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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Petyr, wake up.

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Hey, listen. We're just having a flat-meeting upstairs in about 10 minutes.

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You don't have to come but I thought I'd extend an invitation to you just in case. Umm....

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There's a lot of stuff on the floor down here Petyr, and... ... like this seems, I don't... Ah! It's a spinal column, yuck!

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And I was thinking, maybe... ... I just should bring a broom down here for you if you wanted to sweep up some of the skeletons.

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I don't know. You know...

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Okay.

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I got you this chicken.

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Is Petyr coming? - Should we wait? - Petyr's... ... eight thousand years old. We're not going to have Petyr at the meeting. Okay, so...

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Wanted to have a quick chat about flat responsibilities because.. uh...guys I think that we're not all pulling our weight here. We're not just pointing the finger at you, Deacon. You're a cool guy but you're not pulling your weight in the flat. Well, I'm glad to hear that I'm cool.

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- No, that's not the point though... - Yeah, no, I know, I know... It's not a flat meeting about how cool you are. - I do my flat chores. - No, you don't! - Yes, I do - No, that's why we're having the flat-meeting. The point is Deacon that you have not done the dishes for 5 years. Vladislav is right. It's unacceptable to have so many bloody dishes all over this bench like that... I'm so embarrassed when people come over here. Why does it matter?! You bring them over, you kill them!

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Vampires don't do dishes. Deacon's like the rebellious young vampire. He's always doing crazy things. Saying crazy things. He's just like the young, bad boy of the group.

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Okay, so...

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One day I was...

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... selling my wares...

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And I walked passed this old creepy castle. and I look at it and think...

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... 'very old and creepy.' And then this creature... ... flies at me!

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It dragged me back to this dark dungeon.

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And bit into my neck.

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And just at the point of death... ... this creature... ... forced me to suck its foul blood.

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