Let Me In (2010)

From a Danish film in the last review, we now turn to a Swedish film that got a Hollywood makeover... much like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is getting one this winter. The original film: Låt den rätte komma in was good [6/10] but not "great," I'm lead to believe that its success on the imdb top 250 and theme of vampires was enough for Hollywood to give it a green light.

The film is about a young boy, bored in his apartment complex who likes to sit and watch his neighbors. He notices a girl moving in next door to him and eventually meets her. We learn that she is a vampire and are pulled either to being compassionate of her necessities to survive, or to disliking the havoc she brings.

My biggest issue with the Swedish original was the boy, I didn't like the actors performance and he just annoyed me. In this version "Owen" [Kodi Smit-McPhee] was much better. The main girl... well they were good in both. This film actually won the Saturn award for best Horror film last year, pretty impressive, considering it isn't a slasher film and actually makes you think about love and friendship rather than making you jump.

Maybe having seen the original first ruined it a little for me, because it was good, but just not great.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/

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