What happens if you fall in love with a vampire? That was the big question in 2008 when two movies tried to answer the same question with wildly different results. The biggest, of course, was "Twilight," the tepid teen vampire romance adapted from the novel by Stephanie Meyer, who did away with some of the gnarlier elements of bloodsucker lore and had hers twinkling in the sunshine instead of their usual scorching fate.
Lesser known but far better received by horror fans and critics was Tomas Alfredson's bleak and tender "Let the Right One In." Adapting the screenplay from his own novel, author John Ajvide Lindqvist stated that his intention was to ditch any romanticized notions and imagine what life would really be like for a vampire stuck in the body of a 12-year-old child (via Ain't it Cool). Needless to say, it is much less glossy than Robert Pattinson...
Lesser known but far better received by horror fans and critics was Tomas Alfredson's bleak and tender "Let the Right One In." Adapting the screenplay from his own novel, author John Ajvide Lindqvist stated that his intention was to ditch any romanticized notions and imagine what life would really be like for a vampire stuck in the body of a 12-year-old child (via Ain't it Cool). Needless to say, it is much less glossy than Robert Pattinson...
- 1/15/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
2008 - 115 mins. - Rated R
D: Tomas Alfedson
C: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Odd young boy befriends a young girl that has moved into the same apartment complex as himself. Over time, he slowly begins to realize that she is a vampire.
The cinematography of Let The Right One In is some of the most striking in recent memory. However, cinematography alone does not make a film. The central plot line involves two odd, weird characters that society has shunned coming together and finding friendship and mutual understanding with one another. While the performances from its two young leads are competent as stand alone performances, these two young actors fail to find a flow with one another. They fail to ignite chemistry with one another. They just don't feed off of one another. People who get one another or are friends with one another, have that...
D: Tomas Alfedson
C: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Odd young boy befriends a young girl that has moved into the same apartment complex as himself. Over time, he slowly begins to realize that she is a vampire.
The cinematography of Let The Right One In is some of the most striking in recent memory. However, cinematography alone does not make a film. The central plot line involves two odd, weird characters that society has shunned coming together and finding friendship and mutual understanding with one another. While the performances from its two young leads are competent as stand alone performances, these two young actors fail to find a flow with one another. They fail to ignite chemistry with one another. They just don't feed off of one another. People who get one another or are friends with one another, have that...
- 2/1/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 Chicago – Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In” was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008, an arthouse sensation that has been so beloved by everyone who has seen it that it ranks among the best films of all time on IMDb based on user votes. Based on the book by John Ajvide Lindqvist, “Let the Right One In” is a masterpiece of its genre, one of the most essential vampire films ever made. The Blu-Ray is a little disappointing, but the film itself makes up for it.
The theme of nearly every piece of vampire fiction is isolation. The vampire is the outcast, the count in a creepy castle who will outlive or kill everyone he’s ever cared about. “Let the Right One In” brilliantly melds that idea with one of the times when a lot us felt like outcasts - puberty.
Let the Right One In...
The theme of nearly every piece of vampire fiction is isolation. The vampire is the outcast, the count in a creepy castle who will outlive or kill everyone he’s ever cared about. “Let the Right One In” brilliantly melds that idea with one of the times when a lot us felt like outcasts - puberty.
Let the Right One In...
- 3/9/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Check out the latest movie poster from the upcoming Swedish horror film “Let The Right One In” from director Tomas Alfredson (Four Shades of Brown) and starring Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar (Kenny Begins) and Henrik Dahl (All About My Bush). Synopsis: Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can’t stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other peoples blood to live he’s faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Let The Right One In is a story both violent and [...]...
- 10/4/2008
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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