that the ruling class are camouflaged aliens, which drives him on a quest to expose them to the world.

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.