What We Do in the Shadows

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What We Do in the Shadows

R

2015

1h 26m

Horror

Comedy

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Vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster (Cori Gonzalez-Macuer) some of the perks of being undead.

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Critics Consensus

Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be, What We Do in the Shadows is bloody good fun.

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Mar 13, 2015

3.5/4

If Twilight made you queasy and Dark Shadows felt like a missed opportunity, this pitch-perfect genre spoof is worth relishing.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Mar 6, 2015

3/4

I'm so sick of vampires I'd have pounded a stake into my own heart not to have to watch this, but it turns out to be a pitch-perfect spoof of MTV's The Real World and a sly satire on millennial slackerdom.

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Patrick Z. McGavin

Chicago Sun-Times

Mar 6, 2015

3/4

The New Zealand-made art comedy What We Do in the Shadows is a bracing reminder of how the right burst of energy and style breathes fresh ideas into a genre threatened with creative exhaustion.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

6 days ago

B

Clement and Waititi push back on the conventional boundaries of comedy, dishing out an old delicacy in a new dressing that's truly worth howling at.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23, 2025

8/10

Overall, this is an easy watch that is best experienced with friends and family. The R rating is only earned with comically gratuitous blood and occasional curse words. Definitely rent this one if you haven’t already.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 20, 2023

5/5

Manages not only to be hilarious in its own right, but also offers plenty of gags that will resonate even more strongly with horror fans.

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 8 hrs ago

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s mockumentry is not only hilarious but adds new spins on classic monsters to create an modern cult classic

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Kasandra V

@RT20261342 1 day ago

Nothing but pure love and laughter. Movie is great but you know what’s better? The series!

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 10, 2026

What we do in the Shadows = a 4.5 star movie

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 6, 2026

Definitely Recommend It

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Hannah B.

@AdrianMonk202 Mar 1, 2026

Campy goodness. Not what I expected, but a nice easy watch.

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Oliver C

@slimjim123 Feb 13, 2026

It parodies genres well, but without being too meta.

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Synopsis

Vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster (Cori Gonzalez-Macuer) some of the perks of being undead.

Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Producer: Emanuel Michael, Taika Waititi, Pamela Harvey-White, Chelsea Winstanley
Screenwriter: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Production Co: Unison Films, Defender Films
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Violent Content|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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