5 Reasons Why You Should (re)Watch "Let the Right One In" | 13 Days of Halloween 

Yes! The pool scene is great! Didn't want to spoil for people who haven't seen it, but it's definitely one of the best parts of the movie :)

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Loved the novel as well, amazing atmospheric stories - the film and the book. And you're right, the soundtrack is gorgeous!

Not according to the author. He has even wrote a follow up called Let The Old Dreams Die.

In the book he doesn't love Eli and Eli doesn't love him. I won't ruin the book for you, but it's very intense and worth reading.

In the book, Hakan is just a pedophile who abuses her and Oskar is the one who brings her back to acting like the kid she truly is.

This is the hidden ending that so few people see. This is why this movie ranks as one of the very best vampire true horror films made. The way that the caretaker comes back and pursues Eli in the novel leaves proof of this

Yesss! I'm always surprised by how many people still haven't seen this one - they're missing out!

Oh man, I totally forgot about _Underworld_! I remember those movies were so popular when I was in college, everyone was obsessed with them. Need to check if they're on Netflix or Prime, I wonder if they hold up.

@@ImpressionBlend, "Underworld is pure bullshit, but "Cronos" was interesting, but not anywhere close to "Dracula" the original, or "Interview with the Vampire" or "Let the Right One In." MY TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME 1) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 4) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 6) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 7) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 8) Silence (2016) 9) Beauty and the Beast (2017) 10) Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017)

Thanks, Maria :D

I never thought a horror movie could make it into my top ten. MY TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME 1) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 4) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 6) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 7) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 8) Silence (2016) 9) Beauty and the Beast (2017) 10) Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017)

Definitely worth watching! Enjoy!

Thank you! It's definitely up there with the classics, such a beautiful and haunting story.

I was going to review it actually, I don't know why I didn't. I think I'll do a blog post instead at this point :)

I look forward to it!

I love _Interview with the Vampire_ as well! Definitely one of my favorite vampire films!

You're welcome! I still need to see the two that you mentioned, I've been meaning to watch them for a while now.

I saw the remake in theatres and didn't like it. Actually tried to watch it again the other day to see if my opinion changed... and couldn't even make it through the whole thing. It's not terrible, but the original is just superior in every way for me so I don't really understand why the remake even exists? lol

I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling like that as I kinda felt the same. I found it particularly noticeable how much better the original was because I saw them one day apart. I did wonder if that was slightly unfair on my part. I have a very similar stance to you when it comes to remakes.

You know, the funny thing is that I KNOW it's E-Lee, and I just re-watched the movie too... but for some reason I kept saying it the wrong way. I don't know what happened haha

+Khue Lor - I think the mixed reviews on Let Me In are partially due to people who have not seen the original. Because of the great story, Let Me In is a good movie. It just doesn't compare with the Artistry of LTROI. I don't think watching the remake will ruin your love of the original. I think it might make you appreciate the original more. Best wishes, Ted

Maybe one day i will give it a try, thanks!

MY TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME 1) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 4) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 6) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 7) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 8) Silence (2016) 9) Beauty and the Beast (2017) 10) Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017) So what could have beaten this list? If "Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe" had gone to the adult actors at the end for the next movie, in "Narnia: The Horse and his boy" and then "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" with the last of the movies being "Narnia: The Last Battle." Then "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" could have made it to number one. I would love to have seen the end of a world with THE WHITE WITCH brought to life again to come to England in 1902 to rip lamp posts out of the ground and throw them like tooth picks and to pick up extremely heavy cars from the end of the 19th century and throw them around as if they are a GeoMetro car which weighs like nothing. Then to have them all go to the beginning of a world with creation and THE LION as God creating so that the ultimate wicked and the ultimate good facing each other and the nephew who will one day have a wardrobe to another world having to be tempted to eat of the tree of life and live forever would be amazing. The other movie that could have beaten this list would be "Let Me In" or some "Let the Right One In" remake with a fat "Oskar" with four parts. This would require first the boy who wishes to control a girl, the beginning of love followed by a kiss making "Oskar" back off realizing something is wrong, then a boy hating the vampire while she still loves him and guards him with Hakan coming back to life and thus allowing the "Psycho" scene of Eli wearing his mother's dress and telling him to not go out at night due to her desire to kill Hakan before Hakan kills Oskar, so that Oskar could yell out, "You sound just like my mother" and Eli being in his mother's dress. The last part would be Oskar realizing he loves the vampire due to a second kiss realizing she sees him as the powerful one due to her past abuse while a human being far worse than anything he ever experienced and thus he wants to protect her again and does as she sleeps in a bathtub of blood. You would need to have Tommy then in the movie, like in the book to have to deal with Hakan after seeing Hakan trying to sexually molest Eli and thus tipping the hand as to what the vampire actually is... A molested child who thus never grows up and sees itself as worthless, wanting to run off and sleep in a bathtub of blood for a long period of time to hibernate as vampires do when the violence towards them becomes to great or reminds them of their beginnings due to pedophilia. This would likely make a new list of the following: 1) Narnia: the Magician's Nephew (the creation of Narnia) 2) Lat Den Ratte, Komma In (love story/horror movie of 2 abhorrent kids) 3) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 4) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 5) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 6) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 7) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 8) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 9) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 10) Silence (2016)

Agreed!

