At the time Arnold was an unknown and so the decision to base the film’s poster solely around his now-iconic mug was a bold and brave move. Of course, James Cameron’s apocalyptic sci-fier saw him go from being the body-building Austrian who starred in Conan to one of the biggest names in Hollywood, literally as well as figuratively, and his sunglasses-sporting cyborg became his signature role. Straightforward and direct, much like the film itself, the poster is a terrifying portent of what the film had in store and it demonstrates the sexualised and muscled violence the Eighties would become remembered for.