A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.
Genre: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Directed by: John Carpenter
Produced by: Larry Franco
Screenplay by: John Carpenter (as Frank Armitage)
Based on: "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson
Starring:
Roddy Piper
Keith David
Meg Foster
Music by:
John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
Cinematography: Gary B. Kibbe
Edited by:
Gib Jaffe
Frank E. Jimenez
Production company:
Alive Films
Larry Franco Productions
Distributed by:
Universal Pictures (North America)
Carolco Pictures (international)
Release date: November 4, 1988
Running time: 94 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $3 million
Box office: $13 million