Movie
What We Do in the Shadows
Overview
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-06-19
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Unison Films, Defender Films, Funny or Die, New Zealand Film Commission, Resnick Interactive Development
- Country
- New Zealand, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jemaine Clement as Vladislav
- Taika Waititi as Viago
- Jonny Brugh as Deacon
- Cori Gonzalez-Macuer as Nick
- Stu Rutherford as Stu
- Ben Fransham as Petyr
- Jackie van Beek as Jackie
- Elena Stejko as Pauline (The Beast)
- Jason Hoyte as Julian
- Karen O'Leary as Policewoman
- Mike Minogue as Policeman
- Chelsie Preston Crayford as Josephine
Crew
- Jemaine Clement - Director
- Taika Waititi - Director
- Jemaine Clement - Writer
- Taika Waititi - Writer
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