'The Vigil': To Believe or Not to Believe?
If you mix religious rituals with dark mythology, the result will be effective, and the story powerful in 90% of the cases. That is exactly what happens at the beginning of The Vigil.

Michael Blanco arrives in Los Angeles. He dreams of becoming a movie star. There are 900,000 others like him in this city. Michael Blanco is Belgian. He is in his early thirties. He does not speak English perfectly. He is not very tall. He is not very handsome. As an actor, he has no experience worth mentioning. But he still has his courage, his candor, and his generosity. Michael Blanco is the story of a desire that is constantly thwarted.
If you mix religious rituals with dark mythology, the result will be effective, and the story powerful in 90% of the cases. That is exactly what happens at the beginning of The Vigil.
There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.
A code adopted by gay men and LGBTQ+ individuals in general to subtly disclose your identity to another, “friend of Dorothy” is widely considered to originate with Judy Garland.
Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.
The short documentary and second place winner of the Incluvie Short Film Festival, Gender Outlaw: A Bodysurfing Story, challenges any simplistic understanding of trans people.