Anders T. Peedu, Henrik Dahl, Ika Nord
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 streng...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
Stats: 6,631 reviews
I'm sure my readers will appreciate that I rarely give a movie more than 3 stars, und this is only the 4th time in my blogging career that I have given 5 stars, so I'm sure that you will understand that this movie must be some great revolution in the history of movie making... in...( read more)
Haunting orchestral score and bleak cinematography blend seamlessly with a strong script and enchanting performances. Highly recommended.
A great horror drama about a girl vampire who befriends a bullied boy in Sweden, A great foreign film done on a small budget that has some great cinematography I have to add. It can be a bit slow, it's more drama than horror action, but this makes certain scenes have more of an i...( read more)
"Are you a vampire?"
"Yes."
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
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If you like diffe...( read more)
i thought the idea was original, definitely a new take on the genre. it did feel a bit choppy to me though (granted, it is in swedish...sooo...). i have to say, i think the last 10 minutes is probably one of the best endings i've ever seen.
I loved this movie, I got to catch it early at a recent screening and it changed my life. Well at the least the part of my life affiliated with vampire movies. I would highly recommend watching this if you can get the chance. Also this is just the first movie in the six shooter f...( read more)
28th Int. Istanbul Film Festival.
Too many awards. I am out of cinema, I guess.
Terrible. What a horror. It must be for vampires. I realise that some of my friends love this kind of blood thirsty stories. What a luck.
More and more this vampire population is getting la...( read more)
It cant be easy to come up with a strikingly original vampire story. When its done, it usually requires an entirely new type of vampire -- as in Del Toros great Cronos. But this one does it with a basically quite traditional vampire. Would you believe it is a horror/love/coming-o...( read more)
[Director Tomas] Alfredson's style is as elegant and laconic as Twilight is amateurish and campy. full review
Let the Right One In is one of the essential horror films of the decade. It's also one of the most enthralling romances and one of the best films about children. full review
Funny, fear-inducing, with periods of voyeuristic gore and an undercurrent of anxiety and dread, Let the Right One In is up there with the bloodsucking classics. full review
Remove the vampire elements, and this is the story of two lonely and desperate kids capable of performing dark deeds without apparent emotion. full review
[Melds] genres with a haunting poignancy that's mildly undercut by a script that, during its last act, bounces around like a jeep on a dirt road. full review
Definitely a cult-classic! A fresh new take on the old vampire myth. Bought the movie and going to read the book, a great addition to my vampire movie collection.
Judging by the rave reviews of this movie i see that it doesn't take much to impress the masses! I thought this movie was nearly flawless in being bad! Real bad!
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