Let the Right One In

Pros: Great screenplay, ambience, pacing and character development
Cons: Nothing

As many of you may or may not know, there was a vampire movie released towards the end of 2008, about the gothic horror paired up with a teenage romance. Yes, I’m talking about Twilight, the movie adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s 2005 novel. ...

Pros: Great story, leaves you thinking
Cons: Slow pacing, bland atmosphere

Let the Right One In is a very interesting vampire movie from Sweden that has a little hint of Twilight about it, only the gender roles are somewhat reversed. It was popular enough to warrant an English language remake, due in 2010, so ...

Pros: atmospheric; better than Twilight movie; horrific images for horror lovers
Cons: characters; story; bloody kiss; dissatisfying ending...

The only good vampire, in my opinion, is one who is decidedly disposed of and not allowed to keep killing hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people. A good one also does not look like a harmless twelve-year-old girl nor ruin a young boy's life ...

Pros: Great acting, intriguing story.
Cons: Slow pace, feels like things are left out that should be explained.

It's hard to tell what's really horrific about Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In-is it the obvious, the fact that a vampire is running amok killing off the local citizenry or is it instead the fact that lead character Oskar is the victim of ...

Pros: Character development, lead actress
Cons: Quite a bit left unexplained, slooooooow pacing

Oskar is a lonely boy mercilessly bullied in school who spends his free time pretending to stab his tormentors, telling them to squeal like a pig and compiling a scrapbook full of articles depicting murder and mayhem.  He makes his first friend when ...

Pros: Flawless mood cinematography, powerful story and amazing performances.
Cons: Slow paced and deeply troubling.  Are those really cons?

Let the Right One In. (Låt den rätte komma in) (2008) Directed by Tomas Alfredson from the novel by John Ajvide LindqvistOskar: Are you really twelve? Eli: Yes. It's just I've been twelve for a very long ...

Pros: Great story, atmosphere, performances
Cons: None

Whoa, this is the second foreign vampire movie I've reviewed in a month's time--what's going on with me?! Let The Right One In is a Swedish film based on John Lindqvist about a relationship between a twelve year old bullied boy and a ...

Pros: Moody romantic coming of age vampire tale. Yes, that means original.
Cons: Slow pace for lovers of frantic films.

Hollywood has always thought of itself as the be all to end all. But the elite have always held fast that foreign films were the way to go. So Hollywood has chosen to remake a number of foreign films with highs and lows in success. A new film is already ...

Pros: Refreshing movie in a saturated genre
Cons: Two versions of the subtitles (get the theatrical)
May not have enough action for some

I've been really into the vampire and horror genre lately going back and watching classics like Fright Night to the more recent Van Helsing and Underworld Trilogy. I avoided Twilight since it seemed too much like a teenage love story with vampires from ...

Pros: atmosphere, the story, the characters,  and better than Pan's Labyrinth
Cons: the English dub track, why haven't you seen it yet

Oskar is a 12 year old boy bullied at school in Sweden. His life changes when a new mysterious girl, Eli, moves into his apartment building. Eli carries a secret- she's a vampire. The guy with her kills people so she can have blood to survive. Eli is ...