What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Comic horror mockumentary about the mundane hijinx of a group of vampires who share a house in New Zealand.



Very funny. Apparently being adapted to a TV show set in New York.

[Vic Sage]

bored the crap out of me.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

To the extent it was boring the mundane-ness of it I think, was all part of the joke. Not saying it was substantial or deep, but I laughed at the idea and at the hammy acting. It was fun.

[Vic Sage]

I agree that the mundanity (?) was intentional, but that didn't make it any easier for me to sit through. It's like campy stuff that is intentionally bad is still bad. Some people like such movies ironically (my son loves THE ROOM, for example, and the entire oeuvre of Neil Breen, the Ed Wood of contemporary filmmakers). But I tend not to like things ironically.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I get it. Do you see it all that different from say, Waiting for Guffman or Best In Show?

[Vic Sage]

yes, because those movies are really funny. Mockumentaries don't have to be appreciated ironically; they can be really good, like SPINAL TAP, and some of the other Chris Guest films. The characters lack self-awareness, but the humor is real. But SHADOWS is just tedious. The joke is really in the concept more than the execution, whereas the Guest mockumentaries are equally funny in their execution as they are in their conception.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

In conclusion, our 2 person review panel recommends you watch this for yourself and make your own call.

[Vic Sage]

apparently, FX is doing a series based on the movie:



https://www.slashfilm.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-trailer-official/https://www.slashfilm.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-trailer-official/

[Guest 41Forever]

I saw it over the weekend. My wife loves the genre and through this was great. I liked that Stu was really a computer guy and not an actor! I thought there were some good bits in there, like the police in the basement

[LWFS]

Uneven, but enjoyable. I've got a weakness for twee Kiwi medium-funny shit, though, so YMMV.