Tired of all that vampire talk and empty story lines with cardboard characters speaking in hoarse voices? You should be. Hollywood has succeeded in making one of the best narratives of the human race another headache-inducing cash cow. But take that paracetamol now and train your senses on this film from Sweden: The One vampire movie to watch if you are to allow yourself just one. And I guarantee, this will be the vampire film to end all vampire films.
Let The Right One In is the story of two lonely children: one a vampire, the other the object of school bullies. Set in 1980s Sweden, in the bleakest of winters, the movie tells of how both children are drawn to each other, each becoming the other's protector.
Their relationship develops in unusual ways, and the director, Tomas Alfredson masterfully juxtaposes the concepts of life, death, and the undead in relation to the morals that make us human and the ones that reduce us to mere creatures. Beautiful shots, surprising peripheral action, and a haunting realism leave the viewer simply astounded. Stark and beautiful, Let
The Right One In has become a classic. Read the NY Times Review here.
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