It’s time for another episode of the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and with this one we’re looking back at writer/director John Carpenter’s 1988 sci-fi horror cult classic They Live (rent or buy it HERE). To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above!
Inspired by the 1963 short story Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson, They Live tells us that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission. Humanity’s last chance lies with a lone drifter who stumbles upon a harrowing discovery — a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals the terrifying and deadly truth.
The film stars “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Raymond St. Jacques, George “Buck” Flower, and Peter Jason.
This is what the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?
The episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? covering John Carpenter’s They Live was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Tyler Nichols, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
A couple of the previous episodes of the show can be seen below. To see more, head over to our JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!
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