MUST GO
Storyline with spoilers (you know you won’t go — your loss!!)
A wonderful mockumentory about vampires.
Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) – three roommates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection-modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming roommate conflicts.
You will laugh all the way through at all the subtle humor in this wonderful film.
Go in with the open mind that it’s not your classic style of comedy.
Blade, Twilight, Werewolves, Zombies, they all make an appearance. The plot is actually quite funny in itself… it isn’t meaty by any means, but it is also a joke: as the documentary team follows three vampires cruising together: one who is very… camp, shall we say, another who is self-described as being hot… because he is a vampire, of course, and another who seems like a satirical-take on your stereotypical long-hair/metal-head. Oh, and an 8,000 year old friend, Petyr, who doesn’t seem to possess the skills of communication (a nod to Nosferatu).

They begin to talk the crew through how they try to socialize, which leads to some amusing scenes of vampires trying to have nightlife. Then they talk the crew through how they capture/seduce people in order to drink their blood. More funny scenes follow, leading to one of these victims escaping from the flat. Of course he doesn’t die; he becomes the new vamp in the gang. But.. He’s young, he’s stupid, and he is not even over a hundred years old! When he introduces his human friend to his vampire friends, you just know it’s not going to go well. I won’t go any further, but from here the plot delves the movie into comedic chaos. I was missing jokes because I was laughing at the ones previous! There are no immature fart jokes here, there aren’t any jokes that make you cringe in their lame delivery…. Even though they are throwing a lot of crud at the wall, most of it sticks. It is also filled with comedic variety. Physical humor, plain old slapstick, facial expressions/body language (especially that camp vampire who always leads the documentary crew around, his facial expressions and eye-movements when following the cameras cracked me up every time), and obviously sarcasm and satire are underlying themes.
Well my invitation to the Unholy Masquerade is here. I must get my outfit together, if only I could see myself in a mirror!