Let The Right One In (2008)

Star Rating: 4
Length of Film: 115 minutes
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlber, Ika Nord, & Mikael Rahm
BAFTA Nomination: Carl Molinder, John Nordling, &Tomas Alfredson (best film not in the English language)
Language: Swedish

Be prepared...this movie is in a foreign language, you will have to watch this movie in subtitles.

This movie is set in the 1980's in Blackberg, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. The movie is set around Oskar, a 12 year old only child, living with his mom, and visits dad on the weekends. Oskar is bullied at school, and doesn't really have any friends. With a pocket knife, Oskar practiced stabbing his "bullies" on a tree. That's when he met his new neighbor, Eli (she's a girl).

Eli is a vampire. Their eyes glow green when they're around blood, cats hate them, they can't eat human food, they burst into flames in the sun.

This movie is so interesting, and there's so many good parts in it, that this review is going to be super short! I don't want to ruin it, it's that good! It's a memorable movie!

Eli and Oskar first bond was over a rubik's cube. Oskar insisted that Eli borrow it, and in a day, she successfully solved the puzzle. Their relationship starts out friendly, learning morse code, through their shared wall, but then it escalates to inappropriate behavior for 12 years old. After a kill, Eli knocks on Oskars window, asks to come in, takes off all her clothes, and lays in bed with Oskar.

The horror isn't too graphic, or gross, it's done tastefully well. There is slight nudity of Eli's va-jay-jay. Eli was changing out of her bloody clothes, and Oskar sneaked a peek.The ending reminded me a lot of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror (1922), That vampire traveled by a wooden box, and in the end, when Eli left the town of Blackberg, she too, traveled by a wooden box.

I will tell you...the scene where find out that cats don't like vampires, is it shocking! And when Oskar's in the pool, and the bully's big brother stepped in, there was a moment of panic on my part. Curious? Rent the movie!