History Film / They

* AMinorKidroduction: The film starts with a short scene involving the Billy as a child. The point is to show us that the monster in his closet is all too real.

* TooDumbToLive: Julia leaves her boyfriend's apartment [[BastardBoyfriend after he attempted to drug her with sleeping pills]] and runs underground to a subway. When she gets locked in the closing station and the lights start to go out, she heads into a train. When the lights on the train ''also'' start flickering as it abruptly stops, she ''gets out of the train into the dark tunnel''.

* TooDumbToLive: Julia leaves her boyfriend's apartment [[BastardBoyfriend after he attempted to drug her with sleeping pills]] and runs underground to a subway. When she gets locked in the closing station and the lights start to go out, she heads into a train. When the lights on the train ''also' start flickering as it abruptly stops, she ''gets out of the train into the dark tunnel''.

* TooDumbToLive: Julia leaves the relative safety of her boyfriend's apartment and runs underground to a subway. When she gets locked in the closing station, she heads into a train. When that stops, she ''gets out of the train into the dark tunnel''.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Julia pukes onto the subway tracks, presumably from stress, at the start of the above TooDumbToLive scene.

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Julia is captured into the dark world, and her fate is LeftHanging.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: The movie poster and DVD cover title the movie ''Creator/WesCraven Presents: They''. Typically a presenter is an executive producer, but Craven is not [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283632/fullcredits credited as such.]] It would appear that Creator/WesCraven had [[VeryFalseAdvertising nothing to do with the actual creation of this film]].

''They'' (2002) is a horror movie [[DirectorDisplacement often thought]] to have been written, directed, or produced by Creator/WesCraven--who was, in fact, not involved with this movie at all except as a "presenter". It was actually directed by Robert Harmon, a man probably best known for having directed the original version of ''Film/TheHitcher'', and [[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup written by upwards of ten different uncredited screenwriters]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the premise was similar to TheMatrix: Four college students discover that the world is being run by organic machines. The machines kill humans, harvesting their bodies to use as spare parts and erasing their existence. They lurk in the shadows and can be detected by children and animals. You can read the original script [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/They.html here.]] It's pretty creepy.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: Julia comes home and turns on the TV to hear a story about rolling blackouts in the city. She's just recently learned that the only thing that can keep her safe is the light.
** Actually, news of the upcoming possibility of blackouts has been present since before Julia even meet up with Billy. As well, there are flashes of power going out periodically outside of the news broadcasts. A previously-anticipated "disaster" being discussed by the news while said "disaster" is ongoing isn't very "coincidental".

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Yep, ''They'' take Julia, screaming, into their dimension and the movie just ends.]]

* [[spoiler: LooksLikeOrlok: What few glimpses we get suggest that "they" have heads like Orlok, and bodies that are even more distorted and bat-like.]]

''They'' (2002) is a horror movie [[DirectorDisplacement often thought]] to have been written, directed, or produced by Creator/WesCraven--who was, in fact, not involved with this movie at all except as a "presenter". It was actually directed by Robert Harmon, a man probably best known for having directed the original version of ''TheHitcher'', and [[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup written by upwards of ten different uncredited screenwriters]].

[[caption-width-right:228:WesCraven Allegedly Presents: ''They'', but not really.]]

''They'' (2002) is a horror movie [[DirectorDisplacement often thought]] to have been written, directed, or produced by WesCraven--who was, in fact, not involved with this movie at all except as a "presenter". It was actually directed by Robert Harmon, a man probably best known for having directed the original version of ''TheHitcher'', and [[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup written by upwards of ten different uncredited screenwriters]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: The movie poster and DVD cover title the movie ''Wes Craven Presents: They''. Typically a presenter is an executive producer, but Craven is not [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283632/fullcredits credited as such.]] It would appear that WesCraven had [[VeryFalseAdvertising nothing to do with the actual creation of this film]].

** Actually, [[SubvertedTrope news of the upcoming possibility of blackouts has been present since before Julia even meet up with Billy.]] As well, there are flashes of power going out periodically outside of the news broadcasts. A previously-anticipated "disaster" being discussed by the news while said "disaster" is ongoing isn't very "coincidental".

** Actually, [[SubvertedTrope news of the upcoming possibility of blackouts has been present since before Julia even meet up with Billy.]] As well, [[Foreshadowing there are flashes of power going out periodically outside of the news broadcasts]]. An previously-anticipated "disaster" being discussed by the news while the "disaster" is ongoing isn't very "coincidental".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the premise was similar to TheMatrix: Four college students discover that the world is being run by these organic machines. The machines kill humans, harvesting their bodies to use as spare parts and erasing their existence. They lurk in the shadows and can be detected by children and animals. You can read the original script [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/They.html here.]] It's pretty creepy.

* EldritchLocation: ''They'' live in a dark dimension of shadows and black ooze.

!!This movie provides examples of:

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Aaverted. Not only does Julia decide to see a psychiatrist when she starts having trouble, she's training to be one herself.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Heavily averted. Not only does Julia decide to see a psychiatrist when she starts having trouble, she's training to be one herself.

''They'' (2002) is a horror movie often thought to have been written, directed, or produced by WesCraven--who was, in fact, not involved with this movie at all except as a "presenter". It was actually directed by Robert Harmon, a man probably best known for having directed the original version of ''TheHitcher'', and [[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup written by upwards of ten different uncredited screenwriters]].