It may seem too early in the year for creatures of the night, but then, vampires prowl the Earth every season. To verify that, “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” returns for its second season on AMC and AMC+ Sunday.

And this time the ghouls are extradited to Europe to ply their evil deeds.

“We serve up a second season, which was shot in Prague, Paris and New Orleans,” says Dan McDermott, president of AMC Entertainment and AMC Studios, adding that they are "three cities that offer a deep well of scope and spectacle."

"The new season will be even more visually stunning than the first, and introduce key elements of Rice’s novels, like the Théâtre des Vampires, and explore the courtship and love affair of Louis and vampire Armand, played by Assad Zaman,” he says.

“Also starring are the talented Delainey Hayles (new to the cast) and Ben Daniels. Season 2 is a true homage to Anne Rice’s work, and it is not to be missed,” he says.

Even so, it’s not easy being a vampire, the actors all agree. “On my first day, I fell over twice because that was the day that I got my (eye) lenses for the first time and we were doing a night shoot,” says Hayles, who is cast as Claudia, the adopted daughter of Louis and Lestat.

“I forgot that there were props on the floor, and I just walked into them,” she says.

“I did, like, a little roll. ... I didn’t even see the bags on the floor. And then I did it again. ... The lenses are my favorite part, but they’re also kind of hard to see, especially when it’s nighttime. And I lost my fang on my first day as well. I was very upset about that, but I got it back.”

It turns out that fangs are a pain in the neck, so to speak. “Mine kept breaking,” says Zaman.

“Every single time I put the fangs in, they just did not want to stay. I think I lost about 10 or 12 throughout that eight or nine months, every time I put them in. Sometimes when I’m nervous I grind my teeth, and when I’m really crunching they just go crack, and they would fall out.”

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