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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Get out of my way!

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I'm going in! I'm coming Petyr! - Deacon, no, it's sunlight! - I'm coming for you! It's sunlight out there! It's sunlight! It's sunlight.

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I was too late.

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Turn that thing off.

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Our friend has just been killed in a fatal sunlight accident.

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So this is what I think happened.

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The vampire hunter... ... has broken through the window, here.

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Has impacted the table. Breaking the table leg.

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Then he has come this way.

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Towards the tomb.

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Crucifix! Cover the crucifix!

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And then...

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... Petyr has burst from the tomb. Pushed the tomb lid on to the vampire hunter.

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And then the sunlight has come through here. And burned Petyr alive.

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I think this is just a table leg, which is...

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... sanded down. - Do you think he hand sanded that, or? - Yes. Imagine that, stuck in you...

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It's quite shocking down here, Nick. Look, here's our sweet Petyr. - Fuck! - Burnt to a sizzle.

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- I can't figure out this. - This is the vampire hunter. Is this his front? - Uh, who's this guy? - Look at his... ... bloody head, all back to front. Twist it the other way, the other way! Let's see who this guy is.

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- Uh!, typical macho type. - Yuck! It is. Oh, shit!

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I know that guy... - ...actually. - You know him? - Yeah. - What? I saw him the other night in town.

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