what we do in the shadows 2005

"What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires" is a short mockumentary film written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi in 2005. The film follows three ancient friends and centuries-old vampires named Vulvus, Vladislav, and Viago, who share an apartment and are interviewed by a TV crew. The short film is the earlier version of the 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film "What We Do in the Shadows". The 2014 film also stars Clement and Waititi, along with Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie van Beek. It follows several vampires who live together in a flat in Wellington and is shot in a mockumentary style. The film received critical acclaim and earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget.