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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Film
DirectorTaika Waititi
Meta takes3

Figures

Characters
  • The character of Stu, the human IT guy, and his acceptance by the vampires.
  • The character of Petyr, the 8,000-year-old Nosferatu-like vampire. → The Uncanny
Locations
  • The film's setting in Wellington, New Zealand.
Form & technique
Tropes
  • The vampire flatmates' chore wheel and arguments over domestic duties.
  • The domestic and emotional relationships between the male vampire flatmates. → Homosocial Desire
  • The tense but rule-governed rivalry between the vampires and the werewolves.
  • Juxtaposition of graphic vampire violence and mundane interviews.

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