'Dead Boy Detectives' tackles horrors of misbehaving ghosts, teens coming-of-age

Ghosts are front, center, and haunting in the new mystery-comedy series “Dead Boy Detectives.”

It stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri as Edwin and Charles, respectively, best friends who found each other in the afterlife.

They decided to help other ghosts by investigating mysterious deaths and other otherworldly occurrences.

“Dead Boy Detectives” also features Kassius Nelson as a clairvoyant named Crystal while Yuyu Kitamura plays her friend, Niko.

"I don't think there's a show like this on our screens right now. It's a genre-bending," said Kitamura. "There's so many elements of like, horror, supernatural stuff, romance, coming-of-age, identity."

She added: "And we have the fun element of our show, which I think a lot of viewers can see how wild and out of this world we go, but it's also grounded in so much truth."

Photo shows George Rextrew, Jayden Revri, and Yuyu Kitamura - cast of the Netflix series "Dead Boy Detectives." (Courtesy: Netflix)

The paranormal story is based on the beloved comic series by Neil Gaiman.

The young leads were grateful for the chance to be a part of the show.

Kitamura also recalled her unique audition experience. She said it was her father who helped her practice for the audition, having been in Hong Kong at the time.

"It was somewhat odd of an experience," said Kitamura. "He would give me directorial notes, and I was like: 'Okay, dad.' And there were lines in my audition, talking about how the boys, asking if they make out with one another, and so my dad's like: What are you auditioning for? And so that was such a strange experience."

"But after that, from start to end, it was probably about a month and it was really quick, and I almost wondered if it was too good to be true until the day I got to set," she added.

"Dead Boy Detectives" is now available on Netflix.