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What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005) Online
Original Title :
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
Genre :
Movie / Short / Comedy / Horror
Year :
2005
Directror :
Jemaine Clement,Taika Waititi
Cast :
Jonny Brugh,Taika Waititi,Jemaine Clement
Writer :
Taika Waititi,Jemaine Clement
Type :
Movie
Time :
27min
Rating :
7.6/10
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005) Online

Who says being an undead creature of the night is easy? With this in mind, three ancient friends and centuries-old vampires--Vulvus, the romantic and somehow temperamental Lord Byron wannabe; Viago, the 19th-century flamboyant dandy, and Deacon, the 107-year-old youngster--invite a documentary crew to shed light on a vampire's daily life. Starting off from the fateful day of their eternal metamorphosis, the modern-day blood-sucking city dwellers do not shy away from answering thoroughly personal questions about their delicate flatting situation--after all, this is an interview and not a mere excuse for a quick and easy meal. Will we ever find out what vampires do in the shadows?
Cast overview:
Jonny Brugh Jonny Brugh - Deacon (as Deacon Brugh)
Taika Waititi Taika Waititi - Viago (as Count Viago)
Jemaine Clement Jemaine Clement - Vulvus (as Vulvus the Abhorrent)
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer Cori Gonzalez-Macuer - Nick (as Nick Macure)
Stu Rutherford Stu Rutherford - Stu (as Stuart Rutherford)

This original short version is available as an extra on the Blu-ray of the feature, What We Do in the Shadows (2014).


User reviews

Kulalas

Kulalas

This is a short film that eventually was remade as a brilliant full- length film, "What We Do in the Shadows". Apparently this short floated around the internet for a while and was used to try to secure funding for the later movie.

What I immediately noticed about this 27 minute short is that it's incredibly low energy compared to the later film. The camera is nearly always stationary, the actors portraying the vampires sound almost as if they are half-asleep and the jokes are very, very few. Because of this, it's not a must-see for fans of the later movie. A few other things you will notice if you watch this one is that the actors' voices are a bit harder to understand as the prosthetic vampire teeth apparently were difficult to talk with clearly. And, the music is very cheap and simple....as is this film itself. Not a terrible film but one that is a mere shadow of its later incarnation and not terribly enjoyable.
Mr Freeman

Mr Freeman

This is the short (half hour) early version of what in 2014 became the feature film 'What We Do in the Shadows'. The 2014 film is brilliant, inventive, quirky, and side-splittingly funny. But that's the later 2014 film. THIS short film shows the trio creating their characters, and so it's really a rough sketch of what later becomes a great painting. I'm pretty sure that if I'd seen this short first, I'd never have watched the feature film, and that would be sad.

So my advice is, watch the 2014 full-length film first, then watch this short to learn a little about the amazing transformations that can occur in the creative process.
Voodoogore

Voodoogore

"What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires" is a live action short film from New Zealand that was made over 10 years ago and people will immediately recognize the connection to the successful full feature film from last year. Both were made by 7-time Emmy nominee Jemaine Clement and Oscar nominee Taika Waititi and focus on the pretty ordinary life of vampires. This one here runs for shortly under half an hour and deals with the subject of how a trio of vampires lives together in an apartment and they need to make sure everybody fulfills his cleaning duties. But of course they also need the blood. In one of the funniest moments of the film, there is talk about a virgin being like a sandwich that nobody has eaten before. In general, the humor and line delivery here felt a lot like the approach Sacha Baron Cohen gives his comedy. I think it is a really good watch for people who enjoy (somewhat different = not creepy) vampire films. Go check it out and if you like it, see the new movie that came out a year ago or two.
Kata

Kata

Audibility is a serious problem with this film, between the sound quality and the actors' indifferent diction skills. I tried watching it with auto-generated closed captioning, but that wasn't an improvement, as after the opening sequences I was still left with an uneasy and I'm hoping impression that one of the vampires had just confessed to an act of bestiality.
Cktiell

Cktiell

This comedy movie is one of the best comedies that you can see. Taika Waititi is a great actor and director