They Live (1988)

Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

John Carpenter

John Carpenter Ray Nelson

Dana Bratton George 'Buck' Flower Jason Robards III John F. Goff John Lawrence Keith David Lucille Meredith Meg Foster Norman Alden Norman D. Wilson Peter Jason Raymond St. Jacques Roddy Piper Susan Barnes Susan Blanchard Sy Richardson Thelma Lee Wendy Brainard