Let the Right One In Hollywood Swedish Horror Thriller Movie (2010)
Cast And Crew
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins,
Cara Buono, Sasha Barrese, Elias Koteas
Director :Matt Reeves
Production::Nigel Sinclair, John Ptak ,Guy East,
Philip Elway, Simon Oakes, Tobin Armbrust
Writer: Matt Reeves
Theatrical Release: 1/15/2010
Genre: Horror, SciFi/Fantasy,Suspense/Thriller
Distributor: Overture Films
Plot Summary of The Flim:
Let Me In, the American remake of the Swedish vampire flick Let the Right One In, began production in November and is set to finish sometime this month, meaning that the original release date of January 15, 2010 would inevitably be pushed back. The movie's newest release date was just announced on its American remake of Let The Right One In earlier in the week and today we are treated to a new poster
Special thanks to HorrorBid member 'Brandywine' for sending this to us. We are unsure if this is an official poster or fan made, either way it has us excited to see if this film can live up to the original....Movie News:
This lucid Swedish indie gem, adapted for the screen by John Ajvide Lindqvist from his novel and directed with imagination and restraint by Tomas Alfredson, releases the vampire movie from overwrought conventions like close-ups on trembling bosoms and bloody fangs, offering instead a coolly balanced and utterly compelling examination of alienation and love. Let the Right One In follows the burgeoning relationship between Oskar (Kare Hedebrant), a pale 12-year-old tormented by bullies and ignored by adults, and his new neighbor, Eli (Lina Leandersson), who is “more or less” 12 years old and, though less pale, a vampire (albeit one who needs her “father” to bring her blood). Eli enters the friendship reluctantly, but it becomes apparent that each offers what the other lacks—Oskar gets strength to face down the bullies, while she gains acceptance, love, and maybe a new blood supplier. Set in a wintry Stockholm suburb, the film is lit like a Renaissance painting. In addition, the audacious sound design—the silence of snow broken by faint sounds of a child breathing or eyelashes fluttering; the dense, vividly impressionistic noises of the vampire feeding—and wise performances from Hedebrant and (especially) Leandersson infuse the film with a low-key naturalism that allows for maximum believability. Right One returns to the archetype of the immortal its poetic cohesiveness and the power of myth
Swedish Horror Flim Reviews:
Even after the dust settled I still think the Swedish horror film, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, is one of the best vampire movies to date. To be honest I did make a scowl the first time I read about an American remake titled LET ME IN. Hollywood forces other cultures to watch our films in subtitles and dubs so why do we have to remake already fantastic movies? sorry about the German slip up. I fully meant to type swedish, but had been looking up German horror films at the same time...thanks for the call out on that one.
the genital shot didnt shock me at all. It played its part in the movie. There is no way that was the actual girl body anyway...so no biggie to me...
i just cannot say enough about this film......outstanding in pretty much every way...
this film was supposed to be sent in for running in the best foreign film division...but.....here is the kicker. The country the film is from has to nominate it and send it in...and Sweden refused to do it.......because it was a horror film and dealt with children....
Please do yourself a favor and DON'T read beyond this until you see the film. Set in 1982 Sweden, a vampire named Eli moves in next door to Oskar (a bullied 12 year old). Oskar begins to fall in love with the bizzar Eli and even though he slowly begins to realize who or what she is . . . he's too far in to turn back.
That climactic scene at the pool . . . boy was that done well. This movie does have blood and violence but you hardly see the actually attacks and you hardly see the money shot of gore . . .which actually make it THAT much better. It leaves it up to your imagination. The cinematography is really good and the use music and absence of music in key scenes compliments the film that much more. We watch this film through Oskar's eyes and you kind of perceive the adults in this film through a child's eyes . . . very unique script.
The only thing I honestly didn't like (beside that shot mentioned in the post above) was the cgi cats . . . there were a few shots I didn't think looked real and kind of took me out of the story for a sec but these can be EASILY over looked. It was more of a split second annoyance than anything else. I didn't hurt the film in my eyes.
I have to say that what completely went over my head was Eli's relationship with the older man during the first part of the film. At first I couldn't figure out why he was helping Eli and murdering for her, perhaps he was her father? It wasn't until that last resolution scene where Oskar is tapping moris code to Eli on the train that I realized that Oskar would one day become that man. "LET THE RIGHT ONE IN" has a really complicated yet dynamic ending. On the one hand you see Eli as a protagonist and you some how relate to her (even though she's killing people . . .killing so she could live) but then again she is a killer and a vampire so in a sense she's the evil. I think we forget how bad she might be because she's in the form of a 12 year old girl and I think us (the audience) falls in love with her as Oskar does (since we are following him along this journey). We only see what Oskar sees. So we now realize that Oskar has ran away from home to live his life serving Eli helping to keep her alive. Well, we know what happened to the older man helping her in the beginning and you wonder if he met Eli when he was just a boy also . . . . and since we know what Eli did to him . . .. makes me think she could have just seduced Oskar and she'll discard him when he has no further use. The film doesn't just come out and say this, it's all kind of buried under the surface of the child like innocence we are presented.
However, I watched this film last night. I've been looking forward to it for it seems like at least a year. I have to say, I wasn't the least bit disappointed and it actually exceeded my expectation (which were extremely high). Absolutely in my top 3 best Vampire films of all time and definitely in my top horror films.
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