Any small deviation from this formula was seen as scandalous.

Regardless, it has becomeone of the most significant examples of counterculturethat came out at exactly the right time.

Now,They Liveobviously isn’t trying to play into the conspiracy theory about lizards running the world.

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Thus, it is up to the common people to put a stop to it.

This film follows a recent college grad who gets seduced by an older woman.

Upon its release, the movie was criticized for its high levels of violence.

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Indeed, it is definitely one of thedarkest movies ever made, but it’s supposed to be.

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magenta, frank n furter, and columbia stand together in the rocky horror picture show

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A man in shades pointing a rifle at something off-camera in They live.

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The Dude (Jeff Bridges) sits in a table in a lavish office in ‘The Big Lebowski’ (1998).

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Matthew McConaughey smiling from inside a car in ‘Dazed and Confused’.

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Katherine Ross and Dustin Hoffman as Elaine and Benjamin, laughing on the back of a bus in The Graduate (1967)

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Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and two of his droogs at the milk bar in ‘A Clockwork Orange’.

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An angry Tyler Durden smoking a cigarette in Fight Club.

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