Eighty-five minutes of really funny, the New Zealand vampire mockumentary “What We Do in the Shadows” comes from the “Flight of the Conchords” folks and their pals. Let me restate: This is a comedy that works.It knows how to sustain a premise and strike the right, dry tone.The premise is simplicity itself. Four vampires of […]

The faux-documentary comedy from 'Flight of the Conchords' team adds fresh bite to a bled-dry genre

What would happen if you stripped vampirism of all its moral horror and existential drama and just made it a thing, a way you happened to go from day to day? And then what if you allowed a documentary crew to come in and film your quotidian, blood-sucking, eternal existence? Best case scenario, what would happen is this: a splendidly low-key, straight-faced, and even heartfelt comedy about four undead flatmates navigating Wellington, New Zealand nightlife. They're all vampires, but seeing as how they hail from different walks of life — the lacy dandy, the swarthy peasant, the Slavic tyrant, and the ancient evil — there are difficulties. And then there's the new guy and his pre-deceased best friend. Plus werewolves. Pleasingly thorough and inventive in its treatment of a well-worn subject, and quietly smart about dealing with the way things can change over a few hundred years. And unlike its protagonists, it doesn't go on forever.

Jemaine Clement (“Flight of the Conchords”) co-directs and co-stars in this droll look at the day-to-day life of the undead

A mock documentary about Wellington vampires, “What We Do in the Shadows” begins with a title card jokingly crediting the pic to “the New Zealand Documentary Board” — the first and nearly the last gag related to its would-be comic conceit.

New Zealand horror mockumentary affectionately skewers vampire mythology.

A brilliant spoof of horror films, documentaries and reality TV. The humor is deadpan and hilarious.

What We Do in the Shadows tells the story of four suburban Wellington roommates who turn out to be vampires

"Flight of the Conchords" co-star Jemaine Clement and "Boy" director Taika Waititi play two of a quartet of vampires who share a Wellington house.

What “This Is Spinal Tap” does for decadent rockstars and “Flight of the Conchords” does for hipster manchildren, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s parody does for vampires.

The faux-documentary comedy from 'Flight of the Conchords' team adds fresh bite to a bled-dry genre

The New Zealand-based vampire comedy 'What We Do in the Shadows' is as sharp as a pair of fangs.

"What We Do in the Shadows" is a one-joke comedy about vampires, and yet another mockumentary/fake documentary, a gimmick that has turned seriously stale in recent years. But with those crackpot Kiwis Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi behind it, you can be sure that one joke is going to deliver a lot of laughs, enough…

Only laughs left aliveComedy horror can be hit and miss. Just ask veteran spoofsters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who turned Scary Movie into a

Clement starred in the HBO series "Flight of the Conchords."

It sympathetically renders the small humiliations and inconveniences of life as an old-world vampire struggling with modernity.

What We Do in the Shadows is an irrepressibly charming B-movie that never over-stays its welcome, and is both conceptually clever and admirably well-executed.

'What We Do in the Shadows': EW review

The New Zealand comedians star in What We Do in the Shadows, a vampire mockumentary.

A fresh take on vampires in the vein of Mel Brooks.

Cleverly executed, this vampire spoof by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, is a lot of fun.

“What We Do in the Shadows” review: The New Zealand comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi combine the anemic vampire genre and reality TV, coming up with a parody that transcends both.

Anthony Lane on Matthew Vaughn’s new film, starring Colin Firth and Michael Caine, and a new vampire comedy directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.

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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ proves vampires can still be a laugh a minute