Cult vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows now a TV show

(From left) Beanie Feldstein, Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch at the What We Do In The Shadows premiere in New York City on March 19, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
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LOS ANGELES - Cultural differences often mean that humour does not really travel, but this has not stopped New Zealand funny men Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement from doing very well for themselves in America.

Doors started opening after their 2014 cult comedy What We Do In The Shadows, an indie mockumentary about squabbling vampire flatmates in Wellington that they wrote, directed and starred in based on a 2005 short film they made.

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