horror

The Frighteners can be considered a horror flick because there are ghosts in America that kill people, but the film is really more of a crossover movie.

horror comedy

The Frighteners though stands at a fascinating intersection in terms of terms's director’s resume, and being the rare horror comedy that slips through the studio machine.

a horror film

As to be expected, The Frighteners, despite the film's considerable comedy in dark places, is a horror film.

Horror/Thriller

The film is listed as a Horror/Thriller.

a horror/comedy, and a horror/comedyrelies on a weird

As serious as all of that may sound, The Frighteners is actually a horror/comedy, and a horror/comedyrelies on a weird, occasionally Tim Burton-esque tone to provide the humor.

supernatural horror

the traditional fiction categories’s a supernatural horror story with very little actual horror, but a ton of subtle foreboding.

stoner-horror

Teenagers are kidnapped and made into living scarecrows who are left to die in crop fields in an exceedingly frightening stoner-horror throwback in the vein of Jeepers Creepers and Scream.

a little bit horror movie, little bit comedy, little bit fantasy, little bit love story,

One of my favorite movies, The Frighteners is a little bit horror movie, little bit comedy, little bit fantasy, little bit love story, and a whole lot of cool rolled into one hundred-and-ten-minute roller coaster ride.

spy

The Frighteners (not to be confused with the film of the same title) is a 1989 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, continuing the adventures of Donald Hamilton's creation, assassin Matt Helm.

spy-fi

The Frighteners is the fifteenth episode of the first series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner, and guest starring Willoughby Goddard, Philip Gilbert, Stratford Johns, Doris Hare, Neil Wilson and Philip Locke.

a up-and-down roller coaster ride of comedy and horror

The Frighteners is definitely a up-and-down roller coaster ride of comedy and horror.

an incredibly underrated horror-comedy that deserves more praise

The Frighteners is an incredibly underrated horror-comedy that deserves more praise.

a supernatural comedy directed by Peter Jackson

The Frighteners is a supernatural comedy directed by Peter Jackson, starring Michael J. Fox as clairvoyant ghost hunter Frank Bannister, who, for a tidy fee, will go into your home and rid your home of the ghosts that have been tormenting your family.

with themes of the ghost story and recurring regularly slasher

The Frighteners is a comedy action film just as much as a comedy action film is a horror, with themes of the ghost story and slasher recurring regularly.

Peter Jackson’s transitional film, , and Peter Jackson's blockbusters bridging the gap between Peter Jackson's small, imaginative indie moviesto come

The Frighteners is Peter Jackson’s transitional film, bridging the gap between Peter Jackson's small, imaginative indie movies, and Peter Jackson's blockbusters to come.

horror, sci-fi, suspense, thriller

The main genres are horror, sci-fi, suspense, thriller and Avante-Garde cinema, with some added fruity sub-genres like demonic possessions, smart vampire movies (??) and lost classics (just to keep things interesting).

thrillers

Different classes that fall under thrillers incorporate science fiction and carnage, slasher, and youngster dread movies.

the story of an alleged psychic and paranormal investigator () Michael J. Foxfinding out that there’s something darker and unknown to and concept creator Aykroyd's usual schtick of using the departed to pull con jobs on people in and concept creator Aykroyd's town

The Frighteners is the story of an alleged psychic and paranormal investigator (Michael J. Fox) finding out that there’s something darker and unknown to and concept creator Aykroyd's usual schtick of using the departed to pull con jobs on people in and concept creator Aykroyd's town.

supernatural dramas

Both series are billed as supernatural dramas, but Les Revenants’ photography and music appear as more on the horror end of the spectrum.

Peter Jackson’s transitional film, bridging the gap between his small, imaginative indie movies, and his blockbusters to come

The Frighteners is Peter Jackson’s transitional film, bridging the gap between his small, imaginative indie movies, and his blockbusters to come.