Modern day vampires. Well, if you consider New Zealand modern. That punk Peter Jackson seems to be from that neck of the woods and he did a decent enough job of that Lord of the Rings thing, so I give them a blanket pass. For now.
What’s a better name for a gaggle of vampires? A murder of crows already kinda fits that bill. Vampires need more than a nest. A coven? That’s too lame. Greater thoughts for another time. Anyways, this little group of bloodsuckers living in a house, or a ‘flat’ as they call it, so quaint. Documentary crew does their best to get the footage and not get suckblooded. New blood comes into the fold, and things beyond bloody kitchen dishes and strewn spinal columns becomes a problem. Don’t even get me started on the trials and tribulations of trying to get into the club. A $5 cover ain’t shit when you can’t get invited in! And Nazi vampires?!? Sheeeit. But these guys are relatively chill when not getting into it with swearwolves. There are plenty of ways to die. Just make sure it’s not because you fell asleep wearing a mask made of crackers and get done in by ducks, geese and swan. Horrible way to go.
The mockumentary genre? Fake documentaty? Fakumentary? Whatever you want to call, it, stellar job here, Flight of the Concords "the poker" Jemaine Clement and Thor: Ragnorok "the dandy" Taiki Waititi do a great comedic take on the 'real-world' film verite? kinda thing. Great comedic romp through many of the aspects of vampiric lore while combined with modern day challenges. This is a fantastic flick, so many funny lines and situations throughout. I guess they started a series based on it after this movie that’s like five seasons, but I have to imagine it’s the law of diminishing returns, this one is in the realms of Spinal Tap levels of awesomeness. The bat fight alone is a level of imaginative comedy that takes this one up another level.
