What We Do in the Shadows Vampires Explained

[Music] hello everyone and welcome back to my channel where I cover vampires werewolves and other supernatural creatures in this video we're going to be covering the vampires from what we do in the shadows the idea originally started with a movie in 2014 that received great reviews from fans and critics it's a comedic mockumentary Style movie that offers a unique glimpse into the life of a group of vampires who live in a flat together in 2019 a TV show came out based on the film with the same name and the show has also received critical Acclaim the show is currently on its fifth season and it exists in the same universe as the movie we're going to look at the origin of these vampires the different types of vampires their abilities and more if you enjoy videos about vampires and other Supernaturals leave a like And subscribe for new videos every week before we get into the vampires I have something to tell you guys about a game with demons demigods vampires lichens elves dragon born and 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performance is inspired by the famous Bella Lugosi then we have vladislav he's not Dracula but his performance is based off Gary oldman's portrayal of Dracula vladislav is 870 years old and considered to be fairly old by other vampires I've as known as vlades laughed the poker the final person we were introduced to lives in the basement in a stone sarcophagus this is Peter and viago tells us he is 8 000 years old this shows us that vampires are definitely Immortal and the race have existed for quite a long time so let's take a look at where vampires came from the word easy vampire from which all other vampires have descended the oldest of all vampires the progenitor of the entire species Gorham also known as desire it is never revealed in the show how this tire became the first vampire or how old the species actually is but we know that he's over 8 000 years old in that time his body has devolved into a demonic gargoyle-like creature with wings The Sire is by far the most inhuman looking of all vampires for Millennia he roamed free doing what he wanted that was until the vampires formed something called The Vampire Council and they decided to imprison him why would they do this though well this was because they believe very strongly that if a vampire is killed all those in their bloodline will die therefore if the original sire was killed all vampires would perish or at least that's what they think we still don't know if this is actually true because no one has dared try to test it now let's see how someone is turned into a vampire we get to hear a first-hand account of someone being turned into a vampire Nick is brought into the flat to be fed on and the vampires were having a bit of fun scaring him unfortunately Nick ran outside and Peter got him Nick tells us that Peter fed on him and then he awoke in the basement where Peter offered him some of his vampire blood to drink to be successfully turned you must be bitten before you drink the blood they don't have to be fully drained just bitten nandor turned someone by just quickly biting them and then feeding them his blood after being turned Nick felt sick for about a week while he was making the transformation into a vampire he complained of constantly feeling too hot or too cold he compared the feeling to being very hungover or having the flu during this time his eyes would also frequently bleed eventually the person will become pale grow fangs and they will lose all Vital Signs becoming Undead you will also lose your reflection at first appearing faded before completely disappearing the weird thing is is that although vampires don't appear in a mirror they will still appear in photos and videos vampires sometimes have human servants known as familiars usually a familiar is promised to be turned into a vampire in return for their service when you become a vampire are you have to die which means you lose your soul sometimes the soul that inhabited their human form will come back as a ghost Nadia's human soul inhabits a doll and it's like a Mini-Me version of her it's possible the loss of a soul is the reason that vampires don't appear in mirrors once someone becomes a vampire they will cease to age however if they stop feeding for long enough they will appear to age dramatically Vlad didn't feed for at least a couple days and appeared as a decrepit old man but after feeding he returned to normal vampires must feed on blood to survive animal blood will suffice but it does not have the same nutritional value as human blood vampires prefer virgin blood but even some vampires admit that they're not exactly sure why they do some people speculate it could have a different taste the vampire Deacon thinks they do it because it sounds cool if a vampire consumes blood from someone who is Intoxicated The Vampire will become intoxicated as well Nadia refers to this as liquor blood vampires cannot under any circumstances eat human food even if they eat just a small amount of normal food it will cause the vampire to violently vomit vampires rest during the days since they can't go out anyway older vampires can sometimes Slumber for up to a few weeks so it's possible as vampires age that they need more rest meeting the point is taken that you have not done the dishes for five years most vampires we see resemble a human in appearance however some vampires look much different Peter from the 2014 movie is 8 000 years old and looks very similar to Nosferatu he is much more pale has sharp claws and a full mouth of sharp teeth instead of just two fangs there are other vampires that look just like Peter so it's possible that if a vampire lives long enough they will all look like this Peter acts more feral than the other vampires and cannot speak but he's still perfectly capable of having a conversation going to a party imposing for portraits even the original vampire likes to watch TV and can speak a few words of English although he prefers