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What We Do in the Shadows is a Néo-Zélandais film of genre Comedy directed by Taika Waititi released in USA on 13 february 2015 with Taika Waititi
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 february 2015
Length 1h25
OriginNouvelle zelande
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Rating75%
What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film about a group of vampires who live together in Wellington. It was directed and written by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who also star in the film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. The film was theatrically released on August 18, 2014 by Madman Entertainment. The film earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget.
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Four vampires - Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr - share a flat in the Wellington suburb of Te Aro. Although Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon are all several centuries old, they have retained normal human appearances, but the 8,000-year-old Petyr resembles Count Orlok and acts more savagely than the younger vampires. Each night, Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon prowl the streets of Wellington searching for people to kill, but they must stay in the flat during the day to avoid sunlight—which is lethal to vampires—therefore they have not adapted to 21st-century life. Deacon has a human servant (familiar)—Jackie—who runs errands for the vampires, but she is frustrated that Deacon will not turn her into a vampire. Jackie leads her ex-boyfriend Nick to the vampire's flat so they can drink his blood: he escapes before they can kill him, but as he leaves the flat, Petyr attacks him and later turns Nick into a vampire.Actors
Taika Waititi
(Viago)
Jemaine Clement
(Vladislav)
Rhys Darby
(Anton - Werewolf)
Jason Hoyte
(Julian)
Madeleine Sami
(Morana)
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