A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Practical Effects
Those bug-eyed alien faces — all latex, zero CGI, perfect 1988.
Writing
"I have come here to chew bubblegum..." Carpenter's most quoted line.
Acting
Roddy Piper: wrestler-turned-hero, perfectly cast working-class everyman.
Director
John Carpenter
Roddy Piper
John Nada
Keith David
Frank Armitage
Meg Foster
Holly Thompsen
George Buck Flower
Drifter
Peter Jason
Gilbert
Raymond St. Jacques
Street Preacher
Jason Robards III
Family Man
John Lawrence
Bearded Man
Susan Barnes
Brown Haired Woman
Sy Richardson
Black Revolutionary
Susan Blanchard
Ingenue
Norman Alden
Foreman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'bubblegum' line was ad-libbed by Piper from a joke he'd heard. Carpenter kept it.
Carpenter has stated the film is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism, not aliens — the sci-fi was just the delivery system.
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