his forgotten ancient vampire language it does seem that when a vampire ages their appearance can vary slightly from person to person another very old vampire is Baron offenas he is 954 years old and appears quite monstrous especially considering vladislava has 870 years old and looks like a normal human it's possible that Baron's appearance is much more monstrous at an earlier age because he was turned by The Sire despite The Baron's looks he is fully capable of speaking English and is quite intelligent [Music] Luke the ghost cop the vampires from what we do in the shadows have many supernatural abilities they can move extremely fast when they need to reappearing in other parts of the room in the blink of an eye they are also quite strong being able to pick humans up with one arm and send people flying in combat as for senses they have extremely acute hearing able to hear people whispering from a considerable distance vampires can also see perfectly well in the dark it's unclear if their sense of smell is improved but I'm sure it is they do have a great healing ability that allows them to recover from Grievous wounds Vlad said he was once impaled on a Lamppost and is fought in many battles but looks perfectly fine today all vampires can fly they don't need Wings they just float through the air weightlessly we also see in the movie that they can defy gravity and walk on the walls and ceiling this next ability might be the most used by vampires hypnosis vampires have the ability to hypnotize people by just looking at them and speaking viago uses disability when the police arrive to their house r rather than kill the police he hypnotized them and says you won't notice anything out of the ordinary then even when the cops see a dead body they are not suspicious at all and simply leave the ability is basically compulsion from other vampire series and it can even be used to erase memories viago does say if you're not good at hypnosis the person may suddenly snap out of it though more powerful vampires can hypnotize large groups of people at once one of Deacon's favorite tricks is to bring out a plate of spaghetti and ask a human to eat it after they take a bite he makes the noodles appear as worms Deacon admits that he got this idea from The Lost Boys and then I will say why don't you eat some boschetti we learn from Nadia and the other vampires that you must be careful when using vampire hypnosis on someone too many times or if you're not good at it because it can drive them insane nandor's familiar was a human but he was immune to vampire hypnosis he said that it affected him at first but eventually it stopped working it's possible that a human can build up a tolerance to the hypnosis just like a snake Handler building up an immunity to the snake's venom this human was related to the original Van Helsing though so this could be an ability unique to his family vampires have the ability to shapeshift into different forms some vampires seem to be better at this than others notably vladislav can transform into many more animals than a normal vampire a bat is the most common form we see vampires take but some also take a Mist form Deacon described Peter as being able to turn into a giant winged creature older vampires might be more powerful and can take bigger forms apparently Vlad used to be extremely powerful but after being defeated by the Beast he was a shadow of his former self it's kind of like a PTSD situation from Spider-Man 2. after going through a traumatic event his powers didn't work properly he can still transform into different animals but viago tells us he could never get the faces right anymore [Music] some of the vampires that we meet have unique abilities Laszlo was able to communicate with animals Jenna was able to turn invisible and nandor had a form of pyrokinesis AKA controlling or creating fire Deacon once displayed the ability to appear in someone's backpack so I guess he can teleport but only into backpacks it's not clear if other vampires can learn these abilities or not an holy masquerade of course is great time for the undead community of Wellington every year the vampires host something called the Unholy masquerade vampires vampire witches and zombies are invited vampire witches are just vampires who have embraced the study of magic this is kind of rare because vampires usually have contempt for witches the event is held on the 6th of June at six o'clock 666 at the Masquerade vladislav gets into a fight with another vampire eventually Vlad is pinned to the ground and begins to turn gray and says you cannot kill another vampire this fight showed us two things the first is that when vampires fight they basically have the ability to drain the other's life if they gain the upper hand unless he was some kind of vampire witch but I don't think so the second thing we learn is that similar to The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice the most important rule in Vampire Society is you must not kill another vampire speaking of the vampire Chronicles in the television show what we do in the shadows we get to catch up with vladislav he is a member of the vampire Council and he's also a member of the theater The Vampire a group of vampires that travel from Europe to America once every five years to put on strange and Macabre plays the event is very prestigious and only the most important vampires are invited the vampires on the show waited 500 years for an invitation this is paying homage to the theater the vampire from Anne Rice's vampire Chronicles they even wanted Antonio Banderas to be the Master of Ceremonies at the theater but the role ultimately went to Vlad which was also a great choice what the hell is this the vampire council is very powerful and rules over all vampires the leader is this vampire named Tilda the highest ruling members live in Europe but there are vampire councils that govern other parts of the world and they report back to the main Council one job of the council is to conduct trials to decide