The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 982 1990s thriller movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
955 audience votes
Key crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- David HimmelsteinScreenplay
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Dave DaviesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christopher ReeveAlan Chaffee
- Kirstie AlleySusan Verner
- Linda KozlowskiJill McGowan
- Michael ParéFrank McGowan
- Meredith SalengerMelanie Roberts
- Mark HamillReverend George
- Pippa PearthreeSarah
- Peter JasonBen Blum
- Constance ForslundCallie Blum
- Karen KahnBarbara Chaffee
- Thomas DekkerDavid
- Lindsey HaunMara
