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Tech-noir (also known as future noir and science fiction noir) is a hybrid genre of fiction particularly film combining film noir and science fiction as seen in Alien (1979) Blade Runner (1982) and The Terminator (1984).Director James Cameron coined the term in The Terminator using it as the name of a nightclub but also to invoke associations with both the film noir genre and with futuristic sci-fi.