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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

It has got alot of critical acclaim and the few people who have seen it are raving about it ...
Its a swedish vampire film called 'Let the Right One In'

It tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a female vampire in Blackeberg, a suburb to Stockholm.

its doing the rounds at the film festivals and has won a mountain of awards .....it has quite a dark subject matter with getting bloody revenge on bully kids ......Twilight it ain't

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8906

I've read about it too....I remember thinking if the title meant a vampire had to be invited into someone's house (like in Buffy!)

It does sound intriguing and I like the idea of bullies being taught a lesson but I'm guessing it's a very bloody and terminal lesson!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

I don't know babe...perhaps or it could be something completely different
than the whole inviting a vampire inside....jt always reminds me of Salem's Lot

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8906

I was right about inviting vampires into your house

I came across an interview that John Ajvide Lindqvist (he's the writer of the book the film's adapted from) gave to a magazine. Apparently, he's a massive Smiths fan and "Let The Right One In" is derived from a Morrissey B-side and refers to "the little known fact that a vampire has to be welcomed over the threshold."........all Buffy fans knew that!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

I actually knew that well before Buffy as I used to watch a lot of Vampire movies as a kid and then of course its a bigger feature in The Lost Boys movie aswell but fair dues to you for finding out that thats what he was referring to here...you were right babe

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8906

I could say I scoured the internet and pored over countless newspaper and magazine articles in my quest for the truth........but I was reading my usual mag and just spotted a small article about the film

I see it's won 4 more awards, including Best Foreign Film, in the Online Film Critics Society Awards in the US. It sounds very prestigious but I can't say as I've heard of those awards before!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

You could have built up this whole fantastic internet researcher persona babe

instead of just admitting luck

the film does sound good doesn't it

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Scorpio · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

its quite a good film - i enjoyed it.....especially the end which was very atmospheric

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