Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a strange child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s.
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I have watched this before, and it’s not really a fast paced or even action packed for a horror film. It does run mostly like a romantic drama – except for the blood and pedophilic innuendo. It did take me two watches to really understand everything that was going on. There is quite a bit to follow, and as I don’t speak or understand Swedish, the subtitles only convey so much.
Essentially, we get to watch the development of an odd pre-adolescent relationship between two 12-year-olds. They both have quite a bit going on in their lives, the boy is being bullied at school, and has parents who’ve separated. The girl is a vampire, and her “guardian” messed up, went into the hospital, and died.
We get to see what a vampire looks like in this universe, which isn’t the Nosferatu of yesteryear, or the sparkly icon of modern times. It’s a girl who’s been 12 for a very long time, can’t come in without being invited, and has issues with blood.
I’m not even really sure what the ending is supposed to imply. It’s really ambiguous and doesn’t really end, it’s more of a new beginning ending than anything else. Although I’m not sure how else to finish off the storyline.
It’s a very different kind of horror film.
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