crime comedy

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a 2001 American crime comedy film written, directed and starring Woody Allen.

a romantic comedy/crime/mystery set in New York City of the 1940s which involves a love-hate relationship between veteran insurance investigator CW Briggs (Woody Allen) and Woody Allen's new boss Betty Ann Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt)

'The Curse of the Jade Scorpion' is a romantic comedy/crime/mystery set in New York City of the 1940s which involves a love-hate relationship between veteran insurance investigator CW Briggs (Woody Allen) and Woody Allen's new boss Betty Ann Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt).

horror

According to the main formal traits of the story, the publisher widely classifies this series as horror genre.

Woody Allen’s most purely entertaining film in years, a romantic comedy set in a lavishly re-imagined Manhattan of 1940

At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Village East, others. AS snappy as a felt-brim fedora, “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion” is Woody Allen’s most purely entertaining film in years, a romantic comedy set in a lavishly re-imagined Manhattan of 1940.

horror fiction

As such, the book falls in the genre of horror fiction.

Fantasy/Adventure

Its genre could be described as Fantasy/Adventure, for

a crime caper with a delicious twist

A delightful and amusing interlude, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a crime caper with a delicious twist.

a bright, enjoyable Allen comedy that pays homage to Hollywood’s classic film noir mysteries in both style and content: a sharp script featuring a hero on the run, nonplussed cops, streetwise informants, and sparky interplay with feisty female characters including a voluptuous femme fatale (Charlize Theron)

THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION is a bright, enjoyable Allen comedy that pays homage to Hollywood’s classic film noir mysteries in both style and content: a sharp script featuring a hero on the run, nonplussed cops, streetwise informants, and sparky interplay with feisty female characters including a voluptuous femme fatale (Charlize Theron).

fantasy/paranormal/magic/mystery

The genre is fantasy/paranormal/magic/mystery.

urban fantasy

The series is from the genre of urban fantasy.

the flavour of the hard-boiled style of the 40’s film noir

Set in 1940, The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion is Allen’s attempt to recapture and send up the flavour of the hard-boiled style of the 40’s film noir.

adventure and fantasy

The genre of the movie are adventure and fantasy.

Woody Allen's tribute to the Hollywood films of the 1940s, the hard-boiled detective noirs and screwball comedies in which hapless men and tough-talking women sparred against each other

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is Woody Allen's tribute to the Hollywood films of the 1940s, the hard-boiled detective noirs and screwball comedies in which hapless men and tough-talking women sparred against each other.

sword-and-sorcery fantasy

The series is firmly entrenched in the sword-and-sorcery fantasy genre, though there are elements of mystery, suspense, and even comedy.

Young Adult Fantasy

The series is in the popular Young Adult Fantasy genre.

action/horror

The comic is an action/horror (Think SPAWN mixed with TMNT).

hybrid one which encompasses science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and horror

The genre is hybrid one which encompasses science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and horror.

anime dark fantasy / drama / action

The genre is anime dark fantasy / drama / action.

a thoroughly likable, if familiar, Woody Allen comedy -- not in the director's gallery, perhapsbut blessedly free of the self-conscious hand-wringing and tortured navel-gazing the most original or revealing tintype , that impede the former Mr. Konigsberg's more sluggish efforts

In sum, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a thoroughly likable, if familiar, Woody Allen comedy -- not the most original or revealing tintype in the director's gallery, perhaps, but blessedly free of the self-conscious hand-wringing and tortured navel-gazing that impede the former Mr. Konigsberg's more sluggish efforts.

psychological horror

The series is only roughly based on the Shirley Jackson novel but pays homage to the Shirley Jackson novel in a very distinctive way–an emphasis on psychological horror.