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What We Do in the Shadows
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #405
- IMDb #851
- Google retired #178
- Rotten Tomatoes #390
- Metacritic #804
- Letterboxd #357
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #281
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #905
- Metacritic Critics #959
- Metacritic Audience #739
- Douban #747
- Kinopoisk #1312
- AlloCiné #1287
- Trakt #610
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A documentary crew follows the lives of four vampire flatmates who have lived together for hundreds of years in modern-day New Zealand. They struggle with mundane household chores, paying rent, and navigating the complexities of the modern world, all while trying to satisfy their need for human blood. Their undead existence is complicated by visits from their much more destructive zombie friend and a pack of werewolves.
Details
- Directors
- Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
- Writers
- Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
- Based on
- What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
- Released
- 19 June 2014
- Country
- New Zealand, United States
- Language
- English, German, Spanish, Latin
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $6.3M
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Cast
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Awards
26 wins & 18 nominations total
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