Let the Right One Slip In
Ever read a book or seen a movie that drew you in so completely that you find it hard to shake off even days later? Something that captivated you so utterly that you feel the atmosphere of it even in the most mundane settings? Let the Right One In did that for me. Every time I step outside I expect to see snow filtering down from a black sky onto a concrete square and hear my short and frozen breaths against the silent night.
Slow and aching, Let the Right One In is exactly what I want from a vampire movie and never get: monstrous horror. Horror that deals with emotion and not just viscera (but don't get me wrong; I love viscera). Lina Liandersson is a phenomena; a child actress whose subtleties can accurately convey ageless weariness, insurmountable hunger, desire, sorrow, and a thinly contained predatory nature. Her relationship as Eli with Oskar (played with genuine childlike fascination by Kåre Hedebrant) tugs at the heartstrings with its familiarity, full of longing for love and acceptance and treading the deep waters of sexual awakening.
I was pretty late to the game in watching this, but I'm glad I did. It will probably be haunting me for some time to come.
Did anyone else see it? What did you think?
Slow and aching, Let the Right One In is exactly what I want from a vampire movie and never get: monstrous horror. Horror that deals with emotion and not just viscera (but don't get me wrong; I love viscera). Lina Liandersson is a phenomena; a child actress whose subtleties can accurately convey ageless weariness, insurmountable hunger, desire, sorrow, and a thinly contained predatory nature. Her relationship as Eli with Oskar (played with genuine childlike fascination by Kåre Hedebrant) tugs at the heartstrings with its familiarity, full of longing for love and acceptance and treading the deep waters of sexual awakening.
I was pretty late to the game in watching this, but I'm glad I did. It will probably be haunting me for some time to come.
Did anyone else see it? What did you think?