An amazing, haunting, and touching little "horror" film, called Let The Right One In, is getting an extremely-deserved theatrical release here in the states, starting October 24, just in time for All Hallow's Eve. It's from Sweden, and won the top prize at the Tribeca Film Fest a few months back. I caught it during Tribeca, and absolutely adored it. I'll write more about it closer to release, but basically, it's about a shy, socially-awkward little boy who moves into a new apartment building and befriends a little girl who lives nearby, and who just happens to be an immortal bloodsucking vampire.
What was so amazing about the film, really, was that, despite a few striking and creepy "horror" sequences, it's really this heartfelt and dark love story, showing how these two vastly-different children forge a close, loyal bond in the face of murder, mayhem, and societal outcasting.
I'm telling you....international cinema is fucking bodying anything American studios are doing, genre-wise. And of course, some dumbass studio is already prepping a remake.
Losers. Do yourselves a favor and catch this original one when it drops in late Oct. Here's the great-lookin' poster.
....and the trailer:
It's a special one, I swear.
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