if certain vampires are guilty of their crimes and what their punishment will be crimes that a vampire can commit include killing another vampire turning a baby into a vampire or not following the orders of the council when you are requested by the council they will send Ravens to summon you during the actual trial the council members will wear white robes with a golden necklace for very serious crimes they perform a ceremonial dance before the trial begins if a vampire is found guilty of a crime the punishment can vary usually they will be imprisoned for decades or even centuries but for especially heinous crimes death by sunlight yeah the television show introduced us to a whole new kind of vampire called an energy vampire these are actually the most common type of vampire they do not feed on blood but instead feed on someone's energy by talking to them annoying them or frustrating them they are not turned by another vampire and have a lot of differences compared to regular vampires there was also an advanced form of energy vampire called an emotional vampire that would specifically feed on emotions like Dread or pity this vampire would purposely try to make people sad in order to drain them energy vampires don't feed on blood however they are still vampires and sometimes live with other vampires but their biology is much different energy vampires can walk in the Sun and are not affected by holy objects or silver Colin was set on fire and he calmly walked away so they're not affected by fire either they're also the only kind of vampire that can feed from other vampires after an energy vampire feeds on someone their eyes will glow moment entirely the victim of an energy vampire will not die but they will be completely drained to physical energy and will sometimes faint in very rare cases an energy vampire can make someone go into a coma if they feed from them too much energy vampires can even feed on people through the internet by trolling them but this form of energy isn't as pure as doing it face to face they can also shapeshift like normal vampires but they seem to take different forms we get to see an energy vampire turn into a lizard which is something we've never seen a normal vampire do they can also fly but they can only hover a few feet off the ground whereas normal vampires can fly as high as they want one of the weirdest things about the energy vampire is that no one knows how they are created nobody knows if you are turned into an energy vampire born an energy vampire or eventually just become one it's also not exactly clear if they are Undead like other vampires one thing is clear though they will live for exactly 100 years and then they will die of natural causes shortly after dying they will be reborn as a baby from within their own body but will have elderly features kind of like a Phoenix rising from its ashes so an energy vampire doesn't live forever in the same way a normal vampire does but they're still technically Immortal although energy vampires die at 100 years old after being reborn they age very quickly and then remain the same for the rest of their lives Colin grew five to six inches in height in less than 24 hours the most interesting part about Colin was after he was reborn he was essentially a different person with no memories of his former life but he had a strange urge to break holes in the wall of his old room turns out this was because in his former life he had a hidden room that had a full recollection of his entire life the new colon has hair and doesn't wear glasses however as he starts to read the journals his hair begins to fall out and then he finds the glasses next thing you know the old Colin Robinson walks in the room not only is it the original column with all of his memories he doesn't remember anything that happened in the past year when he was growing up again energy vampires are very strange he suffers many injuries that would kill a normal human including being run over by a car and he was only slightly annoyed energy vampires also presumably have some level of healing ability but I don't think we ever get to see it in action once when an energy vampire consumed a large amount of power at once he gained enhanced abilities temporarily and his head grew much larger than normal during this time of being enhanced the energy vampire could fully drain people by just saying a few words he also gained full flight enhanced physical strength telekinesis plus he could manipulate the life force of plants and make copies of himself although they would die shortly after energy vampires are quite strong when in this state I forgot something in my room normal vampires have no reflection in a mirror an energy vampire does though they will appear as old and withered in their reflection they can also eat normal food unlike a regular vampire but it doesn't give them any nutrients they just do it to annoy people aside from energy vampires there are a few other kinds there's vampire witches and Chinese jumping vampires which are vampires that jump on their hands and feet both of these vampires seem to be identical to regular vampires and their abilities and weaknesses there's also the half vampire known as a damp here as far as we know they're just as strong as normal vampires but can walk in the sun one of the half vampires we meet is Wesley the show is so genius with its cameos apparently it was actually tilled to swinton's idea to have actors that have played vampires in other movies do cameos in the show which I thought was such a cool idea now that we've talked about the different vampires and their abilities I want to talk about the weaknesses hand sanded that stuck in you the vampires from what we do in the shadows have a number of weaknesses I've already mentioned that energy vampires do not suffer the same weaknesses though the main weakness for vampires is sunlight it will cause them to burst into flames which will kill them in the film we see a vampire that was exposed to sunlight and burned to a crisp