This was supposed to be part of my Halloween marathon but I didn't get it in time. I've been looking forward to seeing it but I think it may have been overhyped for what it turned out to be.The New Zealand Documentary Board is granted unprecedented access to a rarified subgroup of citizens for the first time ever: vampires. A crew follows flatmates Viago (Taika Waititi), Vladislov (Jemaine Clement), and Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) as they try to navigate modern life. A wrinkle is introduced when a victim (Cori Gonzales-Macuer) is accidentally turned and must be introduced into the finer points of vampire society, specifically that one doesn't go around broadcasting that one is a vampire unless one wants hunters to stick a dining room table leg in one's chest.
As a mockumentary, this is top-notch. The effects are never overwhelming, the cinematography is just the right amount of grainy, and the characters are firmly on the right side of being total dorks. The humor is a little too awkward = funny for me but the performances are delightful. I feel like I might have enjoyed it more if people hadn't been broadcasting that this is the pinnacle of comedy, but that is the problem with high expectations. I don't know that I would watch it again but it was very sweet and a fun film overall.
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