Lo que hacemos en las sombras

Un pseudodocumental sobre vampiros que se burla con gracia de los estereotipos vampíricos y realmente hace reír al espectador cuando parodia ingeniosamente su estilo de vida y su rutina diaria. No es frecuente que me ría a carcajadas con una película durante tanto tiempo que la risa pase sin interrupción hacia la carcajada provocada por el siguiente chiste. Y cuando lo logra hacer, lo considero una rareza. En el caso de esta película me pasaba a cada rato, porque contiene docenas, o quizá cientos de chistes buenos (y a menudo bastante sofisticados). (11.07.2014)

(49th KVIFF) Cute vampires (and werewolves, zombies and other similar creatures) in an incredibly funny mockumentary comedy. The midnight screening was worth it and the excited audience added to the experience. The film ends before it manages to build any sort of solid story through that relentless series of jokes. Those who say that a sitcom format would be more suitable for these vampires are right, after all, this is film is already a sitcom episode stretched to 90 minutes. (12.07.2014)

This is what happens when I watch an arthouse, festival, cheaply made and uninteresting bore for intellectuals after a perfect comedy. What We Do in Shadows may have an interesting idea, looking at vampires from a different point of view is good, but I didn’t find the film entertaining or even funny at all. As soon as I don't laugh even once during a comedy that has a clear 82%, something is wrong. 3* very reluctantly for those four slit throats. (29.12.2014)

A comedy from beyond the grave, which, however, respects almost every conceivable rule of the vampire genre and is all the better for it. Vampires don't like to wash dishes, they wipe dust by dragging lifeless bodies, they can't play musical instruments much, and they also snort quite terribly when they go out into society, but who wouldn't want to become one of them after the end credits? Perhaps only a flea-filled werewolf. (05.06.2016)

I can’t think of any other word than “genius”. What We Do in the Shadows is an absolutely genius parody that earnestly makes fun of vampires and, here and there, werewolves. Not of particular movies or particular characters, just vampires in and of themselves. And after watching some of the scenes, I believe that they’ll become legendary, granted that the movie makes its way into the world. Who would have thought that it was filmed by New Zealand authors? I watched this for the Challenge Tour 2015. (07.04.2015)