Let the Right One In

20081 hour 55 minsRSpanish, Swedish

HorroRated verdict

Highly Recommended

2000sCult ClassicVampireEvil ChildrenInternational Horror

Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Written by: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Produced by: Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Thomas Deutschmann, Claes Dietmann, Fredrik Zander

Collections

Cult Classics Creature Features Evil Children Gothic Slow Burn

Why it’s HorroRated

Let the Right One In is the rare vampire film that uses the mythology to say something real about loneliness and childhood and what we're willing to do to keep someone close. Tomas Alfredson's restraint is perfect throughout. It's cold and quiet and devastating. One of the best horror films of the century so far, easily.

Synopsis

Oskar is bullied and isolated until Eli's cautious friendship begins in the snow outside their building. Tomas Alfredson adapts the novel as a love story conducted in sustained quiet melancholy. The vampire mythology is present but secondary to what the film is actually about. One of the best horror films of the century so far.