Yay! Glad you loved it! The American remake has none of the atmosphere or mood of the Swedish film.

Ooo, enjoy the movie! It's a really good adaptation.

+Golden Cherub - Hi - I still prefer LTROI over Interview, but I also loved Interview and many of Ann Rice's novels. Her prose at times is almost poetic. I thought her 4th, Tale of the Body Thief was also excellent. Her last one, Prince Lestat, is also very good. The thing that most amazed me in the Interview movie was Claudia. I couldn't imagine how anyone could portray that character. But, Kirsten Dunst pulled it off. Best wishes, Ted

I've been meaning to re-watch _Interview with the Vampire_ , love that film! I've seen it a few times, but it's been a while since my last viewing :)

It's so nice that you reply to comments. :D

Golden Cherub I try :) It takes me a while to catch up sometimes, but I eventually do haha

Thanks for watching! I loved the book as well, it's wonderful, so I would definitely be interested in the short story collection from the author as well. I appreciate the recommendation :)

Thank you. Let The Right One In is one of my favorite books and my number one favorite vampire tale. There is just something about it you know? Even though it is fictitious, the way its told it feels like something that could have really happened. Its so beautiful and perfect. Lindqvist has out down every novelist when comes to vampires. And that includes Bram Stoker and Anne Rice. Not only that but the people who did the two movies did the book justice. That's an extreme rarity. Also do you do reviews for movies and books? I haven't had a chance to look over all your videos. But if you do can you give us a review of Let The Old Dreams Die after you read it? Thanks for reading and I certainly subscribing to your channel.

+rpgfantast - Yes, you guys can be proud of both the Book and the Movie.

We are :D

Don't be scared, I'm a friendly vampire ;)

+mrphanggoldwing - Yes, there is a big surprise, although it's not as clearly stated in the movie as it is in the book. But, the best things about the movie are the story, directing, cinematography, soundtrack, and the child actors.

I know EXACTLY what you mean! I'm a strong believer in films being subjective just like any other art form... But with this movie in particular every time people try to tell me the remake is good I just feel so confused and annoyed... Did we see the same movies? How is this possible?!

Sadly, it comes down to sub titles for some. I've tried multiple times to enlighten, friends to the original, and much better versions, of US, or English speaking remakes. One film I tend to agree is equally enjoyable, in its own way is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. But I think that has to do with Fincher's incredible direction.

"Let the Right One In" is brilliant as a LOVE STORY from the book removing the odd parts and selling you a bill of goods, which you know is not right. Any remake beating it would have to have something cleaned up from the book, while having the kids more chilling or showing the development of the relationship even more, the bathtub needs to be full of blood, and Hakan must come back to life, so that you can have the Psycho scene where only then does Eli finally wear something a girl would wear, and before that it is non-sex determined clothes like tee-shirts and jeans. MY TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME 1) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 4) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 6) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 7) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 8) Silence (2016) 9) Beauty and the Beast (2017) 10) Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017) So what could have beaten this list? If "Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe" had gone to the adult actors at the end for the next movie, in "Narnia: The Horse and his boy" and then "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" with the last of the movies being "Narnia: The Last Battle." Then "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" could have made it to number one. I would love to have seen the end of a world with THE WHITE WITCH brought to life again to come to England in 1902 to rip lamp posts out of the ground and throw them like tooth picks and to pick up extremely heavy cars from the end of the 19th century and throw them around as if they are a GeoMetro car which weighs like nothing. Then to have them all go to the beginning of a world with creation and THE LION as God creating so that the ultimate wicked and the ultimate good facing each other and the nephew who will one day have a wardrobe to another world having to be tempted to eat of the tree of life and live forever would be amazing. The other movie that could have beaten this list would be "Let Me In" or some "Let the Right One In" remake with a fat "Oskar" with four parts. This would require first the boy who wishes to control a girl, the beginning of love followed by a kiss making "Oskar" back off realizing something is wrong, then a boy hating the vampire while she still loves him and guards him with Hakan coming back to life and thus allowing the "Psycho" scene of Eli wearing his mother's dress and telling him to not go out at night due to her desire to kill Hakan before Hakan kills Oskar, so that Oskar could yell out, "You sound just like my mother" and Eli being in his mother's dress. The last part would be Oskar realizing he loves the vampire due to a second kiss realizing she sees him as the powerful one due to her past abuse while a human being far worse than anything he ever experienced and thus he wants to protect her again and does as she sleeps in a bathtub of blood. You would need to have Tommy then in the movie, like in the book to have to deal with Hakan after seeing Hakan trying to sexually molest Eli and thus tipping the hand as to what the vampire actually is... A molested child who thus never grows up and sees itself as worthless, wanting to run off and sleep in a bathtub of blood for a long period of time to hibernate as vampires do when the violence towards them becomes to great or reminds them of their beginnings due to pedophilia. This would likely make a new list of the following: 1) Narnia: the Magician's Nephew (the creation of Narnia) 2) Lat Den Ratte, Komma In (love story/horror movie of 2 abhorrent kids) 3) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) 4) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 5) The Prince who was a Thief (1951) 6) Narnia: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) 7) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 8) A Silent Voice (2016) - Japanese with English caption 9) My Rainy Days (2009) - Japanese with English caption 10) Silence (2016)

