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What We Do in the Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows
Credits
Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Directed by: Jemaine Clement; Taika Waititi
Written by: Jemaine Clement; Taika Waititi
Produced by: Jemaine Clement; Taika Waititi; Emma Bartlett; Pamela Harvey-White; Emanuel Michael; Chelsea Winstanley
Music by: Plan 9
Cinematography: Richard Bluck; D.J. Stipsen
Edited by: Tom Eagles; Yana Gorskaya; Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
Production
Distributors: Unison Films
Released: January 19th, 2014
Rating: R
Running time: 86 min.
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Budget: $1,600,000
Gross: $3,333,000 (US)
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What We Do in the Shadows is an independent comedy film withe elements of horror. It is filmed in documentary style and focuses on vampire fiction. The movie was written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. It was shot in New Zealand and distributed through Unison Films. Clement and Waititi play the roles of vampires Vladislav and Viago respectively, with Jonathan Brugh as Deacon, and Ben Fransham as Petyr. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, 2014. The four vampires share a flat in Wellington and feed off the blood of the living at night, but must also strive to adapt to modern ways, such as watching YouTube videos of sunrises. The ancient Petyr turns a youth named Nick into a vampire, who becomes the neophyte member of their brood. Social conflicts erupt including a standing feud with a troupe of werewolves that stalk their feeding grounds and a masquerade ball that includes zombies and witches.

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TV series[]

What We Do in the Shadows is an American television series of the comedy genre, with elements of horror. It is based on the 2014 film of the same name, which was produced in New Zealand. The series was created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and began airing on the FX Network on Wednesday evenings at 10:00 pm, beginning on March 27th, 2019. The first season of the show comprised ten episodes. What We Do in the Shadows stars Kayvan Novak as Nandor, Matt Berry as Laszlo Cravensworth, Natasia Demetriou as Nadja, Harvey Guillén as Guillermo, and Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson.

Episodes[]

Season One[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x01 Pilot March 27th, 2019
1x02 City Council April 3rd, 2019
1x03 Werewolf Feud April 10th, 2019
1x04 Manhattan Night Club April 17th, 2019
1x05 Animal Control April 24th, 2019
1x06 Baron's Night Out May 1st, 2019
1x07 The Trial May 8th, 2019
1x08 Citizenship May 15th, 2019
1x09 The Orgy May 22nd, 2019
1x10 Ancestry May 29th, 2019

Season Two[]

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Season Three[]

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Season Four[]

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Season Five[]

Episode Title Airdate
5x01 The Mall July 13th, 2023
5x02 A Night Out with the Guys July 13th, 2023
5x03 Pride Parade July 20th, 2023
5x04 The Campaign July 27th, 2023
5x05 Local News August 3rd, 2023
5x06 Urgent Care August 10th, 2023
5x07 Hybrid Creatures August 17th, 2023
5x08 The Roast August 24th, 2023
5x09 TBA August 31st, 2023
5x10 TBA September 7th, 2023

Notes[]

  • What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and What We Do in the Shadow (TV Series) both redirect to this page.
  • This movie is actually a fully realized re-make of a film short shot in 2005 called What We Do In The Shadows: Interviews With Some Vampires. It was likewise crafted by the team of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement and also starred Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer and Stu Rutherford, who would all appear in this film as well.
  • There are a total of forty-six credited cast members in this film.
  • The movie was shot on-location in Wellington, New Zealand, which is also the principal setting for the film. Scenes of the Unholy Masquerade were filmed at the Victoria Bowling Club at 125 Pirie Street in Mount Victoria.
  • This movie was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, 2014. It was screened at the Stanley Film Festival on April 26th, 2014.
  • What We Do in the Shadows was released on region free Blu-ray on July 21st, 2015.
  • There were plans for a sequel film focusing on the werewolf characters, which was to be called We're Wolves, but the project was scrapped due to unspecified production issues.

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