2014 · comedy · horror
What We Do in the Shadows
Directed by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi1h 26m2014
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Our read: What We Do in the Shadows (2014) reads as a cosy, kinetic, surreal comedy · horror entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- inventive
- intimate
- funny
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