What We Do in the Shadows

This article is about the 2014 film. For the TV series, see What We Do in the Shadows (TV series).

What We Do in the Shadows
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Jemaine Clement
  • Taika Waititi
Produced by
Starring
  • Jemaine Clement
  • Taika Waititi
  • Jonathan Brugh
  • Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
  • Stu Rutherford
Cinematography
  • D. J. Stipsen
  • Richard Bluck
Edited by
Music byPlan 9
Production
companies
Distributed byMadman Entertainment (New Zealand & Australia)
Unison/Paladin (United States)[1]
Release dates
  • 19 January 2014 (2014-01-19) (Sundance)
  • 19 June 2014 (2014-06-19) (New Zealand)
  • 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) (United States)
Running time
85 minutes[2]
Country
  • New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million
Box office$7.3 million[1]

What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary[3] horror comedy film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and the first installment in the What We Do in the Shadows franchise. The film also stars Clement and Waititi, along with Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie van Beek. The film's plot concerns several vampires who live together in a flat in Wellington.[4]

What We Do in the Shadows premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.[5][6] It was released theatrically on 18 August 2014 by Madman Entertainment and received critical acclaim. The film earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget.

  1. ^ a b "What We Do in the Shadows (2015) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ^ "What We Do In The Shadows (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Review: 'What We Do in the Shadows' is the First Must-See of 2015". FirstShowing.net. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Review: What We Do in the Shadows" Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Mancunion, William Green, 15 November 2016
  5. ^ "Taika and Jemaine unleash vampires in USA". The New Zealand Herald. Auckland. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Sundance debut for Kiwi vampire spoof". Stuff.co.nz. The Dominion Post. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.