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- 2013
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Based on the Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name, the death of a teenaged girl in a small Pennsylvania steel town leads to suspicions toward Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron), 17-year-old Gypsy and Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgard), the heir to the Godfrey estate.
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Hemlock Grove
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 18, 2013
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7.4
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Summary Based on the Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name, the death of a teenaged girl in a small Pennsylvania steel town leads to suspicions toward Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron), 17-year-old Gypsy and Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgard), the heir to the Godfrey estate.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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18% Positive
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36% Mixed
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8 Reviews
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10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
44
18% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
45% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Hemlock Grove takes its time with story lines, ensuring that each one has plenty of room to ripen. It carries out every dastardly deed with gusto, but still offers enough moments of levity.
Hemlock Grove overall falls well short of anything resembling sustained brilliance. Still, each episode may well push just enough buttons to pull you along to the next one.
What's a little messy about Hemlock Grove isn't so much the corpses as the oddly paced story and the sometimes eye-rollingly silly dialogue, which occasionally leaves a more than competent cast looking less so.
If the underlying formula is as old as “Dark Shadows,” there’s still a need for more narrative momentum than the 13-episode series initially delivers.
The writers were obviously angling for a mysterious sensibility with the supernatural aspect of the show being talked about rather than seen (ala Game of Thrones, or The Leftovers), but delivered on the backs of a weak story and weaker characters, the supernatural expounding only adds to the sluggish pacing.
An average episode of The Vampire Diaries offers more wit, surprise and true horror than this derivative amateur night of mannered, feigned fright.
Weird can be good, but this isn’t intentionally weird so much as it is plain bad.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 316 User Ratings
7.4
72% Positive
228 Ratings
228 Ratings
13% Mixed
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15% Negative
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 316 User Ratings
7.4
72% Positive
228 Ratings
228 Ratings
13% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
15% Negative
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Gaumont International Television
- Mad Hatter Entertainment
- ShineBox SMC
Initial Release Date: Apr 18, 2013
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
