16 Best 'What We Do In The Shadows' Quotes That Will Make You Crack-Up
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'What We Do In The Shadows', was a Vampires' based mockumentary, released in 2014, New Zealand.
It is a film based on the horror-comedy genre directed and written by the very famous Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. This particular movie was a hit and was further adapted into a TV series in 2019.
'What We Do In The Shadows' has been nominated for the 'Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards', 'TCA Awards', 'Saturn Awards', and 'Writers Guild of America Awards'. Along with 'What We Do In The Shadows', Taika Waititi is quite famous for his other films Thor Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit.
Everything is so different and exciting about 'What We Do In The Shadows'! It is fiction portrayed in a documentary format, hence the term mockumentary; along with a fantasy storyline of vampires.
We get to see vampires' daily life and struggles along with vampires' trials at the Vampiric Council. They are also known as 'vampicides'.
The major characters from the movie are Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav while in the series they go by the names Laszlo Cravensworth, Nandor the Relentless, and Nadja, who turned Laszlo into a vampire and married him later, and Guillermo De la Cruz, as well as others from the human world.
There are a few fun quotes from the series and the film that can crack you up immediately.
The funniest and best Nadja 'What We Do In The Shadows' quote is, "We were so poor we used to used donkey dong for fuel..." Here are the best quotes from 'What We Do In The Shadows'.
For more such 'What We Do In The Shadows' Viago quotes or Laszlo 'What We Do In The Shadows' quotes check the list below. For something more, read 'Twin Peaks' quotes and ['True Detective' quotes].
Vampirically Cool 'What We Do In The Shadows' Series Quotes
Would you wonder if vampires had a code of conduct? Well, they do along with punishments for overthrowing rules and carrying out heinous crimes for Vampires. These quotes from the series would crack you up with their vampires-like stories.
1. "Vampires love virgins. It's their favorite food."
- Guillermo, 'City Council', Season 1. 3 April 2019.
2. "Nadja:Yes, they are near. The smell of beef and sulfur is overwhelming.
Colin Robinson: That's just Brooklyn."
- 'Witches', Season 2. 3 June 2020.
3. "After all that nonsense on Staten Island, I cut loose to Pennsylvania. Because it sounds like 'Transylvania', and we all know that sounds cool."
- Laszlo Cravensworth, 'On The Run', Season 2. 13 May 2020.
4. "We take our LARPing very seriously."
- Guillermo, 'Pilot', Season 1. 27 March 2019.
5. "One of the best ways to drain people’s energy nowadays is via the internet."
- Colin Robinson, 'Colin's Promotion', Season 2. 6 May 2020.
6. "I have recently re-discovered my love for topiary sculpture. The art of bush manipulation."
- Laszlo Cravensworth, 'Werewolf Feud', Season 1. 10 April 2019.
7. "Being a vampire's familiar is like being a best friend, who, who's also a slave."
- Guillermo, 'Pilot', Season 1. 27 March 2019.
8. "One human alcohol beer, please."
- Jim the Vampire, 'On The Run', Season 2. 13 May 2020.
9. "Nandor: I would like us to get colorful dust that sparkles.
Guillermo: Glitter?
Nandor: Yes, get me some glitter.
Guillermo: Whatever for, Master?
Nandor: Well, I want to do something special for the immortal one's arrival. I am going to sprinkle it on my face and on my body. Like Twilight."
- 'Pilot', Season 1. 27 March 2019.
Purely Vampiric 'What We Do In The Shadows' Movie Quotes
A few vampires, with their animal transformations and their daily chores over a period of centuries together, make up for some really funny 'vampires stories' to listen to. These quotes will give a glimpse of vampires and their life full of human-like problems that you will enjoy reading through.
10. "I really hope that those guys don't kill those police, because it will mean more police will come. Possibly even Christians, which is totally the last thing we need in this house."
- Viago, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
11. "I think we drink virgin blood because it sounds cool."
- Deacon, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
12. "We are trying to attract victims to us. I go for a look which I call ‘Dead but Delicious’. We are the bait, but we’re also the trap."
- Vladislav, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
13. "Viago: I went into the lounge the other day and there was blood all over my nice antique couch.
Vladislav: Which one? The red one?
Viago: Well it's red now, yeah."
- Viago and Vladislav, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
14. "People freak out a bit about the age difference. They think, 'What is this 96-year-old lady doing with a guy four times her age?' I don’t care, they could call me cradle snatcher. Who cares?"
- Viago, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
15. "Viago: If you’re going to eat a victim on my nice clean couch put down some newspapers on the floor! And some towels. It’s not hard to do.
Vladislav: We're vampires, we don't put down towels."
- Viago and Vladislav, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
16. "Yeah, some of our clothes are from victims. You might bite someone and then, you think, 'Oooh, those are some nice pants!'."
- Viago, 'What We Do In The Shadows', 2014.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy!
If you liked our suggestions for vampires related to 'What We Do In The Shadows' quotes then why not take a look at [Anime quotes] if you love the world of anime, or for something different check out this list of interesting West Wing quotes.
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