What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 mockumentary about vampires
living together in New Zealand, and it stars Jemaine Clement, Taika
Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, Jackie Van Beek, Cori
Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Rhys Darby. I've been a huge fan
of Jemaine Clement ever since I saw Flight of the Conchords on HBO's One
Night Stand ten years ago (so if anyone's ever wondered why I've had
hamsters named Bret, Jemaine, and Murray, now you know why), so I'd
been excited to see this movie for awhile and was thrilled
that I got to see it on the big screen. Jemaine co-wrote and
co-directed What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi, and what a
wonderful movie they've made! What We Do in the Shadows is, without a
doubt, the best vampire movie I've ever seen...every actor was perfect
in his or her role, and the movie was hilarious. The scene involving
317-year-old Viago (Waititi) and his female victim is one of the
funniest things I've ever seen, and I laugh just thinking about it. I
loved every second of the movie and would've been perfectly happy to
stay in the theater and watch it again immediately (my theater didn't
have this option though since they're only showing it once a day), so of
course I bought What We Do in the Shadows the day it came out on
DVD and watched it twice within the first few days I had it.
What We Do
in the Shadows is the best movie I've seen this year, and I feel bad for
anyone who hasn't seen it. Now that it's on DVD (and available to rent from Redbox), it shouldn't be too hard to find. You might not know it yet, but you need this movie in your life. ; )
My rating: 9/10
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