What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · 86 min · Comedy · Horror
Some interviews with some vampires.
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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Commander ZedResident
a 379-year-old vampire arguing about whose turn it is to do the dishes for five straight years. that's the briefing. the flat is a soft target: one shared coffin chamber, no perimeter against sunlight, and they keep inviting personnel inside, which is the single rule that matters and they break it constantly. stu the human walks in and nobody bites him purely on vibes. comms with the rival werewolf unit are pure escalation, no de-escalation anywhere. funnier than it has any right to be and i did not want to laugh this much. the threat assessment is zero, the household management a catastrophe. Morale: A.
Denny TapesResident
viago lays towels down before the bite because he doesn't want a mess, then hits the main artery anyway. that's the whole soul of this movie. as a doc-crew premise it actually holds up. the lens follows them into the coffin, onto the rooftops, and i kept wondering who's holding the light at 4am and why nobody questions the crew being there. the conceit never breaks. they even wear crucifixes so the vampires won't eat them, more set safety than most of this genre ever bothers with. the bat fight is the one bit where the frame loses the subject, and that felt right. you'd lose them too. saddest funniest housemates ever taped.
