How could I forget Firefly! Yes it's science fiction of course, no matter the Western pattern it follows, just like Star Wars is science fiction despite its reviving both Western genre and chivalric romance.
"Horror" is another difficult label to use for it can apply to various genres like thriller, fantasy (especialy fairy tales)or gore. In French we have the category that is called "film d'épouvante" which means that the film's goal is to scare the audience (sometimes without any fantasy elements or special effects)which is much more than a thriller, while the label "film d'horreur" is rather about gore.
But you are right certain episodes of The X Files kinda belong to the horror subgenre. "Home" (that David Lavery mentioned) might be one of them.
Also, "Hush" on Buffy, or the episode with The Gnarl eating Willow's flesh would be horror.
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Date: 2010-09-12 12:54 pm (UTC)"Horror" is another difficult label to use for it can apply to various genres like thriller, fantasy (especialy fairy tales)or gore. In French we have the category that is called "film d'épouvante" which means that the film's goal is to scare the audience (sometimes without any fantasy elements or special effects)which is much more than a thriller, while the label "film d'horreur" is rather about gore.
But you are right certain episodes of The X Files kinda belong to the horror subgenre. "Home" (that David Lavery mentioned) might be one of them.
Also, "Hush" on Buffy, or the episode with The Gnarl eating Willow's flesh would be horror.