One of the greatest foreign films in recent memory is the Swedish Let the Right One In. Released in 2008, it's a vampire fable based on a best-selling novel. Check out the DVD; this is an art-house twist on the vampire craze, with some wonderfully deep and bizarre moments. When Hollywood announced plans for an adaptation, I was more than worried; there are edgy, original elements that I see Hollywood shying away from, or simply cutting, to ensure a PG-13 rating and a teenage girl audience... Then, the trailer came out. Despite the butchered title (resulting in the loss of central thematic allusions), Let Me In seems to have captured the haunting atmosphere and grizzly tension of the original. Let's hope it also captures an R rating. With Cloverfield's Matt Reeves directing the project, the perfect casting of Richard Jenkins as The Father, and featuring Chloe Mortez (one of my favorite current child actresses, brilliant as Hit-Girl in Kiss-Ass), I'm officially excited. Let Me In hits US theaters October 1st, 2010.
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