Tuesday, 7 January 2025

754 They Live (1988)

 Perhaps  the  strangest  entry  in  John Carpenters  body of  work, this is  an odd blend  of  social satire, science  fiction  and  action  movie  which only  works  in parts. Professional wrestler Roddy Piper plays Nada , an unemployed drifter existing on  the  fringes of  LA  society  who  realises that a  small  band  of  conspiracy theorists  are  actually right and that  US society  is  controlled  by  hidden aliens. David  Icke  must  love  this  movie. He  then becomes  a  resistance  fighter  and  the  film goes rapidly  downhill into  a  stew  of  unrealistic  violence and  borrowed sci-fi tropes ( Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Blakes Seven, V, The Running Man).

Meg Foster ( as  Holly)

Sex : No

Death : Nada shoots  her


Meg is from Pennsylvania . She  made  her  TV debut in 1969 and worked almost exclusively  in  TV during  the  seventies. She  started  making more films in  the  eighties often in villainess  roles due to  her  strikingly pale blue eyes. She  is probably best  remembered as Cagney in the  first series of Cagney and Lacey before being replaced by Sharon Gless. She  retired in 2004  but  returned to  acting in 2011 , mainly in horror  films. Though they appeared  together in the film Carny , she  is unrelated to Jodie.

Cibby Danyla ( as Naked Lady )

Sex : She  discovers she's having sex with an alien in the  final scene

Death : Survives


Cibby was a  film  extra  in the late eighties who  usually went  uncredited.In  the mid-noughties she was involved in Christian broadcasting.




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