What We Do in the Shadows
There's a film that's been prodding at my consciousness for a while in various Sci-fi mags to the point that I thought 'I have to see this when it comes out at the cinema.' It's a mock documentary (I know it's supposed to be called a 'mockumentary' but I just can't. It sounds weird) written by Jermaine Clement (one half of Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi and centres around 4 vampires sharing a flat in modern day Wellington, New Zealand. It just sounded fun.
Seeing it was a lttle harder than I expected. The nearest cinema showing it is High Wycombe! Not one cinema in Oxford is showing it.
Anyhow, I'd set my heart on watching it at the cinema so I duly toddled down to High Wycombe tonight to see it. There were only about 10 of us in the cinema (and they still all sat round me! Why do people do this. I always try to sit as far from everyone else who's already seated as the cinema permits.) but it was worth going.
It's a lovely, gentle film (for a given level of gentle that includes several deaths by vampire and werewolf). The 4 main vampires are mildly twisted caricatures of various vampire types throughout history trying to cope with modern life and they're all endearing; even Petyr, the 8000 year old nosferatu who never speaks. There a quite a few laugh out loud moments (Deacon's encounter with the power line while returning home in bat-form will stay with me for a while, as will the werewolf having to be disuaded from chasing a thrown stick) and I grinned my way my way through the rest. I particularly liked Rhys Darby (another Flight of the Conchords alumni) as the alpha werewolf trying desperately to get his pack to maintain some dignity ('Remember, we're werewolves, not swearwolves'). In short, I loved this film, would recommend it and feel it deserves a much bigger audience. I shall be getting the DVD.
Seeing it was a lttle harder than I expected. The nearest cinema showing it is High Wycombe! Not one cinema in Oxford is showing it.
Anyhow, I'd set my heart on watching it at the cinema so I duly toddled down to High Wycombe tonight to see it. There were only about 10 of us in the cinema (and they still all sat round me! Why do people do this. I always try to sit as far from everyone else who's already seated as the cinema permits.) but it was worth going.
It's a lovely, gentle film (for a given level of gentle that includes several deaths by vampire and werewolf). The 4 main vampires are mildly twisted caricatures of various vampire types throughout history trying to cope with modern life and they're all endearing; even Petyr, the 8000 year old nosferatu who never speaks. There a quite a few laugh out loud moments (Deacon's encounter with the power line while returning home in bat-form will stay with me for a while, as will the werewolf having to be disuaded from chasing a thrown stick) and I grinned my way my way through the rest. I particularly liked Rhys Darby (another Flight of the Conchords alumni) as the alpha werewolf trying desperately to get his pack to maintain some dignity ('Remember, we're werewolves, not swearwolves'). In short, I loved this film, would recommend it and feel it deserves a much bigger audience. I shall be getting the DVD.