What We Do in the Shadows (2014) on Netflix
R20141h 26mComedyFantasyHorror
A documentary crew films the flat Viago, Vladislav, Deacon and Petyr share in Wellington. The housemates prowl for blood by night, and Deacon's familiar Jackie lures victims, among them Nick.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.6/10215,816 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes96%
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Plot summary
Viago, Vladislav and Deacon live together in a flat in Te Aro, a Wellington suburb, along with Petyr, an ancient vampire who keeps to the bottom floor. Viago is a 17th-century dandy who came to New Zealand for Katherine, the woman he loves. Vladislav is a former tyrant haunted by a nemesis he calls the Beast. Deacon, the youngest, knits and calls himself the rebel. Each night the three ride the bus into town to hunt. Errands and cleanup fall to Jackie, Deacon's human familiar, who longs for him to turn her into a vampire as he promised. She also brings the household people to feed on.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- What We Do in the Shadows raised $447,000 towards the film from over 7,000 supporters via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.
- Rutherford, an IT technician and high school friend of Waititi's, was initially told he would only have a bit part so he would act more naturally when filming, and he did not realize his role was so important until the film's premiere.
- After a piracy website based in Mount Wellington, Auckland was shut down, the site revealed that What We Do in the Shadows, at 277,000 downloads, was one of its most heavily pirated films.
- The scene where Deacon dances, as Viago and Vlad watch, uses a musical piece titled Momil Rano by Iqbal Jogi and Group from the Thar Desert, though the movie credits it incorrectly as Lal Mori Pat.
- Taika Waititi based his performance as Viago, a 379-year-old vampire and uptight member of the household, on his own mother.
- Waititi said in May 2019 that "We're Wolves is the film that Jemaine and I keep pretending that we're making", a follow-up about the werewolves from the film that the pair announce every couple of years.
