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movie review - What We Do in the Shadows

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a mockumentary/found-footage flick about a house (nest?) of vampires living in the modern age. They're portrayed as petty, lazy, selfish twits with only a hazy grasp on what's going on outside their self-absorbed lived. That world has a way of intruding whether we like it or not, however, and it certainly does so for the vampires. We see their interactions with their vassal humans (present, future, and past) and other demi-humans such as werewolves. I don't know who came up with vampires but I think this does a great job of highlighting what a nightmare being a vampire would actually be.

There are a number of laughs in this thing, though it often veered toward deliberate cringe which I find difficult to bear. And the content is certainly attenuated through the ~85-minute run length, as there's not exactly what you'd call a plot.

Recommended. For the novelty and absurdity for some night when you need a break.