What We Do in the Shadows (2015) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Nick's careless behavior led the vampire hunter to their flat. While the hunter actually killed Petyr by exposing him to sunlight, the other vampires held Nick responsible because his recklessness and habit of revealing their secret to outsiders made the household vulnerable. This incident fueled Deacon's existing resentment toward Nick.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Deacon had expressed irritation with Nick's popularity and careless disclosure of vampire secrets to outsiders.

• nick
• petyr
• vampire hunter
• blame
• death

Stu did not survive as a human, he was turned into a werewolf. After being attacked by the pack during the escape from the masquerade, he recovered and returned to the vampires' flat as a lycanthrope. The werewolf pack leader then encouraged the vampires to accept him back into their household.

• stu
• werewolf
• attack
• survived
• transformation

Viago had been searching for Katherine since arriving in New Zealand in the 1940s. When he finally reconnected with her through the Internet, she was a 96-year-old widow. To be together forever as he had always wanted, Viago transformed her into a vampire, fulfilling his centuries-long dream of reuniting with his lost love.

Foreshadowing: Viago's original motivation for coming to New Zealand was to find Katherine, and he spent decades trying to locate her.

• viago
• katherine
• transformation
• love
• eternal

During the confrontation after Petyr's death, Deacon attempted to kill Nick in a fit of rage. Viago used his hypnotic powers to put the other vampires into a trance, effectively stopping the violence. This act saved Nick's life and allowed him to remain temporarily, though he was eventually banished from the household.

• deacon
• viago
• hypnosis
• nick
• kill

Despite werewolves traditionally being enemies of vampires, the pack leader approached the vampires and asked them to accept Stu back. Deacon eventually agreed, and the household welcomed both Stu and the werewolves into their unconventional family. This represents a major shift in the traditional vampire-werewolf rivalry.

• stu
• werewolf
• vampires
• accept
• pack

Petyr is an ancient, animalistic vampire who acts on instinct rather than social convention. After Jackie brought Nick to the flat (under the pretense of a party), Nick survived the initial attack. Petyr, seemingly drawn to Nick, chose to turn him rather than let him die, demonstrating Petyr's unpredictable, wild nature unlike the more civilized vampires.

Foreshadowing: Petyr is described as resembling Count Orlok and acting more like a wild animal than the other vampires.

• petyr
• nick
• turned
• vampire
• transformation

Jackie had been the vampires' human assistant, helping them with feeding and cleanup while hoping Deacon would grant her immortality. However, she ended up becoming a servant to Nick instead, the vampire she helped lure to the flat. This twist reflects her original desperation for immortality, now bound to a different master.

Foreshadowing: Jackie repeatedly asked Deacon to turn her into a vampire, expressing frustration that he hadn't fulfilled his promise.

• jackie
• nick
• familiar
• servant
• immortality

Vladislav discovered that his former girlfriend Pauline had become The Beast at the Unholy Masquerade. Their past relationship was troubled, Vladislav had previously used his powers to trap Pauline in a machine, and now seeing her with a new partner (Julian) intensified his anger and disdain toward the event.

Foreshadowing: Vladislav is haunted by memories of his rival 'the Beast' and carries significant emotional baggage about past relationships.

• vladislav
• beast
• pauline
• masquerade
• relationship

One cameraman was killed by werewolves during the chaotic escape from the masquerade. The fate of the remaining crew members is not explicitly shown, though they appear to have escaped with the vampires during the confusion. The film ends with Deacon attempting to hypnotize the audience, implying the documentary itself may be part of his mind control.

• documentary
• crew
• cameraman
• werewolf
• death

After Petyr's death, the vampires blamed Nick for leading the hunter to their home and banished him, though Viago made an exception for Stu to continue visiting. Months later, Nick returned for the Unholy Masquerade and was eventually welcomed back into the household, though his exact readmission timeline is not detailed.

• nick
• banished
• return
• household
• vampires