10 Horror Movies That Got Better YEARS Later

They Live is John Carpenter's most outwardly satirical film, a darkly amusing sci-fi horror about a man (Roddy Piper) who discovers that humanity is being secretly manipulated by aliens through subliminal messaging to conform to the status quo.

While They Live has been widely lauded ever since it came out in 1988, it's remained impressively relevant in contemporary society almost four decades later.

Yes, it's hardly a revelatory statement that the mechanisms of capitalism are designed to exploit every single one of us in a conveyor belt of endless consumption, but in the social media era of "Generation Brainrot," its depiction of media manipulation seems more relevant than ever. In a time where algorithms are designed to make us angrier and more divided, all in the pursuit of lucrative "engagement," They Live's account of the media using subconscious tactics to change our behaviour feels terrifyingly pointed.

The medium may have changed from TV to our phones and computers, but as corporations develop ever-more nefarious and underhanded ways to make us do what they want, They Live continues to age like the finest of wines.