<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> A documentary crew follows four vampire roommates--Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr--who 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--and as such 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 as he has promised . 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 such as YouTube (to watch sunrises) and cameras (so they can see themselves). Viago in particular is able to find Katherine, his love from many years past, now an old woman in a rest home in Wellington . Despite being able to get his new friends into more popular bars and clubs, Nick struggles to adapt to life as a vampire and carelessly reveals his secret to strangers he meets . 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 . </P>

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