Let The Right One In

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

Vampire movies. We keep watching them and by and large they never cease to disappoint on some level. I can't think of a single film about a vampire that serviced for anything more than a visceral or campy entertainment. And don't go giving me a diatribe about Anne Rice and Interview. Some undead homoerotic fantasy really doesn't do it for me. Now I'm not complaining, mind you. I enjoy a vampire flick if its fun and entertaining but they don't ever possess any depth.

Until now.

Let The Right One In is a story that follows a twelve year old boy Oskar and his twelve year old girlfriend who happens to be a vampire. My first thought when she moved in next door was it would be a new Fright Night with preadolescents. I could have been more wrong but it would have been hard.

This is not a typical horror film. It plays as a drama as we watch a tender and innocent romance develop between the two children. But when Eli decides its time to Vamp out I couldn't stop from going Holy Shit!, every time.

Think Terry Gilliam's Tideland and William Friedkin's Exorcist with a little bit of Ingmar Bergman thrown in and you'll get a good idea of how this film plays out. It is slowly paced and I will admit that at times I was wishing that it would pick up. However when it did finally end I was disappointed that I no longer could view the lives of the main characters.

While it doesn't add anything new to the mythology of vampires it does give you a deep look into what it means to be one.

If I were less lazy I would redo my top one hundred and put this somewhere near the

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Vampire movies. We keep watching them and by and large they never cease to disappoint on some level. I can't think of a single film about a vampire that serviced for anything more than a visceral or campy entertainment. And don't go giving me a diatribe about Anne Rice and Interview. Some undead homoerotic fantasy really doesn't do it for me. Now I'm not complaining, mind you. I enjoy a vampire flick if its fun and entertaining but they don't ever possess any depth. Until now. Let The Right One In is a story that follows a twelve year old boy Oskar and his twelve year old girlfriend who happens to be a vampire. My first thought when she moved in next door was it would be a new Fright Night with preadolescents. I could have been more wrong but it would have been hard. This is not a typical horror film. It plays as a drama as we watch a tender and innocent romance develop between the two children. But when Eli decides its time to Vamp out I couldn't stop from going Holy Shit!, every time. Think Terry Gilliam's Tideland and William Friedkin's Exorcist with a little bit of Ingmar Bergman thrown in and you'll get a good idea of how this film plays out. It is slowly paced and I will admit that at times I was wishing that it would pick up. However when it did finally end I was disappointed that I no longer could view the lives of the main characters. While it doesn't add anything new to the mythology of vampires it does give you a deep look into what it means to be one. If I were less lazy I would redo my top one hundred and put this somewhere near the