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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Not a smoke alarm in sight. No smoke detectors, mate?

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Rule number 1: Smoke detectors.

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Okay. Rule number 2: maybe not so many barbeque's inside.

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- Sort it out fellas. - Okay.

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- Barbeque smells really strong down here, isn't it? What kind of marinade? - What kind of marinade you use? Who's this guy?

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Um... It's a friend who came to our party. Mate, you alright? - He's drunk. - That's what I thought. Drunk guy. Look, you can't just leave him down here like that, okay? This guy's not having a good time. He's gonna feel terrible tomorrow morning. Well, his soul is in hell, so don't worry. Well, I don't know where's his soul's is, but all I am saying is where's his blanket? There's a big slab of concrete on him. - Yeah. - You can move that. - It's definitely not going to be comfortable. - Anything else, in here Minogue? - No, I've seen enough.

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- Okay. - Hang on a minute.

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What have we got here?

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- Yeah, what is that? - This?

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- Oh, this? - You can see this clearly as I can.

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Adhesive, mate. That's a flammable. And then you got a lamp on top of that. - Gee. Directly underneath the power source. - That is quite bad. - It's very bad. - It's a very bad combination -And no smoke detectors again are there? - No. - Yes, there are. - Yes, there are. - Okay, there are. Lots to think about guys. - Yeah, lots to think about there guys. - Next flat-meeting, yeah. Yeah, good thinking, that's the thing, just... - ... have a bit of dialogue about it. - Okay. - They've got a really good point. - Wait! Let's kill them.

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- No... - Well, let's just see what other safety... ...points they have and then maybe we can.

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I call into session, this trial of Nick, of Wellington.

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Read the charges.

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Problems we have with Nick.

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Number 1: You brought a human into our house. - Which is a big no-no in the vampire world. - Stu is, Stu is okay though? Yeah, Stu is fine, so I guess we'll just... ... cross that one out.

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Uh...

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- Thank you Stu. - Thank you Stu. So... The new number 1: Nick's been telling people he's a vampire. That in turn resulted in...

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... an unwanted visit from a vampire hunter. Crime number 2: This is quite a biggie, Nick.

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The vampire hunter who killed Petyr.

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