What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the What We Do in the Shadows franchise. The film also stars Clement and Waititi, along with Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie van Beek. The film's plot concerns several vampires who live together in a flat in Wellington. What We Do in the Shadows premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. It was released theatrically on 18 August 2014 by Madman Entertainment and received critical acclaim. The film earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget.

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I looked like shit to start off with, like, I had a massive gash on my neck.

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Like you could see the inside of my neck. I had blood all over my top.

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And then I came home and I was sweating. I was either really hot or really cold.

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It was like a hang-over times ten, I reckon. It was really bad.

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It was quite similar to having the flu. Except, the only difference would probably be...

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... that my eyes bleed heaps.

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Are you guys not cold?

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I don't know, I can't really explain it. It's like, just yeah, real hot and cold and like... ... bloody eyes and flying and stuff.

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The neighbors can see you flying around the house. You want to draw attention to this house, hm? You got a whole... documentary crew following you around. I am doing an erotic dance for my friends. And you ruined it. I was in the zone. My friends are loving it. I love it. I saw the end of it. It looked great. I don't, I don't know if I'm... being, if I'm accepted yet. But... I don't know. I think it's getting there.

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I don't know the oldest stuff, but they're quite naive... ... when it comes to the real world.

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So... I don't know, it would be cool to just... Hang out with them. They could teach me some stuff. But I could probably teach them a few things.

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At the start it was like, 'Oh no, like I'm..' '... I'm dead.' It kind of affected my friendship with normal people, my family and stuff. But, of the way I see it, I've got a whole new family. They accept me for who I am. And I accept them for who they are.

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Even though... ... one of them killed me.

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Where should we go tonight? Let's go to the Big Kumara. Why don't we go to Boogie Wonderland? We never get in to Boogie Wonderland. My friend Richard's the bouncer. He can get us in. - What? Really? - He'll invite us in.

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- Stu's keen, Stu loves it. - Cool, that's two. Ah, this is my friend Stu.

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- Hey. - He works in computers and stuff.

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Originally he went out with my sister. And then they broke up. I don't really give a... It's got nothing to do with me. And um... you can't hear me.

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Yeah, so basically...

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Stu, he doesn't know that I'm a vampire.

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And he doesn't know that my friends are vampires.

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