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On the podcast this week, Werewolf Steven and Count Sean are enjoying our blood drinking, werewolf fighting, Stu loving afterlives in the 2014 film from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do In the Shadows.

[Editor\u2019s note: this is not the FX tv show, but that one\u2019s also amazing. Watch it the moment after you finish listening to this episode if you haven\u2019t seen it. If you have seen it, then watch it again. Thanks!]

These aren\u2019t your granddaddy\u2019s vampires. They aren\u2019t your aunt-who-loves-sexy-vampires-a-little-too-much\u2019s vampires, either. These vampires are funny, and have a wide variety of personal interests. They\u2019re the sort of vampires we wouldn\u2019t mind hanging out with any day of the week. Except for maybe during feeding time.

Look, they can be friendly and deceptively deep, but they\u2019ll still chomp into your neck and drain you until you\u2019re dry and dead. That\u2019s a no-go for us.

On the other hand, if you\u2019re nice to them, and maybe teach them how to use the internet, then they\u2019ll end up being your best friends. Who doesn\u2019t want that? You can hang out in all the coolest Auckland vampire nightclubs, get in near-scrapes with local werewolf packs, and witness excellent bat fights.

We\u2019re eternally grateful that the true reality of these wonderful creatures has finally been captured on film. Sure, there are those terrifying, Dracula-like vamps out there that only want to wreak as much havoc as possible during their long lives. However, we\u2019ve now got some indisputable proof that not all vampires are bad. Sometimes they just want to be understood. They want to be seen for the complex creatures they are. They even want to find love out in this crazy, cruel world.

The documentary crew that captured this clearly real brood of vampires did humanity a huge favor. Wait, not brood. This family of vampires. May we all one day find the same love and acceptance they give to those for whom they care. Life wouldn\u2019t get any better than that.

(Recorded on January 25, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

What We Do In the Shadows - IMDb

What We Do In the Shadows trailer - YouTube

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles - IMDb

The Lost Boys - IMDb

Blade - IMDb

Twilight - IMDb

Rubber - IMDb

Vampires and Silver - Gods and Monsters

Let the Right One In - IMDb

Let Me In - IMDb

Nosferatu - IMDb

Vampyr - IMDb

Dracula - Wikipedia

Bram Stoker's Dracula - IMDb

Keanu Reeves - IMDb

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - IMDb

Gary Oldman - IMDb

L\xe9on: The Professional - IMDb

What We Do in the Shadows (tv show) - IMDb

The IT Crowd - IMDb