New Netflix Series Is Absolutely Horrific
Eli Roth’s appearance at the MipTV conference to promote his new 13-part TV series “Hemlock Grove” ended with a big-screen showing of its gory werewolf transformation scene. Roth beamed throughout the scene, as eyeballs popped out and entrails were wolfed down. But he spent plenty of time smiling beforehand while talking about the show, whose 13 episodes will debut simultaneously on Netflix on April 19. As the auteur of the “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” films, Roth is no stranger to horror. “Hemlock Grove”‘s roots go further back and furrier, though. “For me, when I saw ‘American Werewolf in London,’ there was nothing that freaked me out more than that,” Roth told the MIPTV audience. “That howling visceral transformation. For this, we wanted something that would be beautiful and horrific, but which would fuck up an entire generation.”
