“Can’t find them?” the meme asks. “That’s because they live among us as normal people, the only difference is, they’re going to hell.” The meme was started by Rudy Mustang on Twitter ...

Carpenter created They Live as a warning against greed and propaganda. While filming, Carpenter was surprised by people not noticing or paying attention to the props with subliminal messages.

He bought the rights to the story and began adapting it, changing hypnotism to the very 1980s notion of Americans being controlled via subliminal messaging. 2. They Live was a response to Ronald ...

John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic They Live is essential viewing as a middle ... The story of Rowdy Roddy Piper's Nada waking up to the subliminal messages that have kept the ruling class in ...