WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS Midnight

A New Zealand “documentary” crew gets unprecedented access to a house shared by five vampires in the latest from AFI FEST Audience Award winner Taika Waititi (BOY, AFI FEST 2010). First there’s Viago (Waititi), a Baroque-era dandy who struggles to get his housemates to do their chores. Joining him are Vladislav (co-director/co-writer Jemaine Clement), a Middle Ages sex addict, and Deacon, a Civil War-era newbie. The inhuman and distant senior member of the group is Petyr, an 8,000-year-old dead-ringer for Nosferatu. When Petyr accidentally turns human hipster Nick into a creature of the night, it causes an uproar in the flat-mates’ happy home. Nick isn’t used to living his life under cover of night, and he has a hard time not bragging about his newfound immortality. Can this motley crew get their act together enough to acknowledge their burgeoning but begrudging friendships – or at least to do the dishes?