Most movies can be neatly categorized into a single genre, or even two, but there are a rare few that manage to transcend genre thanks to the complexity and creative choices by the director that result in something very different. Genres exist as a helpful way to categorize films and often audiences will find themselves drawn more to some types of film than others. From comedy to horror, or romance to tragedy, so many films follow some sort of template for a genre that clues viewers into a set of tropes or suggests a direction that the movie may follow.
One of CBS' newest sitcoms, Ghosts , features a cast full of spectral characters that each hail from a distinct time period and come with their own unique backstory and death. Though each of the eight ghosts has a wildly different perspective based on their different experiences throughout history, they nonetheless form a sort of family, which is one of the show's greatest charms. After all, being stuck with the same people for all of eternity allows for plenty of time to get to know each other. Ghosts , which is an adaptation of a BBC show of the same name, stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver (who played Liv Moore on five seasons of iZombie ) as Jay and Sam, a young couple who inherit a mansion in upstate New York. To their surprise, however, the house also comes with several ghostly inhabitants, who Sam is able to see after a near-death experience. These are Thorfinn (Devan Long), Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones), Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky...
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