I wouldn't call this a horror movie at all. Let The right One In is your basic indie love story between two 12 year old kids. Except from time to time one of them kills people and drinks their blood. Other than that it's very, very sweet.I love the fact that there's maybe two scenes with CGI, and almost no "jump scares". The story is simple & sparse when it comes to dialogue. It mainly lets the camera tell the story, something I wish Hollywood could catch onto someday. Visually it reminds me of a cross between Fargo & The Virgin Suicides, phenomenal camera work. Beautiful without being flashy.
Thanks Sweden, you've restored my faith in people's ability to film an original vampire story. Maybe the lady who wrote Twilight will see this someday and apologize.......
I love love love this film. The ending is fantastic. ;)
ReplyDeleteActually, there are something like 70 CGI shots. This is one of the things that I really like about this film: the director was confident enough that he didn't have to turn the special effects up to 11.
ReplyDeleteHats off to them for subtlety!
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