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.
- Good evening, sir. - Hello police. Hi, I'm constable O'Leary. This is constable Minogue. We're just responding to a report of a possible forced entry and also... ... a rather large amount of shrieking. Just, um, wondering maybe we could come in and just have a wee look around?
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And, also, maybe a bit of smoke coming out, so... We're just checking over the scene. Making sure every thing's uh... You know, above board, so to speak, and uh... Making sure no-one's in danger, that kind of thing. We might go up and have a wee look up there, if that's alright with you?
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No, we certainly hope not. Let's just... ...lets just keep going. - Hi there guys. How are yah? - Hello. Hey fellas. Um, is this the room where we've heard all the shouting coming from? That was me. Yeah, okay, we've had a couple reports, okay? There's a couple of people not all that happy about the level of the noise here. Okay. You can't be screaming when there's this many people around mate. You've got neighbors on either side. Feeling nervous. I've hypnotized those cops. I'm not a great hypnotizer so it could wear off any second. I really hope that those guys don't kill those police because then this means more police will come. Possibly even Christians which is totally the last things we need in this house. I can see you're having a good time. End of the day... ... we got to keep the, uh, the peace, okay? Whoa, whoa, whoa...
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