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The show follows a set of four vampire roommates living their best life-after-death in New York City. Hundreds of years old, these quirky charac- ters are constantly trying to fig- ure out how to survive in a modern world, and they give a brand-new meaning to night- life in the Big Apple. This mockumentary-style se- ries follows Nandor the Relent- less (Kayvan Novak, "Four Li- ons," 2010) as the fearless leader of the four roommates. Once a soldier in the Ottoman Empire, he's now an avid bas- ketball fan. He's assisted by his familiar (or supernatural sub- ordinate), Guillermo (Harvey Guillen, "The Internship," 2013), whom he mostly tor- ments. Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry, "Toast of London") is an- other headliner. He claims to have been Jack the Ripper and enjoys creating sexually themed topiaries. His wife, Nadja (Natasia Demetriou, "The Festival," 2018), believes she has found her reincarnated lover, who has a little trouble keeping his head on straight. Season 1 featured several guest stars, including Tilda Swinton, Evan Rachel Wood and Danny Trejo. It seems they've chosen well, as each of these stars has appeared as vampires in other films and television series. Swinton headlined as a romantically driven vampire in the 2013 film "Only Lovers Left Alive." Wood had a substantial arc as a vam- pire queen in the extremely popular TV show "True Blood." And Trejo appeared in the cult- classic 1996 flick "From Dusk till Dawn" as a vampiric bar- tender. Hopefully, Season 2 will live up to the legacy of the show's freshman run. It's expected to include some well-known stars, too, including Mark Hamill. In case you're wonder- ing: No, Luke Skywalker was not a vampire. But Hamill did voice a character in the 1998 Cartoon Network special "Mina and the Count: The Vampire Who Came to Din- ner." Apparently, FX has a fun and specific method for choos- ing the show's guests. It's clear that series creators, writers and directors Jemaine Clement (who you might know from "Legion" and "Flight of the Conchords") and Taika Waititi (who is the Oscar-winning director of last year's "Jojo Rabbit," as well as the latest "Thor" movies) have done their homework on vam- piric history. But that's no sur- prise, given that the two of them also wrote, directed and starred in the 2014 film of the same name that spawned this series. The movie won several nominations and awards, in- cluding Best Screenplay at the 2016 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards and Best Comedy Film at the Denver Film Critics Soci- ety,. This amusing follow-up se- ries premiered for the first time at New York Comic Con in October 2018 and was very well received right off the bat. The show follows the docu- mentary style that was made famous by shows such as "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation," but with a much darker twist. The jokes are fast-paced and biting, and the show has received consistent- ly high marks from critics and viewers alike. As far as the vampires themselves go, the series strikes a similar chord to "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) — if that classic was hysterically funny. Despite be- ing a show full of supernatu- ral, mythical creatures, FX uses no CGI for this one. When there is tension or suspense, you'll see no goofy digital ren- derings to break that classical feeling. They took a cue from Francis Ford Coppola, who di- rected "Bram Stoker's Dracu- la," and focused on using camera angles and timing to create more realistic scares. Along those same lines, the vampires in this show must be invited into any building, and they will die if they're exposed to sunlight. Sorry, Team Ed- ward, no glittery skin here! Bump in the night: New season of 'What We Do in the Shadows' lands on FX featurestory Harvey Guillen in "What We Do in the Shadows"

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