Matt Reeves, the director of 2008’s Cloverfield, is back this weekend with his new vampire film, Let Me In. Let Me In is a remake of the popular Swedish film, Let the Right One In. How does Let Me In ...
Some of the most demanding challenges for a filmmaker are to adapt a novel for the screen, translate a foreign work for an English-speaking audience and to put their own mark on a remake without ...
Let Me In takes place in 1982 in the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Owen, a 12-year old boy, is living a sad and lonely life, constantly suffering the attacks of bullies, and trying to cope with the ...
Let Me In has one of the most engaging openings and following hospital sequences in a horror film since Zombie’ Halloween 2. Its intense and utilizes less-is-more, exemplified in Jaws and From Hell, a ...
So, let’s have some fun. If you have seen the original Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In by Tomas Alfredson, read the original novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and saw Matt Reeves’ Let Me In ...
Although the early 21st century saw many non-English language films becoming popular in American markets, Hollywood was still unwilling to let imaginative works of genre fiction exist within their own ...
Any remake is going be judged, at least by film critics (a notoriously persnickety bunch) against its original. Before press screenings of Let Me In, director Matt Reeves’ remake of the spectacular ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Let Me In opens with the striking image of ambulance sirens making their way through a snowy ...
Let Me In, the unusual story of a child vampire and the human boy she comes to love, is moody and quiet. It’s a movie whose horror slowly creeps up on you, leaving a profound feeling of disturbance ...
Matt Reeves proves that it is possible to succeed at remaking a beloved property by giving it a new reason to exist. With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily ...
Anyone who goes into Let Me In having seen Let the Right One In will be hard-pressed not to make comparisons. And that’s more than fair. Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), is so similar ...