Jimbo
10-02-2010, 06:09 PM
I saw this today and was pretty impressed. Because I really like the original Swedish version, Let The Right One In. I was concerned they might flub this remake, but was glad they did it as well as a remake could be done.
Chloe Grace Moretz plays the girl who moves in next door to a lonely, bullied 12-year-old boy. Moretz seems to be developing a pattern of screen characters who kick @ss, just like the title of her last(?) film. This one is different, and though set in New Mexico instead of Sweden, it stays true to the original. The young stars do a great job in the acting department, as well. It's a very good remake of my all-time favorite vampire film. Let Me In, and esp. the original it's based on, have to be the most believable movies dealing with the genre of traditional cinematic vampire lore. But if you're looking for lots of action, like the Underworld series, or underwear model-looking types as in the Twilight movies, you might be disappointed.
Another extra for me is that it's by Hammer Films, the British film company that made all the great Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee (and others) horror films from the 1950s into the '70s. I thought that Hammer Films had ceased existing sometime in the '70s, and I'm not sure if they've been around this whole time or have been resurrected. Hammer was to British horror what Shaw Brothers was to HK kung fu films.
Chloe Grace Moretz plays the girl who moves in next door to a lonely, bullied 12-year-old boy. Moretz seems to be developing a pattern of screen characters who kick @ss, just like the title of her last(?) film. This one is different, and though set in New Mexico instead of Sweden, it stays true to the original. The young stars do a great job in the acting department, as well. It's a very good remake of my all-time favorite vampire film. Let Me In, and esp. the original it's based on, have to be the most believable movies dealing with the genre of traditional cinematic vampire lore. But if you're looking for lots of action, like the Underworld series, or underwear model-looking types as in the Twilight movies, you might be disappointed.
Another extra for me is that it's by Hammer Films, the British film company that made all the great Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee (and others) horror films from the 1950s into the '70s. I thought that Hammer Films had ceased existing sometime in the '70s, and I'm not sure if they've been around this whole time or have been resurrected. Hammer was to British horror what Shaw Brothers was to HK kung fu films.