<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $6.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film about a group of vampires who live together in Wellington, that is written, directed by, and starring Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi . It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014 . The film was theatrically released on August 18, 2014 by Madman Entertainment . The film earned $6.9 million on a $1.6 million budget . </P> <P> Four vampires--Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr--share a flat in the Wellington suburb of Te Aro . Although Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon are all several centuries old, they have retained normal human appearances, but the 8,000 - year - old Petyr resembles Count Orlok and acts more savagely than the younger vampires . Each night, Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon prowl the streets of Wellington searching for people to kill, but they must stay in the flat during the day to avoid sunlight--which is lethal to vampires--therefore they have not adapted to 21st - century life . Deacon has a human servant (familiar)--Jackie--who runs errands for the vampires, but she is frustrated that Deacon will not turn her into a vampire . Jackie leads her ex-boyfriend Nick to the vampire's flat so they can drink his blood: he escapes before they can kill him, but as he leaves the flat, Petyr attacks him and later turns Nick into a vampire . </P> <P> Two months later the vampires accept Nick into their group and also bond with his human friend Stu, a computer programmer who shows them how to use modern technology . Nick struggles to adapt to life as a vampire and carelessly reveals his secret to strangers he meets in bars and clubs . One of these strangers, a vampire hunter, breaks into the flat during the day and kills Petyr by exposing him to sunlight . The vampires are furious when they discover Nick has indirectly caused Petyr's death, and banish him from the flat . The police arrive to investigate a reported disturbance and Viago is able to hypnotize them so they don't see the blood or the dead body of the vampire hunter . </P>

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