Netflix's Hemlock Grove’s bright young cast: The darling buds of mayhem
JOHANNA SCHNELLER
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Apr. 19 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
Last updated Saturday, Apr. 20 2013, 8:55 AM EDT
At Monday’s press junket in Toronto for Netflix’s latest original series,Hemlock Grove, there were so many international, bright young things hiving around the hotel that I felt I was attending a Model UN for gorgeous people.
The series, produced by horror-meister Eli Roth and based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, is an American Horror Story-meets-Twin Peaks mutant, a mash-up of luxe production values and skilled actors with some truly disturbing subject matter. It delves into the dark corners of the titular burg, a small Pennsylvania rust-belt town, and unearths nasty questions, beginning with who or what eviscerated a cheerleader under the full moon. A werewolf, a vampire and a towering Frankenstein’s-monster-girl (named Shelley – get it?) attend the local high school, but this is no Twilight – in fact, a character disses Stephenie Meyers’s novels in the first episode. Netflix unleashed all 13 hours at once yesterday, following the model of its first series, House of Cards, which is still enjoying critical and popular success.
JOHANNA SCHNELLER
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Apr. 19 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
Last updated Saturday, Apr. 20 2013, 8:55 AM EDT
At Monday’s press junket in Toronto for Netflix’s latest original series,Hemlock Grove, there were so many international, bright young things hiving around the hotel that I felt I was attending a Model UN for gorgeous people.
The series, produced by horror-meister Eli Roth and based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, is an American Horror Story-meets-Twin Peaks mutant, a mash-up of luxe production values and skilled actors with some truly disturbing subject matter. It delves into the dark corners of the titular burg, a small Pennsylvania rust-belt town, and unearths nasty questions, beginning with who or what eviscerated a cheerleader under the full moon. A werewolf, a vampire and a towering Frankenstein’s-monster-girl (named Shelley – get it?) attend the local high school, but this is no Twilight – in fact, a character disses Stephenie Meyers’s novels in the first episode. Netflix unleashed all 13 hours at once yesterday, following the model of its first series, House of Cards, which is still enjoying critical and popular success.
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