What We Do in the Shadows

Theatrical - Wide 2015-02-13

Cast Jemaine Clement Taika Cohen Rhys Darby
Directed by Jemaine Clement Taika Cohen
Written by Taika Cohen Jemaine Clement

Genres: Comedy Horror

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9/10

Synopsis

Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old,... See more the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection-modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.

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What We Do In The Shadows The Final Season TV Review: The vampire comedy goes out on top

Posted 2 years ago

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's vampire comedy continues to be consistently hilarious as it enters it's final batch of episodes.

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What We Do In The Shadows: Season 3 TV Review

Posted 5 years ago

Plot: After the shocking season two finale, we find the housemates in a panic about what to do with Guillermo after discovering that he is a vampire killer. This season, the vampires are elevated to a new level of power and...

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Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: Sergeant Maaka and Officers Minogue and O'Leary are members of the Wellington, New Zealand, police. Their job is to investigate paranormal phenomena. REVIEW: Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's What We Do In The Shadows was a cult classic when it...

TV Review: What We Do In The Shadows – Season 2

Posted 6 years ago

Plot: Over the course of the season, the vampires will try to find their way in a world of human Super Bowl parties, internet trolls, an energy vampire who gets a promotion and becomes drunk on power and of course, all...

Review: What We Do in the Shadows

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Four swingin’ vampires living in New Zealand have their lives disrupted by a documentary crew and the presence of a new bloodsucker. REVIEW: The psychological torment of walking this Earth as a vampire has never been so amusingly explored...

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As Comic Con @Home continues, we move on to what many people consider to be the best comedy on TV today, What We Do In The Shadows! The documentary style series follows in the footsteps of Taika Waititi's film, focusing on...

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FX has renewed What We Do in the Shadows for a third season

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Fans of FX's What We Do in the Shadows TV series will be pleased to know that the comedy series has been renewed for a third season, which means that we've got another year of vampire shenanigans following the nightly...

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The second season of FX's What We Do in the Shadows TV series kicked off last month, and an upcoming episode will feature the appearance of a certain beloved actor who was quite vocal about his love for the first...

Mark Hamill to guest star as an ancient vampire on What We Do in the Shadows

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I'm a huge fan of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. The original film – written, directed, and starring Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement – took a premise that was already creaky at that point (that of the found footage...

TV Review: What We Do In The Shadows – Season 2

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What We Do in the Shadows season 2 will feature ghosts, witches, Hamill

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Just yesterday, we learned that the second season of What We Do in the Shadows, a TV series spin off from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's horror-comedy mockumentary film of the same title, will begin airing on FX on April...

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What We Do in the Shadows season 2 hits FX & Hulu this April

Posted 6 years ago

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's horror-comedy mockumentary WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS has a TV spin-off aptly called … WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. And today we've learned that the 10-episode second season will be hitting FX on Wednesday, April 15...

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