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Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2015)

What We Do in the Shadows
The hardest part of rooming with another vampire is deciding who gets to sleep in the larger coffin.
Luckily, the sleeping arrangements in this comedy have already been decided.
On the promise they won't be drained of plasma, a documentary film-crew is permitted to capture the night-to-night activities of a group of vampires (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham) sharing a flat in New Zealand.
In the shadow of this year's masquerade ball, the roommates must not only contend with the death of their oldest roomy, but also the arrival of a novice vampire and his human friend.
A hysterical take on the found-footage genre, this Kiwi contribution perfectly captures the idiosyncratic drawbacks and benefits to being undead - and having roommates.
With a clever script connecting the gags seamlessly, this morbid mockumentary has cult classic potential.
Ironically, blood-sucking roommates aren't as inclined to vacuum as one would assume.
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