Terminator

is it horror or action

Before anyone decides to lay into him, refrain from insulting his spelling. It's immature.

To answer your question, "The Terminator" is Sci-Fi.

i know my spelling is bad i forgot to us a spellcheck, and i was just asking because the first looked more horror to me

The first one definately has some major horror aspects in it.

Also, I went ahead and fixed the spelling for you.

thanks BF

Originally posted by basementred
i know my spelling is bad i forgot to us a spellcheck, and i was just asking because the first looked more horror to me

In the death stalker aspect..sure..

I'd say its tone and atmosphere are very much "horror"

Agreed. Also in the cutting out the eye scene. Very horror-ish.

Still not enough to be considered a true horror, because it's a robot from the future sent to destroy someone to insure the uprising of the machines.

Terminator felt like a sci-fi movie to me, Alien felt like a horror movie.

Yeah, Terminator is a sci-fi movie with somewhat of a horror feel in some places.

I'd consider it a sci fi/horror hybrid, the tone, atmosphere and general plot device (a big mean thing going around killing people) is all blatantly horror, the only thing that's sci fi is the backstory.

Yeah... it can't be stopped, cant be reasoned with.. pretty horrific.

terminator a horror? i think not its an action, and its 5|-|17 lol

Yeah, read the thread dear.

No! im outraged

Originally posted by Jordanb
No! im outraged

Originally posted by BackFire
I'd consider it a sci fi/horror hybrid, the tone, atmosphere and general plot device (a big mean thing going around killing people) is all blatantly horror, the only thing that's sci fi is the backstory.

What about the fact that he's from the future, and a a robot? "Schindler's List" had a Horror tone, where millions of people were executed unlawfully. Just because people are killed maliciously in a movie doesn't mean its got a hardcore Horror element. Atleast not to me, when the rooted elements outweigh it.

I agree with BF and Wolfie, see its only the back story, besides from that its a Ahnuuld playing Jason or Michael, they could have said its a undead from the future and he cant be killed

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
What about the fact that he's from the future, and a a robot? "Schindler's List" had a Horror tone, where millions of people were executed unlawfully. Just because people are killed maliciously in a movie doesn't mean its got a hardcore Horror element. Atleast not to me, when the rooted elements outweigh it.

Well there wasn't a definitive stalker in Schindlers as there is in Terminator.

Like I said, it's mostly the tone and atmosphere of the movie that makes it horror or not.