Year: 2014
Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Some vampires reveal the day-to-day minutiae of vampiric life in the run down squalor of their New Zealand house – having to do household chores, not getting into nightclubs, falling out with friends, etc.
Comedy is the most difficult cinematic genre to get right. There are very few modern comedies that work really well. Spinal Tap, obviously, is one. Shaun Of The Dead another. This New Zealand film has the deadpan mockumentary style of the former and the spoof horror theme of the latter. And it also shares the same relentless quality of hilarious scenes, laugh-out-loud moments and quotable dialogue as both those films. High praise indeed, but it’s one of a small group of genuine lol 5 star classic comedies. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s a must-see.
Might appeal to people who enjoyed:
Aside from Tap and Shaun, I see vague comparisons with Wes Anderson, Kusturica, early Woody Allen.
For a nice taster, check out the IMDB quotes-from-the-film page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416742/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
And please, at least check out the trailer. I urge you to do so, so I do.
I may have to give this another go. I only got through about 20 mins before giving up. I didnt find it very funny. I loved Spinal Tap and Shaun of the Dead.
You surprise me, chilli ray, I was hooked from the first five minutes and it never let up!
Hugely disappointed to find out this wasn’t about the behind the scenes personnel on tour with Bruce, Hank n Jet.
Was a long 20 minutes
Thanks Gary.
That sounds right up my street.
I thought that when I saw it KFD. Do let me know what you think.
Hank Marvin – is he a jehovas witness ?
Funnily enough, I didn’t think it started strongly — a bit clichéd in its spoofery — but really, really warmed to it.
You’ve got me sussed Gary.
Am an enormous Conchords fan and liked Eagle Vs Shark too. That deadpan Kiwi humour really hits the spot for me.
We watched this tonight and liked it a lot. The comedy levels do go up whenever the werewolves are on screen, but there’s a constant low level chuck through the whole thing, and Viago is very endearing.
I am going to fucking smash this spellchecker to pieces.
Unique Kiwi hum our. I loved it. And the place where the old lady lives is where my Mum lives!