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Release year: 2002

Storyline

A psychology student and her friends start to have nightmares, resulting in strange marks appearing on their bodies.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Harmon

Writers

Brendan Hood

Cast

Laura Regan — Julia Lund
Marc Blucas — Paul Loomis
Ethan Embry — Sam Burnside
Dagmara Dominczyk — Terry Alba

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Did you know

• Contrary to the marketing's claims, Wes Craven had no involvement in the production of the film. The complete U.S. title for They is "Wes Craven Presents: They." Craven was considered an 'executive producer' of the movie. However, other than lending his name to the title, he had no part in the making of They (2002). It's assumed that the purpose for putting his name in the title was to publicize the movie and attract horror fans.

• Certain DVDs contained the following alternate ending (though all the Blu-ray versions of the film contained it): Julia wakes up in a hospital bed. She goes to the door, finds it locked, and looks through the small glass window. There she sees that all of the people in her story -- Dr. Booth, Billy, Sam, Terry -- are patients in a mental hospital and her boyfriend Paul is a doctor. Suddenly, the window in her door breaks open and one of Them skitters through, but the window remains unbroken. It was all a delusion. As Julia stands in disbelief, notations from her chart flash across the screen: Patient number 202240: Julia Lund Committed: 5-14-92 at age 16 Diagnosis: Paranoid schizophrenia Recommendations: Patient rquires secure environment and constant medication. Preview status annually.

• Apparently, there was a third alternate ending filmed in which Julia convinces the doctors that she's okay, even though she can still see Them crawling on her walls. She goes home to her own bedroom, which is rigged up with dozens of lights. She sits with a flashlight in her hands as the camera slowly begins to move down the hallway, and the closet door starts to open. It's thought that this ending might have been for the test screenings. It doesn't appear to have made it into the theatrical or DVD/Blu-ray releases.