ENTERTAINMENT

Wellington Paranormal

TVNZ 2, 8:30pm Wednesday

— great movie, funny as anything, a dead set classic. The best thing about it was that it almost felt a bit like a 48 Hours entry — just a bunch of mates having a laugh with a genre, making a documentary about vampires living together in Wellington. When those mates are led by the comedy dream-team of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, you really can’t lose.

What We Do In The Shadows

Now, here’s the spin-off and it’s about as good as you might imagine.

takes viewers on the beat with police officers O’Leary and Minogue (Karen O’Leary and Mike Minogue) — characters who played such minor roles in the original film they just used the actors’ real names.

Imagine a cross between

or any of the hundred other law enforcement ridealong shows that top the ratings every week, and the

Paranormal Patrol, Dog Squad Wellington Motorway

police procedural comedy of

and you’re on the right page. The first episode follows the cop duo as they investigate a wayward teen in Cuba St, who starts projectile vomiting gallons of flourescent green slime. “I think she’s clearly quite unwell,” O’Leary tells the camera.

This encounter sees the pair assigned to a special beat investigating the kinds of unexplained paranormal phenomena that are rife in Wellington. As with

99, Brooklyn What We Do