Fresh
If Twilight made you queasy and Dark Shadows felt like a missed opportunity, this pitch-perfect genre spoof is worth relishing.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
What We Do in the Shadows
Some interviews with some vampires.
2014 · 1h 26m · R
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Jemaine Clement
,
Taika Waititi
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What We Do in the Shadows
Overview
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Director and cast
- Jemaine Clement Director
- Taika Waititi Director
- Jemaine Clement as Vladislav
- Taika Waititi as Viago
- Jonny Brugh as Deacon
- Cori Gonzalez-Macuer as Nick
- Stu Rutherford as Stu
- Ben Fransham as Petyr
- Jackie van Beek as Jackie
- Elena Stejko as Pauline (The Beast)
- Jason Hoyte as Julian
- Karen O'Leary as Policewoman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
If we see two or three more comedies this year that know what they're doing the way this one does, it'll be a very good year indeed.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Maybe it's something in the water Down Under, but these fellows have managed to concoct a whole new perspective on fangsters.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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