Hemlock Grove is a TV series that sets place in modern day Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania. The town is split economically after a steel mill shuts down (the major source of employment). The protagonist, Peter Rumancek is subject to a lot criticism as the people suspect he is a werewolf and behind the numerous murders in the town. Even the Peter is in fact a real werewolf there is no evidence saying he is besides the few friends that know. Throughout the episodes Peters friends unveil themselves as other monsters which we could go easily go in depth on.
The show as a whole is a clear ode to the original tales of werewolves. The portrayal of poverty and the rich really sets the stage to create these low-life degenerates. In the times of the original trials there was a predominant number of peasants that appeared to be werewolves. Peter is a Gypsy so even the poverty-stricken do not like him, he is such an outcast everyone wants to pin the blame on him for the murders (even though he may have actually murdered people). Teenage females are usually the targets of the savage killings and they are left for random people to find. I can’t recall anything of incest but I do recall rape, murder and cannibalism (relating to the details of the trial records of lycanthropy).
Because Peter is a Gypsy there are all sorts of unknown questions about where he is from and who he is. He comes from nowhere, woos girls and murders start to occur around his arrival. All signs point to him but the people of Hemlock Grove are really shoving their problems towards a common interest.
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