There is nothing in Hemlock Grove that hasn't been done to death. Thus it is that this Netflicks produced series relies on all manner of predictable clichés, tedious dialogue and an uninteresting narrative. What's worse is that your average horror aficionado is so familiar with the tropes, which build so painfully slowly, and the "reveals" which are hardly surprising, that it verges on insufferable. There are some moments of interesting special effects that indulge in the goo and gore, and its nice not to be saddled with CGI laden special effects (too bad for those Gen Y viewers who confuse CGI for reality and think that everything not digitised looks fake) I suppose for fans of Twilight this sort of horror - cushioned as it between huge mundane moments of poorly written melodramatic dialogue - is just the ticket. Not for this little black duck.
Review of Hemlock Grove