vampires also have to be careful to avoid silver if it touches them it will burn them and cause smoke they will also be burned by garlic and salt salt is often used in spiritual rituals or to contain evil so maybe that's why salt hurts them they will also not be able to enter a building unless invited in the 2014 film the group is trying to get into a bar but they cannot get someone to invite them [Music] invite us we don't know how the original vampire was created but it must have had an evil origin because they are weak to the Cross religious imagery and holy water the cross and imagery will cause them pain and frighten them away prolonged exposure will cause vampires to bleed from their eyes and start smoking as if they are burning if a vampire attempts to speak a religious phrase their mouth will burst into flames also if someone says the word God in the presence of a vampire it will hurt them possibly the easiest way to kill a vampire might be to stake them in the heart a wooden stake to the heart will instantly kill a vampire so will decapitation although vampires go to Great Lengths to keep their existence a secret there are vampire Hunters they are human and sometimes damn peers that hunt vampires using wooden Stakes crosses crossbows and more the van housing family seems to have a genetic gift for vampire hunting Guillermo had no training whatsoever but was an extremely good vampire Hunter because he was a van housing [Applause] there are more supernatural creatures than just vampires Vlad mentions banshees and we see zombies at the Unholy masquerade and we also meet a pack of werewolves Werewolves remain in their human form until the full moon while in human form they don't seem to have increased strength or speed they might still have enhanced senses but they act quite animalistic while in human form even showing interest in things like dog toys according to the vampires werewolves have quite a smell and apparently even while in human form they still smell bad once werewolves are under a full moon they will transform into a massive wolf-like creature that stands on two legs they are fast and extremely strong able to rip a human or vampire to shreds if they get their claws on them they have a good healing ability as well Stu was disemboweled but turned into a werewolf and he seemed to recover just fine if the moon is blocked by clouds then a werewolf won't transform that's why Wellington has such a high population of werewolves because it has a lot of cloud cover some werewolves can transform even without a full moon one werewolf named Toby was able to Simply picture a full moon and Trigger his transformation although they're very dangerous in wolf form they're not very smart nandor defeats a werewolf by simply pulling out a dog toy and then throwing it over the edge of a building and then the werewolf jumps off after it besides their intelligence werewolves have one true weakness silver usually hunters will use silver bullets to kill them I found it interesting that in this series silver can be used to harm both vampires and werewolves werewolves are turned through a bite shortly after a human is bit they will heal from their wounds and turn very quickly the turn into a werewolf seems to be quicker and much easier than the transition into a vampire werewolves live together in a pack and there's usually an alpha male that commands them werewolves and vampires have historically had conflict but as we see in the movie they are capable of getting along and the vampire Council on Staten Island even made a truce with werewolves this was probably the way he wanted to go disemboweled by werewolves there is a very rare occurrence known as a hybrid this happened when a group of vampires and werewolves decided to settle their beef Twilight Style with a game of soccer a vampire ends up hitting a werewolf in the face with a soccer ball and it kills her the vampire then bites her neck and drips some blood into her mouth bringing her back is the first vampire werewolf hybrid we didn't get to see all the differences in a hybrid but when she tried to turn into a bat instead she turned into a 4 that looked like a bat and a wolf mutated together this form could not fly as well as a normal bat I wonder if the hybrid would have no weaknesses I guess vampires and werewolves are still weak to Silver so they would still have that that's my video on the vampires and other Supernaturals from what we do in the shadows if for some reason you haven't seen this show or movie I can't recommend it enough the charm of this series can't be understated the actors the cameos the music the sets perfect it's basically a parody of other vampire movies and shows but it's done really well tiger watiti was so good as viago I think my favorite character would have to be Jermaine Clemente's Vlad the film was written by directed by and starring tiger with TT and Jermaine Clement they are extremely talented they're also responsible for making the show I've always found the New Zealand actors have an amazing sense of humor maybe it's something about their delivery the show has so many amazing cameos too Benedict Wong David Batista Tilda Swinton who plays one of my favorite characters from Constantine Haley Joel Osmond Wesley Snipes Mark Hamill Nick Kroll and many more I had seen the movie before making this video but I know not dived into the show after watching it I have to say the show Absolutely holds up and some people like the show more than the movie for me the movie will always be special but the show captures 99.9 of that magic so I can't complain if there's any other movies or TV shows you'd like me to cover please leave them in the comments down below I always read through them and my viewers leave the best suggestions that's how I ended up finding this movie and TV show if you enjoyed leave a like And subscribe if you haven't it helps 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Length: 26min 45sec (1605 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 16 2023