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John Carpenter describes Nelson's story as "... a D.O.A. -type of story, in which a man is put in a trance by a stage hypnotist. When he awakens, he realizes that the entire human race has been hypnotized, and that alien creatures are controlling humanity.
Carpenter's inspiration came in the form of a little-known short story from 1963: Ray Nelson's "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," which likewise featured a character named Nada who awakens...
During the 1980s, John Carpenter stumbled upon a comic book based on Ray Nelson’s 1963 short story entitled Eight O’Clock in the Morning.
Dec 1, 2017 · Ray Nelson’s short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning,” on which John Carpenter based They Live, was first published in the November 1963 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. But Carpenter first encountered the story 23 years later, in its comic book adaptation, “Nada.”
Aug 18, 2023 · Arguably one of Carpenter’s greatest films, They Live is based loosely on Ray Nelson’s 1963 short story, Eight O’Clock in the Morning . Enraged by Ronald Regan’s America, he set out to make a cautionary science-fiction thriller challenging the ideological and consumerist beliefs of the time.
Oct 31, 2017 · “None.” Instead, he transitioned to keyboard and guitar. By 26, he was composing music for his feature-length debut, 1974’s Dark Star. But it wasn’t until 2015 that he released his first official...
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Radell Faraday "Ray" Nelson is an American science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film They Live.
