What We Do in the Shadows

Episode 37: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Theme: Mockumentary Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis grab their broomsticks, hover two inches off the ground, and sink their teeth into What We Do in the Shadows — the only vampire mockumentary brave enough to ask, “What if centuries-old immortal beings still argued about chores, wore terrible outfits, and lost fights to werewolves with self-esteem issues?”

Join your two favorite nocturnal idiots as they unpack:

• Why Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon feel like the undead roommates you’d find on Craigslist after filtering for “responsible,” “quiet,” and “doesn’t drink blood in common areas.”

• How Peter, the 8,000-year-old basement gremlin, somehow has more emotional range than half the cast of Twilight.

• Why Stu — sweet, gentle, soft-spoken Stu — instantly becomes the group’s favorite human, tech support guru, and emotional support animal all in one.

• How Nick manages to be the first vampire in cinematic history to make immortality look exhausting, inconvenient, and aggressively uncool.

• And of course, that iconic confrontation with the werewolves — who remind us all that “We’re werewolves, not swearwolves” is still one of the greatest lines ever written.

From chore wheels to unholy masquerades, from hypnotizing cops to very confused bouncers, Oz and Curtis break down a film that proves vampires aren’t sexy, mysterious night gods — they’re just flatmates who don’t know how to load a dishwasher.

Final Verdict:

Oz — Eight months living with Stu (and zero months living with Nick)
Curtis — Eighty-two freshly chained werewolves
Both — Still practicing their bat transformations… with no success.