What We Do in the Shadows

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What We Do in the Shadows

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Released Feb 13, 2015

1h 26m

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Vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster (Cori Gonzalez-Macuer) some of the perks of being undead.

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Critics Consensus

Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be, What We Do in the Shadows is bloody good fun.

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

If Twilight made you queasy and Dark Shadows felt like a missed opportunity, this pitch-perfect genre spoof is worth relishing.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 13, 2015

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

I'm so sick of vampires I'd have pounded a stake into my own heart not to have to watch this, but it turns out to be a pitch-perfect spoof of MTV's The Real World and a sly satire on millennial slackerdom.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 6, 2015

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Patrick Z. McGavin

Chicago Sun-Times

The New Zealand-made art comedy What We Do in the Shadows is a bracing reminder of how the right burst of energy and style breathes fresh ideas into a genre threatened with creative exhaustion.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 6, 2015

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Manages not only to be hilarious in its own right, but also offers plenty of gags that will resonate even more strongly with horror fans.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

It is the kind of content we came to expect from director-writer-actor Taika Waititi.

Apr 20, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Rarely does the movie miss a beat, and its cleverness shows itself in a host of ways. It's subtly subversive, subtly satirical, and openly absurd.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 21, 2022

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shani c

One of the most creative, brilliant, funny, and unique shows ever. It’s such a shame it’s ending—I wish it could go on for more seasons.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Елисей Э

9.2/10 мега смешно.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Wayne K

Vampires have had a pretty mixed history when it comes to cinema, featuring in classics like Nosferatu, Interview With A Vampire & Bram Stoker’s Dracula. But they’ve also been in a lot of dreck, including the Twilight series and a variety of woeful parodies like Vampires Suck and Lesbian Vampire Killers. So What We Do In The Shadows was a very pleasant surprise. Co-written, co-directed and co-starring pre-superstardom Taika Waititi, its clear his sense of humour was already fully formed here, with the absurd scenarios playing out as if they were everyday occurrences, in this case a flat of vampire roomies trying to fit into modern society. The film doesn’t gloss over the grizzlier aspects of vampiredom, such as their need to kill and consume blood, but uses them to add to the fish out of water aspect of their existence. There are plenty of funny moments, usually surrounding their matter-of-fact approach to odd events, or the outlandish scenarios that the film works in, including repeated encounters with werewolves, who are presented as a standoffish gang whose leader abhors foul language. There are stronger entries in the mockumentary genre, but this is one that’ll have you laughing from start to finish, and that’s more enough for me to recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Corinna S

A very true documentary. Trigger warnings: - blood (not inevitable, but come on. This is about vampires, what do you expect?) - vomiting (when the young vampire eats real food) - vampires - no swear wolves!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Michael V

Some interviews with some vampires What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi 🧛 Not bad, but not my favourite either 😐 Meh, it passed the time. Just. 😐 👍🏼👎🏼 Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Christian K

Solidly funny and much more in line with the show then I was expecting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Synopsis

Vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster (Cori Gonzalez-Macuer) some of the perks of being undead.

Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Producer: Emanuel Michael, Taika Waititi, Pamela Harvey-White, Chelsea Winstanley
Screenwriter: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Production Co: Unison Films, Defender Films
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Violent Content|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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