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Shows like Penny Dreadful 2014
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Penny Dreadful
Shows closest to Penny Dreadful
My Dearest 2023Also grave, classical in form and earnest
MINDHUNTER 2017Also grave, earnest and bleak
IT: Welcome to Derry 2025Also grave, classical in form and earnest
Deadwood 2004Also grave, classical in form and earnest
The Alienist 2018Also grave, classical in form and earnest
China Beach 1988Also grave, classical in form and earnest
The New Look 2024Also grave, earnest and classical in form
Fellow Travelers 2023Also grave, classical in form and earnest
Dark Winds 2022Also grave, earnest and classical in form
Under the Banner of Heaven 2022Also grave, earnest and classical in form
Interview with the Vampire 2022Also grave, bleak and earnest
Boardwalk Empire 2010Also grave, classical in form and bleak
The same feel, in other forms
Games
Silent Hill: Townfall 2026Also grave, bleak and earnest
Ghost Song 2022Also grave, bleak and earnest
Replaced 2026Also grave, nostalgic and earnest
Films
Hostiles 2017Also grave, classical in form and earnest
Quadrophenia 1979Also grave, earnest and nostalgic
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946Also grave, classical in form and bleak
Albums
- Ancient Dreams 1988Also grave, classical in form and earnest
- Tales of Creation 1989Also grave, earnest and classical in form
- Thulsa Doom 2006Also grave, classical in form and bleak
Books
Interview With the Vampire 1672Also grave, bleak and earnest
The World That We Knew 2019Also grave, classical in form and earnest
The Mysteries of Udolpho 1794Also grave, classical in form and earnest
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