Let Me In

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Let Me In is a remake of a 2008 Swedish film entitled Let the Right One In. Here, Chloƫ Grace Moretz plays Abby, a child Vampire who has taken an interest in a lonely and outcast boy named Owen. As her own companion is growing old and less able to provide for her, Chloe bonds with Owen while she feeds on Owen's neighbors and, eventually, kills those who torment Owen. The movie is a strange coming of age/friendship horror tale where the mysterious Abby is the only one who's kind and compassionate to the boy, while savage and monstrous when hungry or angered, embodying childhood rage at bullying and a wish to be able to enact revenge. While not as elegant and developed as the original film or book that it's based upon, Let Me In does have a creepiness and a chemistry between the main characters that is compelling, and the idea of a child vampire is as disturbing here as in Anne Rice's movie adaptation of Interview with A Vampire. If you hear tapping in Morse code after watching this film from start to finish, consider running.

Erik M.

Continuity mistake: When Abby slaughters the bullies, we see most of the scene from Owen's underwater point of view. First, a decapitated head floats down, leaving a trail of blood. Then, more dismembered bodies splash into the water. We get the sense that the pool water around Owen should be pretty bloody. Yet, when he surfaces, the water around him is completely clear, with no evidence of any blood or bodies.

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Trivia: The leads of the film were directed to maintain diaries in character so as to get deeper into their roles and understand their nuances and consider their motivations.

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Question: When Abby comes in to slaughter the bullies, we only see what Owen is able to (not very much, since he's underwater.) There's something that looks like a lot of glass bits, and then something is dragged across the pool and the blood flow begins. But what was the thing being dragged?

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Chosen answer: The thing that zooms across the water appears to be Abby herself - upon breaking the window, she beheads the boy holding Owen under the water almost immediately after she enters the pool room; her incredible speed makes it possible that she moved rapidly over the water without sinking below it.

Purple_Girl

Its one of the bullies upside down you can see if you pause at the right time or slow it down.

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