(1988, dir. John Carpenter, w/ Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower)

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. (IMDB)

(1981, dir. John Carpenter, w/ Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence)

Escape from New York will start at approximately 9:29pm, and finish at approximately 11:14pm.

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue. (IMDB)