The land of eternal sunshine and perpetual darkness provides a totally original and highly appropriate setting for this post-modern take on the tired, tired, undead vampire genre. The Gothic motifs are revisited in a vivid and original manner and those gory old vampire clichés are given new life, by transposing Eastern European mythology to the fresh, clean snowfields of Scandanavia, and by focusing the narrative on an innocent and troubled pair of blood-crossed adolescents.
'You would like to kill if you could, but I kill because I have to.' Excuse the bad translation. Thus is the response when Eli the vampire refers to her first meeting with Oskar the troubled boy, when he fantasizes about stabbing the boys who are bullying him at school. Humans have free will and vampires are compelled to follow their instinct.
The Swedish snowfields and their brilliant luminosity provide a stunning backdrop to a tale of darkness; blood has never looked so black on pristine, white snow.
Rarely does a film capture the spontaneity, laughter, joy, disappointment, fear, lightness, and deep, deep seriousness of being a child. Such is the quality of the acting.
'Let The Right One In' is a beautifully-paced tale full of sadness and joy, and an invigorating bite in the jugular to a tired old genre.
'You would like to kill if you could, but I kill because I have to.' Excuse the bad translation. Thus is the response when Eli the vampire refers to her first meeting with Oskar the troubled boy, when he fantasizes about stabbing the boys who are bullying him at school. Humans have free will and vampires are compelled to follow their instinct.
The Swedish snowfields and their brilliant luminosity provide a stunning backdrop to a tale of darkness; blood has never looked so black on pristine, white snow.
Rarely does a film capture the spontaneity, laughter, joy, disappointment, fear, lightness, and deep, deep seriousness of being a child. Such is the quality of the acting.
'Let The Right One In' is a beautifully-paced tale full of sadness and joy, and an invigorating bite in the jugular to a tired old genre.