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Pseudodokument über Vampire, der geschickt in Vampirstereotypen trifft und erfolgreich die Barrieren durch kluge Parodien ihres Lebensstils und ihrer täglichen Routine durchbricht. Es passiert mir nicht oft, dass ich bei einem Film so lange laut lachen muss, dass das Lachen nahtlos in Lachen über den nächsten Witz übergeht. Und wenn es doch passiert, halte ich es für eine Seltenheit. Hier passierte es mir ständig, denn es gibt dutzende, wenn nicht sogar hunderte gute (und oft auch sehr anspruchsvolle) Witze. (11.07.2014)

Eine Komödie bis über den Tod hinaus, die aber alle denkbaren Regeln des Vampir-Genres einhält. Und das macht sie noch besser. Die Vampire waschen zwar ungern Geschirr, sie wischen Staub mit leblosen Körpern, können keine Musikinstrumente spielen und ziehen sich auch ziemlich schrecklich an, wenn sie ausgehen, aber wer möchte nach dem Abspann nicht gerne einer von ihnen werden? Wahrscheinlich nur irgendein Werwolf, der Flöhe im Fell hat. (05.06.2016)

I love it. It has its flaws, and the trio of über-cool vampires have their weaker moments in the middle, but it's impossible not to love this peculiar documentary (sorry, mockumentary). Waititi and Clement took it all the way and serve the viewer with a uniquely funny and detailed cross-section of vampire mythology, in which they manage to present all the otherwise stale motifs about sleeping in coffins or burning in the sunlight in an original and effective way, so that the story doesn't just run on quick gags – each supporting character has an important role to play in terms of revealing the whole well thought-out fictional world or the adaptation of the vampires to modern times. The whole thing would certainly work best as a multi-part sitcom, and I’m giving it 5* mainly due to my innate sympathy for Waititi's sense of humour, but it's still great fun and, from a certain point of view, a fountain of wisdom – the housemates' problems around washing and cleaning up reflect quite faithfully the cohabitation of university students in a shared flat. I could tell a story or two myself. (05.05.2018)

(49th KVIFF) Cute vampires (and werewolves, zombies and other similar creatures) in an incredibly funny mockumentary comedy. The midnight screening was worth it and the excited audience added to the experience. The film ends before it manages to build any sort of solid story through that relentless series of jokes. Those who say that a sitcom format would be more suitable for these vampires are right, after all, this is film is already a sitcom episode stretched to 90 minutes. (12.07.2014)

I can’t think of any other word than “genius”. What We Do in the Shadows is an absolutely genius parody that earnestly makes fun of vampires and, here and there, werewolves. Not of particular movies or particular characters, just vampires in and of themselves. And after watching some of the scenes, I believe that they’ll become legendary, granted that the movie makes its way into the world. Who would have thought that it was filmed by New Zealand authors? I watched this for the Challenge Tour 2015. (07.04.2015)