I'm not a fan of vampires, or of movies abut them. I'm tired of tired special effects, and I'm tired of watching rivers of blood. I don't like the exploitation of children, or the sadism that permeates the genre. "Let Me In," which opens here today is technically a good film, well-made and mostly well-acted, but it didn't change my outlook.
The movie–just another vampire story–is based on a book by John Ajvide Lindquist, and was made in Sweden a couple of years ago under the title, "Let the Right One In," directed by Tomas Alfredson. The new one, directed by Matt Reeves, with a script by the director and Lindqvist, is okay, but it's just another vampire movie. Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a schoolboy, is a rotten athlete and a good student. So the bullies move in. At the same time, a young girl named Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz) moves into Owen's apartment complex and the two become friends. Abby's father also is a vampire, but he is not a very good one.
Just another vampire story.
Let Me In opens today on numerous screens
—Joe
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I’m interested in seeing “Let Me In” since “Let the Right One In” was anything but a vampire story. It was more of a story of emotional conflict and ambiguous adolescent sexuality that happens to involve a child vampire (who is androgynous). In fact, I would have liked some more “vampire” story in it. Is “Let Me In” just a hollywood bastard child of the swedish version?