WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Taika Waititi (Scarfies), Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), Jonathan Brugh (How to Meet Girls from a Distance), Ben Fransham (30 Days of Night), Jackie van Beek (Eagle vs Shark), Cori Gonzalez-Macuer (Beauty of a Straightjacket), Stuart Rutherford (Boy), Rhys Darby (Yes Man), Ethel Robinson (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark), director, writer, producer; Jemaine Clement (film debut), director, writer; Emanuel Michael (A Late Quartet) and Chelsea Winstanley (film debut), producers; Plan 9 (Fresh Meat), composers; Richard Bluck (Black Sheep) and D.J. Stipsen (Siege), cinematographers; Tom Eagles (Amazing Extraordinary Friends), Yana Gorskaya (Smart People) and Jonathan Woodford-Robinson (The Warrior’s Way), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A documentary crew follows the lives of New Zealand flatmates Viago (Waititi), Deacon (Brugh), Vladislav (Clement) and Petyr (Fransham) as they go about their daily routines and struggle to cope with life’s obstacles – namely being immortal vampires with a thirst for human blood…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A very funny mockumentary on the subject of modern day vampires, festival hit What We Do In The Shadows is bound to be something of an underground favourite among horror-comedy fans for years to come.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2014

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