Movie 33: Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In is a tale of adolescent love. The boy, a bullied child with murder fantasies who seems to be a bit obsessed with death, and the girl, a vampire. Okay so maybe it’s not just a sweet little love story. It’s about a boy and his vampire neighbour finding sort of kindred spirits.

And neither of them sparkle. Okay, no more Twilight slagging jokes.

I actually possibly learned something from this movie. As many if not all of the people reading this know, Scotland had a bit of a Viking problem a couple of centuries ago. By problem I mean they raped and pillaged our country a lot. That’s okay though cause they like to drink and their afterlife is kick ass. Anyway, on the east coast a word for something that is good is braw. This appears to be Swedish for good. So that’s probably where we got it from. I found that interesting.

Me discussing the origins of Scots, or possibly Doric, words probably makes you think this was either boring or I didn’t like it which is far from the case. It’s a very well made vampire movie.

Essentially it’s just about the trials of the life. You get to see the various aspects of being a vamp, or looking after one, and the perils that come with it. Eli appears to be similar to a traditional Werewolf rather than a vampire, unhappy with her lot and kinda tired with all the crap that comes with it.

Oskar is bullied in quite nasty ways, probably mainly because he’s bookish and pretty weird. There are a few tense moments, particularly the one at the end, where you wonder how bad its going to be. Which mirrors the main characters situation.

While the acting is occasionally clunky, which will happen with a young cast, the film doesn’t really pull any punches. And the young love story is well handled and includes at least one thing that I’ll bet all the money in my pockets won’t be included in the inevitable American remake “Let Me In”.

If you’ve ever liked a good Vampire movie then check this one out. And by good I mean the like of Near Dark. This isn’t Blade, and I doubt it shares to much with that one I hinted at earlier and will try not to slag too much in case I actually kind of like it when I get there.

Next up: W.