Let the Right One In

Original title: Låt den rätte komma in

20082008
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1h 54m

Lina Leandersson in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

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Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

Director
- Tomas Alfredson
Writer
- John Ajvide Lindqvist(screenplay)
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award
- 75 wins & 58 nominations total

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Patrik Rydmark, Johan Charles, Mikael Erhardsson, and Kåre Hedebrant in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Lina Leandersson in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Ika Nord, Berndt Östman, and Peter Carlberg in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Lina Leandersson in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Kåre Hedebrant in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Tomas Alfredson in Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

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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 people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. —John Nordling, Producer

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Taglines
- Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language
Parents guide

Trivia
Several tricks were used to create the right sound effects for some of the gorier scenes. Biting into sausages was used to replicate biting into skin and flesh, and drinking yogurt was used to sound like drinking blood. The sound of the children blinking was made by the skin of grapes rubbing together in an almost "blinking" motion.

Goofs
(at around 16 mins) As Oskar is looking in his clip book with old newspaper articles, a serial number used by the Swedish police is visible. That number ends with 95, which means that crime was committed in 1995. The movie, however, is set in 1982.

Quotes
Oskar: Eli... Can you and I be together?
Eli: What do you mean?
Oskar: Well... Will you be my girlfriend?
Eli: Oskar... I'm not a girl.
Oskar: You're not?
[pause]
Oskar: Can we be together?
Eli: Can't we just be how we are?
Oskar: I guess...
Eli: Do you do something special if you're "together"?
Oskar: No.
Eli: We stay just as we were?
Oskar: Yes.
Eli: Then I agree...
Oskar: What?
Eli: We can be "together".
Oskar: Really?
Eli: [Whispers] Yes.
Oskar: Good.

Connections
Featured in Deconstruyendo 'Déjame entrar' (2009)

Soundtracks
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Written by Per Gessle
Performed by Per Gessle

Top review

10/10

This film is the best vampire film in my life during 25 years in cinema world.

I saw it in Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 and love this movie very much.

It has something big and stunning about this lovely storyline to rivet my attention from the beginning to the end. Moreover, the cinematography and atmosphere in this film are undeniably superb. The chemistry between two preteen protagonists is outstanding and very believable. Everything in this film is well-made in synchronization.

This is the first film related to a vampire that I think is least connected to Vampire's teeth baring at audience all the times, like other familiar horror we used to see. Other than some gory scenes in this film, we can yet see some flesh and blood moment of humane Vampire. And that is truly written to the core plot.

The last scene at swimming pool is totally mesmerizing and mind-blowing.

By the way, if Sweden submits this movie to be in competition with other nominees around the world for Oscar foreign-language film category this year, this masterpiece should win or at least be short-listed for the final fives.

10 out of 10

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Release date
- December 12, 2008 (United States)
Country of origin
- Sweden
Languages
- Swedish
- Spanish
Also known as
- Criatura de la noche
Filming locations
- Örnäset, Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Production companies
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Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $2,122,065
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $49,295
- Oct 26, 2008
Gross worldwide
- $11,227,336

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Runtime
1 hour 54 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- DTS
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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