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.

Fans of ‘Toast of London’ will instantly get this comic horror mockumentary from New Zealand about four vampires living in a suburban semi. We meet the gang at

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