The genre of the first episode of De kijk van Koolhoven is spaghetti western, the crude Italian version of the western, that originates from the nineteen seventies.

The second episode of De kijk van Koolhoven doesn't have a genre, but a theme: water and boats. Writing a boat in a film is asking for trouble, but therefore no less fun.

The third episode of De kijk van Koolhoven focusses on horror, and more specifically the European variant, eurohorror, which traditionally is just a little nastier.

When The Road Warrior by George Miller, the sequel to Mad Max, came out in 1981, it became a major world wide success. A new genre was born: the post apocalyptic film

Film noir is the world of crude detectives, corrupt officers and femme fatales. This is what episode five of De kijk van Koolhoven is about.

Sex and film, it still is and uncomfortable marriage. The sixth and last episode of De kijk van Koolhoven is about Erotica.