Hilarious.

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2014)

I've never seen Flight of the Conchords but I was familiar with their brand of deadpan irony. What We Do In The Shadows is class-A irony as we follow a band of vampires integrate themselves into contemporary New Zealand. It adapts the mockumentary style of This Is Spinal Tap, one that now feels like it belongs on TV with The Office and Modern Family, but it breaks the bounds of the small screen with supernatural moments and entertaining wire tricks. The backbone is the humour, the way it approaches these dark things in such a blase way with its endearing network of characters. Sometimes it does get a little too silly or a payoff is predictable, but it's coming so thick and fast that it's briskly redeemed. It's the eye for storytelling and eventual thoughtful heart, where it discusses life, love and death, that boost it above being a typical midnight comedy. One of the funniest and most rewarding films of the year that shows how vampires aren't finished yet.
8/10