This week on Gonna See My Friends, we go back to where it all began with James Cameron’s The Terminator — a gritty, low-budget sci-fi thriller that feels more like a horror movie than a blockbuster franchise starter. Before Judgment Day, before T2, this was a relentless, neon-soaked nightmare about fate, time travel, and a machine that simply will not stop.

Stephen and Toby break down Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic performance as the ultimate unstoppable villain, Linda Hamilton’s transformation into Sarah Connor, and why this film still hits just as hard today. We dig into the time travel paradoxes, the emotional core of Kyle Reese, and how this movie quietly launched one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time.

Is The Terminator actually a horror movie? Does the timeline hold up? And is this t ...