What We Do in the Shadows . How does the movie employ as sense or...

What We Do in the Shadows. How does the movie employ as sense or irony? Is it Dramatic, Situational, Character, Setting, Tone, or Cosmic? Do they use several of these ironic elements or all of them?

A documentary crew follows four vampire roommates—Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr— who share a flat in the Wellington suburb of Te Aro. All of the vampires possess supernatural powers, including levitation and the ability to transform into animals.

Viago is a 379-year-old dandy from the 18th century, who originally traveled to New Zealand in the 1910s in search of the love of his life Katherine; Vladislav is an 862-year-old known as "Vladislav the Poker", who is haunted by memories of his nemesis "the Beast"; and Deacon is a 183-year-old former peddler and the "young rebel" of the group who was turned into a vampire by Petyr—a reclusive, 8,000-year-old vampire who behaves like a feral animal.

Each night, Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon take the bus into town and prowl the streets of Wellington for people to kill.

Deacon's human familiar, Jackie, runs errands for the vampires and cleans up the gore left behind by their feeding. A married mother, Jackie hopes to attain immortality—but is frustrated that Deacon will not turn her into a vampire as promised. Deacon requests that Jackie bring virgins to the flat so that the vampires can feed on them. She lures a woman who insulted her in primary school and Nick, her ex-boyfriend from childhood, to the flat. Though neither are actually virgins, the woman is killed, and Nick is attacked by Petyr. Nick survives the attack and is made into a vampire by Petyr.

Two months later, the vampires accept Nick into their group and bond with his human friend Stu—a computer analyst who introduces them to modern technology such as the Internet and cameras. Viago uses the Internet to find Katherine, who is now a 96-year-old widow living in a rest home in Wellington, and also briefly reconnects with his old servant Philip. Despite being able to get his new friends into popular bars and clubs, Nick struggles to adapt to life as a vampire. Nick is also held in contempt by Deacon, who resents Nick's newfound popularity and his careless revealing of his vampirism to strangers he meets. One of these strangers, a vampire hunter, breaks into the flat basement during the day and kills Petyr by exposing him to sunlight.

The vampires are furious when they discover Nick has indirectly caused Petyr's death, and Deacon tries to kill Nick before being interrupted by a police welfare check. The police, whom Viago hypnotises, warn the vampires about numerous fire hazards inside the flat. Once the police leave, Nick is banished from the flat by the remaining vampires, though Stu is permitted to come as he pleases.

Several months later, the vampires receive an invitation to the annual Unholy Masquerade, hosted for the local undead population of vampires, zombies, and witches. Vladislav refuses to attend after learning that "the Beast" will be the guest of honor. When Viago and Deacon arrive at the ball, they find in attendance Nick, Stu and Jackie, the latter of whom has been turned into a vampire by Nick. "The Beast" is revealed to be Vladislav's ex-girlfriend Pauline, and when Stu and the camera crew are discovered to be living humans, the party guests threaten to kill and feed on them. Vladislav arrives and fights with Pauline's new boyfriend Julian. Stu impales Julian on a flagpole, and the vampires and camera crew escape the ball with him, only to encounter a rival pack of werewolves who transform under the full moon. One cameraman is ripped in half by a werewolf, and Stu is viciously mauled. Believing Stu to be dead, the vampires run away and grieve for him.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Nick leaves a voice-message with the vampires saying he has a "Surprise that will blow them away" and returns to the flat with Stu. Deacon answers the front-doorbell knocking and is thrilled to see Stu standing there, greeting him with a big hug and telling him how cool his new scars are, which are very visible. Stu reveals that he survived the attack and transformed into a werewolf. With Stu's urging, the pack visits the vampires along with Stu and Nick's banishment is rescinded, as well.

Though momentarily apprehensive, Deacon invites the werewolf pack inside, making jokes like "Please don't urinate on everything," they meet all the other vampires and have a visit to celebrate Stu's return to the flat and his recovery most of all.

Viago also reconnects with Katherine, whom he turns into a vampire and their romance is rekindled despite the fact that she is now 96 years old (although he mentions that he is much older than her). Scenes during the credits reveal that Vladislav has gotten back together with Pauline, repeating his cycle of self-inflicted torture over his relationship with her; and Jackie has made her husband her familiar. A post-credits scene shows Deacon attempting to hypnotize the audience to forget the events of the film.