So silly! I was glad we made an exception to our no vampire movies rule because this farce of a mock-umentary about a group of vampires in modern day Wellington, New Zealand, is damn funny. Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords, last in Men in Black 3) and Taika Waititi (directed four episodes of Conchords, wrote two) together direct, wrote, and star as Vladislav and Viago. Also making a cameo is Rhys Darby, who had a cameo in Pirate Radio and played the manager in Conchords.
The music is by Plan 9 (David Donaldson, Steve Roche, and Janet Roddick), also from New Zealand. This is their website and the whole raucous soundtrack can be streamed here.
We decided to go because of Clement and rave reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, averaging 96% from critics and 88 from audiences. Its release is fairly limited. If you watch it at home, be sure to get the room really dark. Vampires can't handle much light!
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