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Feels like a Horror movie.

posted 8 years ago by Prince_of_IMDb
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just watched this again in 10+ years.

I know it's sci fi / thriller-ish but for some reason I get this archetypal slasher / horror vibe. I don't mean that in a bad way but it's effective because even though we're foretold the knowledge of the bad guys nature and intentions; his invincibility is almost ethereal and his unnatural endurance feels omniscient in an almost mystical / supernatural way. if that makes sense.

James Cameron really gives you that feeling of this quasi-omniscience of fighting the unknown. we never see the real bad boy [Skynet] and the faceless mirage makes the movie even more horrifying.

anyone else think this movie has very Horror-ish elements?

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[–] darkpast (8856) 2 years ago

da horror so they day

[–] quartz (482) 8 months ago

I guess some movies become so well known you can lose track of the original 'essence' of the film. I mean it is called "The Terminator", it's about a humanoid robot that walks around killing people

[–] DoctorThirteen (14440) 8 months ago

It definitely has some elements commonly found in slasher films. The same's been said of Jaws, Jaws II (even more so), and Alien.

[–] sonans (1665) 8 months ago

When I saw Terminator 1 as a kid, in the final scene T-800 chased them to the factory I almost couldn't breathe, it's terrified.