{"id":364,"date":"2009-05-13T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2021-04-03T12:49:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T12:49:50","slug":"let-the-right-one-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/13\/let-the-right-one-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the right one in<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let the right one in<\/a><\/cite> is a Swedish vampire movie which has just been released in the UK<\/acronym>. I had been interested in it since I read about it late last year and finally had the chance to see it when it was showing at DCA<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n

Unusually for a vampire movie the vampire and main character are both pre-teens. The dialogue was sparse with most of the characters feelings being expressed through their actions, the way they touched each other, glances, tapping on walls to communicate, little notes left – it is surprisingly sweet. No doubt this is part of the reason Hollywood is already remaking it – what do you mean there’s no witty sidekick or party scene!<\/q>.<\/p>\n

That was mostly the romance side of it, the vampire lore was excellent. I have been getting sick of vampire movies which have to be different by introducing new rules<\/q> or breaking conventional ones. Sunlight was a killer, blood was required, a minion watched over the vampire during the day (who slept in a bath covered in layers of thick material with the windows covered), cats were not happy, those bitten were infected.<\/p>\n

The best of all was the title piece – what happens when you are not invited in – excellent and unexpected interpretation. I had been so used to invisible barriers from watching Buffy<\/cite>.<\/p>\n

Really worth the wait, I especially enjoyed it as between being ill over the past month it’s been a while since I touched any non-English films in the unwatched pile. I didn’t fancy reading loads whilst watching. Even though the film was close to two hours long the dialogue was so sparse that it wasn’t too much of a strain to ease back into the habit.<\/p>\n

The other amusing part of the night was that on the other side of me from me was another couple. The woman kept jumping and gasping at all the semi-shocking bits, including a hit in the face for Oskar. It couldn’t have been more clich\u00e9 if they had stood up clapping and cheering at the end. I had never experienced that before suppose I am so desensitised to horror and horror tropes* that I had forgotten some people do this.<\/p>\n

* Whilst watching two horrors last week I kept going now<\/q> or fake<\/q> when the trope or twist on the trope was away to be used. Some of them were so appalling and clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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