The cast of What We Do in the Shadows shares their favorite vampire movies, books, and more

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The fourth season of What We Do in the Shadows, Jemaine Clement’s vampire horror mockumentary, premieres tonight on FX. The horror comedy TV series starring Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, and Mark Proksch as four hapless vampire roommates going about their daily undead lives and having various misadventures in New York City.

Polygon had the opportunity to chat with the cast of What We Do in the Shadows to talk about their favorite pieces of Vampire media, from Anne Rice and Sheridan Le Fanu’s formative pieces of vampire literature to the lasting influence of Clement and Taika Waititi’s original film.

Stephenie Meyer’s mega-popular Twilight series is among Natasia Demetriou’s favorite pieces of vampire media. “I was obsessed with the books, mainly,” Demetriou told Polygon. “I read all the books. And so yeah, that was the first time I was like, [exaggerated inhale] Ooooooh, yes. And then I’m also a fan of like human vampires, you know, like, I think Cher’s a vampire and Barbra Streisand is a vampire. So, you know, fans of them.”

It should come as no surprise that Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s horror mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, aside from inspiring its TV series counterpart, would be a prominent favorite among the cast’s most beloved works of vampire fiction. “The [What We Do in the Shadows] movie, that was really what sparked my interest, you know, because I loved the film when it came out,” Matt Berry told Polygon. Demetriou shared the sentiment, describing Clement and Waititi’s original film as “absolute gold.”

What We Do in the Shadowsis available to stream on Kanopy with a library card.

While not especially a fan of vampires prior to his work on What We Do in the Shadows,