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.
Vladislav used to be extremely powerful. He could hypnotize crowds of people. Great orgies. Twenty, thirty women. He could turn into all sorts of animals. But now he never get the faces right. He would kill anybody. Men, women. Children. Burning... everything. It was totally great. But he suffered a humiliating defeat... ... at the hands of his arch nemesis... ... The Beast.
What We Do in the Shadows