Premiering April 19 on Netflix is Eli Roth’s “Hemlock Grove“ – and much like the incredible “House of Cards,” Netflix will launch ALL 13 episodes on the same day!

The first official clip was released this evening and gets things going with a howl! Typically, clips are exposition heavy and shy away from any of the big surprises… not this one! Watch as one of the film’s main characters transforms into a werewolf. You can tell they were really trying to impress the horror crowd, although some of the digital work cheapens it. Still, the practical goodies are hard to ignore. I think it still deserves a slow clap? You tell us…

“Hemlock Grove is a riveting one-hour murder mystery that revolves around the residents of a former Pennsylvania steel town. When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems. Beautiful, terrifying and graphic, Hemlock Grove is unlike anything else in its genre.”

From Hostel and Cabin Fever director Eli Roth, the series stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron, Penelope Mitchell and Freya Tingley.