What We Do in the Shadows

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Cast & Crew

Jemaine Clement
Vladislav

Taika Waititi
Viago

Jonny Brugh
Deacon

Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Nick

Stuart Rutherford
Stu

Ben Fransham
Petyr

Jackie van Beek
Jackie

Elena Stejko
Pauline Ivanovich

Rhys Darby
Anton

Jemaine Clement
Director

Taika Waititi
Director

Jemaine Clement
Screenwriter

Taika Waititi
Screenwriter

Jemaine Clement
Executive Producer

Emanuel Michael
Producer

Taika Waititi
Producer

Pamela Harvey-White
Producer

Chelsea Winstanley
Producer

Plan 9
Original Music

Richard Bluck
Cinematography

D.J. Stipsen
Cinematography

Yana Gorskaya
Film Editing

Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
Film Editing

Tom Eagles
Film Editing

Tina Cleary
Casting

Ra Vincent
Production Design

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Audience Reviews for What We Do in the Shadows

• May 10, 2020

  While it's never quite as funny or just overall as good as these creators later works or even the eventual TV show adaptation, WWDitS benefits from it's sheer earnestness and charm. Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement are incredibly enjoyable performers, and what they've put together is a very enjoyable film with a lot of creativity and charm behind it. I have to say that while there are a couple big laughs, there aren't as many as I'd hoped for. However, the movie is relentlessly likable, and while the laughs it does have aren't huge they are pretty consistent. I was mostly at least chuckling through a lot of the movie. There is some clumsiness to the production that comes from something this low budget, but in a lot of cases they work around these things or use them to their benefit as best they can. It's not perfect, and they did polish up on these ideas later on, but for a starting off point it's so eager and just likable I really enjoyed it.
  Michael M Super Reviewer
• Aug 29, 2016

  It has a good premise of filming a mockumentary of vampires living in suburban Wellington but the casting and acting were simply terrible. It's not funny as advertised. They tried with the limited budget but it didn't really work.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• May 01, 2016

  This clever, fun mockumentary from New Zealand about four vampires sharing a flat is a refreshing take on the genre. It has the vampires wrestling with everyday problems, and carrying their human personalities, foibles, and cultural references from hundreds of years ago forward. There were only a couple of laugh out loud moments, but the movie's wry humor had me smiling throughout.
  Antonius B Super Reviewer
• Nov 01, 2015

  Not as good as advertised. Silly and sophomoric, which is too bad.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer

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