Thursday, April 23, 2009

Let the Right One In

If you've stumbled across this, chances are you know what this movie is and you just want to know if it's any good.
The answers pretty simple.
It Is.
One part coming-of-age story, one part shockingly brilliant horror flick, melded with excellent acting and the picaresque, effortlessly beautiful cinematography Sweden's best directors always seem to deliver, Let The Right One In is one of those movies fans of good cinema, trashy horror, and blood-soaked gore can all come together and enjoy.
One word though- whatever you do, do NOT watch the English-redub version. It is godawful. I can't believe it was even made, it wrecks the movie.
The voice actors are so, so, so, so, so bad, it turns it from art to unintentionally hilarious camp, but not the good kind.
You've been warned.
Especially cool scenes include, without giving away spoilers, the spontaneous combustion of a very sick woman, some violent goings on at a pool, and the young main characters fail to come to terms with his fathers new life.
The behind-the-scenes is also worth watching. You would never believe, before watching it, that most of the close-shot outdoor scenes were actually filmed on green screen, or how the final scene of violence was actually put together.

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