Day 16: What We Do in the Shadows
Writer: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Year released: 2015

If you haven’t seen this movie yet you have to. I stumbled upon it during a late night Amazon search. It’s the perfect film to watch with someone who isn’t quite into horror movies. It’s a horror comedy. I don’t watch comedies. I don’t watch sitcoms, but really enjoyed this.

Overview: A comedy filmed as a documentary that follows vampires living in the modern era.

1. Most of the 120 hours that were filmed were improv.
2. The movie was filmed in New Zealand.
3. The movie was brought to the U.S. after a successful Kickstarter campaign.
4. The bars and nightclubs the vampires visited in the film are actual locations.
5. The movie is based on a short film by Waititi and Clement.