What to watch if you love AMC's Interview with the Vampire series

AMC’s new adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire has been getting terrific reviews. It’s a wonderful take on the popular novel, previously adapted as the 1994 film of the same name, and it’s streaming on AMC Plus. If you’re one of its legions of new fans, you may be planning your next obsession. So, what are the best shows like Interview with the Vampire?

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The new series repeats many of the familiar beats of the novel and earlier film, though with a few crucial differences. Still set in Louisiana, the show is set in the early 1900s. That means it does away with the original’s slavery subplot. By recasting Louis, one of the protagonists, as a Black man, the series tweak’s certain social dynamics and explores interesting facets of vampirism through history.

So, if you want more, read on for our list of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire. And if you haven’t checked it out yet, you can watch the series on AMC Plus by hitting the link below.

Shows like Interview with the Vampire

True Blood

Sharing its Louisiana setting and focus on erotic thrills among vampires and humans, True Blood is a terrific show like Interview with the Vampire. Following Sookie Stackhouse, a young waitress who can read minds, True Blood imagines a world in which vampires have “come out of the casket.” They walk among us openly and are the subjects of hateful bigotry. Sookie develops a relationship with vampire Bill, a former Confederate soldier who exposes her to the world of the supernatural as she explores her own superhuman gifts.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The hugely successful and influential Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains a top choice for fans of vampire fiction. Blending teeen drama with horror tropes, the show cleverly depicts a teen girl who is the latest in a long line of Slayers, young women empowered to fight vampires and demons. Working with her friends and a Watcher (a mentor who teaches her the ways of the Slayers), Buffy fights the forces of evil while trying not to let it get in the way of being a teen.

Angel

A spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel is certainly the lesser show, but it owes even more of its hero’s backstory to Interview with the Vampire. Angel is a vampire cursed with a soul. Now, he seeks to do good and works as a private investigator in LA, helping the helpless with his unique abilities. Through flashbacks, we see how Angel came to become a vampire and how he lived before getting his soul.

Dracula

The BBC and Netflix’s 2020 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is both a fresh update of the classic and a great choice for Anne Rice fans. Developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the three-part miniseries follows the Count through the ages. It retells the known story and follows Dracula into battles with Van Helsing’s descendants in the present day.

Penny Dreadful

Set near the turn of the century like Interview With the Vampire, Penny Dreadful has a similar literary and erotic tone as the newer series. The Showtime series features classic characters from stories like Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Dracula in a dark, horror-infused supernatural story. Throughout its three seasons, it follows a group brought together by mysterious murders in London as they fight forces of evil and maintain their own secret identities in the face of persecution.

The Vampire Diaries

Another vampire love story spanning ages, The Vampire Diaries takes a more youth-focused approach to the undead. But it’s a great companion show for fans of Interview with the Vampire. The series follows two brother vampires caught in a love triangle with a teen girl, as well as a look-alike vampire from their past. Viewers follow the trio as well as their town’s supernatural mythology through its eight seasons.

What We Do in the Shadows

If you want a comedic send-up of the entire vampire genre, you won’t do better than What We Do in the Shadows. Based on the 2014 film of the same name, this mockumentary series follows a group of vampires who live together on Staten Island. Turned at different times, they each represent different generations of vampirism. It’s one of the best shows on Hulu and one of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire.

A Discovery of Witches

This Sundance TV and Shudder co-production is based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness. And it’s one of the best shows like Interview with the Vampire. When she finds an enchanted book, a historian unlocks her own magical powers. She works with a vampire to protect the book and its secrets from dark forces. Soon, the two develop feelings for each other.

Those are our top picks for shows like Interview with the Vampire. Which will you be checking out first? Did we miss any of your favorites? Let us know in the comments.

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