2008 ‘Låt den rätte komma in’ Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
Jonas Jansson Petter Fladeby Christoffer Demby Per Sundström Patrik Strömdahl Mikael Brodin Maths Källqvist
EFTI Bavaria Film International Sandrew Metronome Sverige Filmpool Nord SVT Nordisk Film & TV Fond Svenska Filminstitutet Canal+ WAG Fido Film AB Chimney Sweden
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The biggest mistake you can make when watching this film is approaching it as a horror film.
It isn't.
What it is, is an almost existentialist coming of age drama that explores the limits of friendship, family and love. And what I love about it is that its conclusion is that there are no limits.
Sure, there are horror elements here as its makers clearly set out to make a unique vampire film and at that they have succeeded. But they understand one thing really well. At the centre of the mythology of the vampire, made famous by Bram Stoker's novel, does not lie a horror story, but a story of tragic love, isolation and redemption.
And that is what…
Me: umm if this is a coming of age film then where’s the pool scene???
100 minutes later: oh
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic Metascore: 82
IMDB: 7.9
99/100
Release Date: 12 December 2008
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures - Magnet Releasing
Budget: $4M
Worldwide Gross: $11.2M
Total Film Awards: 74
Eli: "I'm twelve. But ive been twelve for a long time."
SYNOPSIS: Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
I am not particularly fond of the vampire subgenre, but this movie is so much more. It is artistic, poetic, and in many ways a very profound movie exploring the nature of good and evil. It does so through the world of a child where both pure evil and pure goodness are somewhat discernible, and it achieves an astounding array of contrasts…
An innocent rendition of love & an unnerving fable of horror, Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte Komma In) is a beautifully crafted Swedish feature that today is acknowledged as one of the rarest & finest examples of a vampire film done right. Easily one of the best narratives I've had the pleasure to watch, what separates this film from other examples of its subgenre is the unmatched respect it has for vampire mythology, which makes it all the more unique and arguably the best vampire film of all time.
Based on the novel of the same name, Let the Right One In is a story about two lonely kids and explores their budding relationship in a sensitive & heartfelt manner.…
"I'm not a girl."
This quote by Eli can be taken several ways. The first and more obvious interpretation is that she's just reminding Oskar that she's not human. But another interpretation is the more disturbing one -- that she's not a girl because she's actually an old women -- her body may look like she's 12 but in reality she's very, very old.
If you maintain that latter interpretation throughout the movie, you realize that all of her interactions with Oskar are calculating and manipulative. She's grooming him to be her new familiar, a role that could drive you insane (Dracula's Renfield), or leave you old, lost and broken (Eli's familiar).
Let the Right One In harkens back to…
Normally having kids as the main characters in a horror movie is the kiss of death! That is probably why avoided this movie so long. This movie was awesome! It was a slow burn at times but it fit. There are some cool brutal good scenes good enough for any horror fan! The story is what grabs you and doesn’t let go! The ending was awesome though I had scene the ending in a podcast and was the reason why I watched the movie though I didn’t know when I saw the clip it was the ending. You’ll have to read subtitles but check it out it is awesome!
