Synopsis
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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Cast
- Taika WaititiViago
- Jemaine ClementVladislav
- Jonny BrughDeacon
- Cori Gonzalez-MacuerNick
- Stu RutherfordStu
- Ben FranshamPetyr
- Jackie van BeekJackie
- Rhys DarbyAnton Anderson
- Elena StejkoPauline (The Beast)
- Jason HoyteJulian
Recommendations
- 88
Slant Magazine
The film sympathetically renders the small humiliations and inconveniences of life as an old-world vampire struggling with modernity. - 80
Empire
Here it is at long last: a truly great vampire comedy. And also the funniest horror film to come out of New Zealand since Braindead. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A very funny Kiwi take on vampire lore and its application to the modern world. - 80
Time Out London
This isn’t much more than a series of ridiculously dotty sketches, and might have worked better as a sitcom, but it’s surprisingly hilarious. - 80
Total Film
Sharp as fangs, warm as fresh blood, this could be the funniest movie of the year. New Zealand’s answer to Edgar Wright. - 80
Village Voice
What We Do in the Shadows is never as self-conscious as you fear it might be, and it has some of the loose, wiggy energy of early Jim Jarmusch, only with more bite. It makes getting poked a pleasure. - 75
The Playlist
What We Do In the Shadows is the type of little movie that you watch and feel like you've discovered something really special. It's a total surprise; a silly, scary delight. - 70
The New Yorker
It was with both joy and mystification, therefore, that I found myself cackling at What We Do in the Shadows like a witch with a helium balloon.
