Is Alien a Sci Fi or a Horror Movie?

[palitoy]

My wife thinks Alien shouldn't be played during the month of October, mainly because it takes place in space. My argument is that despite the settings, it's predominantly a Horror movie or a Sci Fi/Horror (oddly, I don't think Aliens is a horror movie), she disagrees. I wanted to take a census here.

What do you think?

[Iron Mego]

Both. If the setting were different it would be pretty much straight horror.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i do not consider it horror. for the record I also do not think The Thing is horror. it is sci fi. scary at times maybe, but still sci fi

[madmarva]

Nostalgiabuff, I've always considered films that are scary as horror. What's the difference? Not trying to be a jerk, just wanting to hear your Point of view.

[BlackKnight]

I went for Horror .
Just the Deliverance of the Movie, and the Tone, is Very Horror-ish of what was presented in that Medium at the Time.

I'd say the 3rd Film is Also Horror.

The 2nd, and 4th Films along with the 2 vs Predators..., are Most Definately Sci-Fi / Action Hero Genra.

[jwyblejr]

Horror. The tag line alone is a giveaway.

[Mikey]

I always considered it Sci Fi only.

I even consider Inseminoid (Horror Planet) to be Sci Fi only

[knight errant00]

Horror movie with a SF setting. But definitely a horror movie.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i consider it scfi because it takes place in the future, in outer space and is just a big, mean alien life form.

i mean you could call Star Trek First contact horror if you just go by scary. the Borg are creepy as hell.

[Hector]

Easy...it's both.

Futuristic technology & bloody gore...all that meshes into sci-fi-horror.

[thunderbolt]

Its a horror movie mired in SF trappings, kind of like the 1951 Thing movie. That one was basically a Universal Monster movie with a flying saucer.

[Mok]

Ive always seen it as both .

[megoapesnut]

I absolutely consider it sci/fi horror. I also consider it one of my top 3 favorite movies. Absolutely belongs on the October agenda.

[RickD]

Horror isn't just gore it is suspense, fear, nerve racking. All this is Aliens in a whole

so it definitely is a Sci Fi /Horror movie

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yep, it's both. I consider the Thing to be both as well (all versions). If it involves terror and fear of some kind, it's horror. If it involves aliens and/or outer space, it's sci-fi...so it's both.

Chris