FREE ON YOUTUBE Let The Right One In

Gothic look serves to set a mark, an understatement. That doesn't hurt. It needs black leather that can be thrown over the chair in the evening and a few tattoos that are pierced with soothing cream. But how would it feel to fall into the clutches of a real vampire? What kind of experience would it be to try yourself out as a bloodsucker? Let The Right One In is a vampire movie, but not one that follows any rules. It's not a vampire movie with garlic and wooden pegs. Vampirism is taken seriously here, extraordinarily seriously! Recently films during the German expressionist silent film seemed to believe so much in the subject! Let The Right One In is the agonizing portrait of the love of two twelve-year-olds. A kind of Coming Of Age story and definitely not for teenagers! In the first scene Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) looks out of his window and sees her. Something wistfully sad lies in his eyes. Oskar feels lonely. His parents have separated and he spends most of his time alone. Then he gets to know the girl he observed from Fesnter: Eli (Lina Leandersson). She is as old as Oskar and just as alone. Oskar has learned that life is no longer a surprise for him, so he usually reacts calmly. So too, when he realizes that Eli is as pale as a corpse. He asks her if she is a vampire. Both spend the night together, although sex is not yet interesting for Oskar. Nevertheless, he asks Eli if she wants to be his girlfriend. She gently touches him and reminds him that she is not a girl. At school Oskar is sadistically tortured by a gang and the following morning he almost drowns in the swimming pool during these "games". In such moments it is advisable to have a vampire as a friend... By the way: At this point I haven't even started to describe Let The Right One In. The horror drama was shot by the Swede Tomas Alfredson after the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Eli lives with a middle-aged man named Hakan (Per Ragnar) who is as scary as he is sad. Is he a relative? Or even a lover? We watch Hakan get dead bodies for Eli. I don't want to go into that any further, nor Oskar's bad parents. All this already seems dark enough. Nevertheless, Let The Right One In offers some humorous moments. When Oskar asks Eli about her age, she has to admit that she's been twelve for countless years. Vampire humoristic! Once you separate all vampire elements from the plot, the story of two lonely and desperate children who commit some disastrous deeds together remains. Their despair has a stronger effect than feelings of guilt or pity. I think we, the audience, care much more about them than they can. Alfredson therefore consistently denies us any light and warm tones. In his film even fresh blood is black. And the title? Remember the vampire rule that you have to ask the vampire in. Only then can he overcome your threshold. If you don't like love stories with teenagers, this is the right film for you! If you don't like vampire movies, that's the same for you!