Let the Right One In (2008)

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Overrated and overhyped

Excellent but underrated film

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

'Let The Right One In (2008)' plays with the conventions of its genre, and sub-genre, in a subtle way, ultimately becoming quite a touching and subversive story of outsider romance in more ways than one. The 'vampiric' elements of its narrative, which are all aptly rendered with proper reverence, serve both as literal and allegorical counter-points to the 'misfit' motifs found within essentially every character, including the 'blood-sucker' themself. The piece's dark, pseudo-destructive relationships are never easy, with essentially all except that of our protagonist and his mother being shown as quite disastrous, but its central dynamic is somehow quite sweet despite its sometimes slightly insidious implications (or interpretations, at least). It ends up being refreshingly accepting and inclusive without shying away from its more dangerous and blood-thirsty sides, becoming quite endearing without ever watering down the feature's darkest of moments - which, by the way, sometimes result in a genuine fear of its generally sympathetic creature of the night. 7/10

One of the most haunting films I have ever seen. I still remember the fist time I saw this. Went in knowing nothing about it and at the end I was in a daze and speechless. I laid awake in bed all night thinking about it. This is a damn near perfect horror movie. Beautiful setting, wonderful acting, brilliant story, bloody carnage.

I'm trying really hard to rate this movie on its own merits or lack thereof. I've seen both this version and the American version, and I much prefer the American one. I found the pacing in this version to be very slow and plodding, the cinematography dreary and tiring and didn't like the choices that were made for the dubbing. The chief bully sounded like a girl which kept throwing me off and made him a little unconvincing. The other dubs just were bland all around.I had a really hard time feeling any sympathy for the leads as well which surprised me. I didn't really care what happened to any of the characters, unlike my feelings about the remake. There are incredibly boring interactions between minor characters that made the film just drag for me and didn't have any context within the whole scheme of the movie. I kept thinking, "So what?". I'd recommend the remake in a heartbeat, but not this version. Too boring and slow for either a drama or a horror movie. Yawn.

Tomas Alfredson is a director with different works with his own signature.Oskar, a boy of 12 is being bullied by his friends. He wants to take revenge, but he thinks he is too weak for that. He becomes friends a peculiar girl called Eli. Eli was not a human. She was fed on blood. An old man helps her with that. How far their friendship will go? What difficulties do they face in the world of human beings?Apart from the regular horror movies, this film is a piece of art. Beautifully and carefully visualized. You don't need to watch this movie for horror. But, do not miss it if you are a true film lover.A must watch.#KiduMovie