The Best Mockumentary I've Ever Seen

Rating: 9/10 (23 May 2015)

I loved this film from beginning to end! I haven't seen such a fantastic comedy film that's been done in documentary style since Surfs Up!
We follow the lives of four Romanian vampires, Viago, Vladislav, Deacon and Petyr sharing a flat together in the Te Amo suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. They take great joy in showing us around their flat, revealing how they became vampires and occasionally sharing their arguments with their flatmates in front of the camera crew about who's turn it is to do the dishes. The three who can function much like humans, (Petyr is more of a monster of the night) go out every night to nightclubs and parties usually bringing home victims to feast upon. We see that there are more than a few pockets of vampires living within the community, such as two young girls who look 10 and 12 but are really over 100, who come out every evening to "prey on perverts," by luring them to their doom. Nick an 18 year old is amongst those chosen to become the trio's victims one night, however just as he figures out what's going on, he tries to escape and ends up being bitten by Petyr, making him a vampire who then follows Viago, Vladislav and Deacon on their nightly activities. Nick finds being a vampire far TOO comfortable, going off flying, or partying or levitating or changing into a bat. The other three soon take interest in his human friend, Stu holding back their desire to bite him.
The film plays out exactly like a vlog or documentary but it's FAR from the cheesiness of the found footage genre. There are Interviews, back stories, unexpected events, little cards saying 2 months later as "filming had to be postponed after Nick was bitten." There is also a sense of realism, if there were vampires out there they make it as real or convincing as possible.There is another community full of werewolves who are all geeky, clean, polite and travel in a pack, that usually get into gang fights with the vampires who cat cal' them-"Why don't you go home and lick your balls!" To which the werewolves respond, pointing at the full moon, "Not tonight please, do you know what time it is?!" The special effects are ASTOUNDING. They are not too over budget or under budget, and most of the time the scene they are required in is hidden by darkness. The blood looks as real as it should, but it's funny-gory not horror gory. The greatest were one of the vampires turning into a bat and the transformation of the werewolves from men to beasts. Speaking of Beasts, it is hilarious for such a brooding, dark gentleman like Vladislav who constantly lies in his bed in a state of fear and loathing, talking about a creature he has encountered in his after life, "I have seen the Beast," who later is revealed to be his ex-girlfriend Pauline. There is also some humour between Deacon and his servant, a human named Jackie who is in charge of bringing in new victims because it could reward her with immortality. Deacon constantly promises that he will bite her, but she is still left a human cleaning blood off the floor. This is a film that shows the true nature of vampires (keeping in mind in this Universe they are real) NOT the sparkling idiots of Twilight. These vampires seem like the old counts. Genuinely dark and badass. I loved this film and it's characters and i swear you will laugh so hard your fangs will fall out!