In Los Alamos, New Mexico, the twelve year-old Owen is a lonely and outcast boy bullied in school by Kenny and two other classmates; at home, Owen dreams of avenging himself against the trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old next door neighbor, Abby, who only appears during the night in the playground of their building. Meanwhile, Abby's father is a wanted serial-killer who drains the blood of his victims to supply Abby, who is actually an ancient vampire. Abby advises Owen to fight Kenny; however, soon he discovers that she is a vampire, and he feels fear and love for the girl. Meanwhile a police officer is investigating the murder cases, believing that it is a satanic cult.Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Goofs
According to the canon of modern vampire stories, the scene where Abby comes in uninvited and begins to bleed to death shouldn't have happened: Owen had already invited her into the apartment in a previous scene, and if a vampire is invited in once they never have to be invited again. But this detail is a relatively new addition to vampire lore, and only applies to specific depictions. Historical mythologies have stated that all supernatural beings are unable to enter a house unless they are invited, but the first novel about vampires ('The Vampyre', John William Polidori, 1819) did not mention this requirement, which was first applied to vampires in 'Dracula' (Bram Stoker, 1897) - but permission was required each time the vampire entered the house. Modern vampire stories in television and film (True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, Buffy - Im Bann der Dämonen) changed this requirement, such that permission to enter need only be granted once. In 'Let Me In' (and in the source novel and film), permission must be granted every time. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Paramedic #1:
One-three-one to dispatch, come in.
Radio Dispatcher:
[after delay]
One-three-one, this is dispatch, go ahead.
Paramedic #1:
This is one-three-one. We have a male, mid 50s, with burns over nine to nine and a half percent of his body. Prior to our arrival on scene, the patient apparently doused his head, neck and face with some sort of highly concentrated acid. patient's airway is severely compromised due to fume inhalation. Vital signs unstable. Please advise, patient is a federal suspect. We're coming in with a ...
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Crazy Credits
The movie's end credits are in the form of black text on a white background, which is the opposite of most movie credits, which are usually white text on a black background. See more »
My friend told me that there is this movie playing in theaters with IMDb rating up to 7 so we should watch. I never heard about any novel nor seen Swedish version of this movie.
The movie starts with slow pace but it gets amazingly interesting when Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) gets in a trust bond and then in to love! There are some harsh vamp scene in the movie but then there are Romantic scenes also! you have to rate this movie in all three categories Thriller/Romantic/Drama as it qualifies all three categories.
Amazing movie with great climax!! kind a remind you of popular Vampire/Human love stories such as Buffy/Angel and Edward/Bella (twilight) and of-course with gr8 ending!!!!
MUST WATCH MOVIE!
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My friend told me that there is this movie playing in theaters with IMDb rating up to 7 so we should watch. I never heard about any novel nor seen Swedish version of this movie.
The movie starts with slow pace but it gets amazingly interesting when Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) gets in a trust bond and then in to love! There are some harsh vamp scene in the movie but then there are Romantic scenes also! you have to rate this movie in all three categories Thriller/Romantic/Drama as it qualifies all three categories.
Amazing movie with great climax!! kind a remind you of popular Vampire/Human love stories such as Buffy/Angel and Edward/Bella (twilight) and of-course with gr8 ending!!!!
MUST WATCH MOVIE!