Starring:Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Peter Carlberg, Per Ragnar
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Country: Sweden
Genre: Foreign, Horror, Drama

Vampire stories aren’t always pretty, but sometimes they are beautiful.

There are so few films that succeed in every area of the audience experience like Let the Right One In. The trailer has a definite allure being nearly wordless and showing such a compelling journey through the macabre in disturbing and beautiful images. The film delivers even more more in terms of beauty and such a harrowing yet delicate story of a two children finding their place in life. It comes at the mythology of vampirism from a whole new angle, using it as a perspective to look at relationships. Alfredson’s direction and the performances of the two leads leaves such a deep impact on the audience. It’s a film that lingers long after the first viewing, and one that everyone should invite into their lives. There are few other films that could be pointed to as a clear definition of what ‘cinema’ is.

(I must make note that the home distribution of this title is a bit hindered by an awful subtitle translation, and if you seek out this film, it’s worth putting in the time to find the proper translation.)