It's a romantic horror/drama film, that's not so hard to understand. It has scenes which are supposed to be creepy etc. that's what puts it into the horror category.
It doesn't really try to scare you but it does have creepy moments, if it didn't have them it wouldn't be a horror movie.
"Why are people debating the genre?" - svalinanikola
I agree with you. Genres are only labels people put on a story to categorize it. Some films happen to fit into more than one. There are films you can't really fit into any sort of box and I feel this is one of them. And really, the genre the film fits in is inconsequential. It's that this is a very good film that matters more than anything.
shareI'd call it horror for lack of a better term but it's not a film that tries to be scary (suspenseful in a few scenes, maybe) which to me is one of the main qualifiers for the genre.
shareWell, because it does not feel like a horror film. To me, a horror film is one where the audience is scared, and scared good. This just.. Doesn't have me on my toes like say, Alien has.
To me, this film is as much horror as Demolition Man is horror. It too has thoroughly creepy moments, but it is most def not a horror film.
And I agree what really matters is that this is damn good film, genres be damned.