What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Directed by

Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement

Genre

comedy film, horror film, mockumentary, vampire film, comedy horror

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 3,975 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary crew follows a group of vampires sharing a flat in Wellington. The film shows their everyday struggles with chores, roommates, and modern life.

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What happens

What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the What We Do in the Shadows franchise. The film also stars Clement and Waititi, along with Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie van Beek. The film's plot concerns several vampires who live together in a flat in Wellington. What We Do in the Shadows premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. It was released theatrically on 18 August 2014 by Madman Entertainment and received critical acclaim. The film earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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