ReligionOfSacrifice Wow. Full of yourself much?

+Kassie Escobar - Hi, I got the book on Ebay. I think the movie does a great job of interpreting the book. But, as almost always, the book is much more expansive in telling the story. It is well worth a read. Get it and enjoy it. Best wishes, Ted

I got it from a used books store, I don't think this particular edition is in print anymore.

I don't this it's that cheesy, really - just more of a classic take on vampires. I actually love that movie!

Yea, the one I have has 3 versions of subtitles (including the theatrical) as well as a dubbed version. Accidentally started watching it with non-theatrical subtitles the other day and I could immediately tell - the original blu-ray version subs are SO BAD.

Thank you so much! I haven't seen _A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night_ yet, but I've heard a lot about it :)

Impression Blend 🙏 You have to see it. I think you would like this film. Regards!

You know, I haven't heard anything about it until a few weeks ago and it definitely looks intriguing! Looking forward to it now :)

The blade trilogy is very artistic and is a crushing blockbuster series ; Let the Right One In feels like The perfect movie to watch in a child psychology class... both movies are wonderful vampire movies that have memorable content..

donuthaters12 True ! Her is my favorite shot by Hoyte. This one is a close second.

Her, is for me, the greatest film ever made. I have written about the film far too many times, and yet with each viewing, I am able to churn out new things. Hoytema brings so much to that film, playing a key part of the film's identity and emotional impact.

Yes, that film is one of my alltime favorites and a truly emotional masterpiece. A film that moved me so much, the combined technical elements with that story. Perfect ! The score by Arcade Fire is great too.

Yep, there were timed Arcade Fire had me tearing up whilst listening to the score on the bus.

Yeah, I still listen to it every day. So emotional. If ever i feel the need to let it all out and cry, that score is the one i listen to.

I need to see this!

That's a spoiler ;)

Impression Blend sorry, should I delete it

Nah, it's fine. I'm just saying that that's why I didn't mention it :)

@@ImpressionBlend, "Let the Right One In" was the first movie to make me realize what a Vampire is. Vlad the Impaler was raped homosexually as a child. That is what a vampire is. The produce to pedophilia. Never growing up, having no morals, living in darkness due to lack self-worth.

Agreed!

Sifat Siam i think in book ‘’let old dreams die’’ he was turned into vampire

Really? I feel the opposite way.

I go back and forth on this - yes, he is the new "caretaker"... Which to a normal human sounds terrible. But Oskar is a messed up kid, and unlike the previous guy he seems like he is glad to do it. So maybe it's a happy ending for him?

I don't think Oskar realizes what his new role entails yet, by the end of the film. He was bullied, but doesn't seem troubled. It was wise for the film not to answer the question. At least there is a faint hope that things might turn out differently.

The ending was ambiguous it’s for us to decide the ending. Personally, I think it’s a happy ending because Eli and Oskar’s relationship is different compared to Eli’s past lovers.

The ending is like the ultimate leap of faith with the bad side being soooo bad.

@@ImpressionBlend, read the book people. This is not the story of new caretakers. This is the story of a child who was sexually and physically molested. What all vampires are in terms of inspiration of genre. Thus, the innocent vampire who does not want to kill is surrounding itself with serial killers and pedophiles only to finally find first love two hundred years later with Oskar to finally make her first vampire and only vampire lover.

I'd say that's a spoiler, so that's why I didn't mention it. Adding "Let the Old Dreams Die" to my to-read list :)

@@ImpressionBlend, don't. It is meaningless.

Don't spoil it...im planning to read this book...

Same in the movie

Dude u could have said there's a spoiler before U ruined my day srsly thx