Let Me In may sound like your everyday kidnapper story but there is more to the title than you think. In mythical legends, it is believed that you had to personally invite a vampire into your home or they burn but in this film, nicely bleed to death.
The film itself is more the classic vampire movie but far from the cringe nasty Twilight but not so gloomy as Dracula. Instead, this vampire film is more based on the more friendship level between a young vampire called Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz) and a
This film came from Tomas Alfredson, who adapted this Swedish cult story then became an American hit, by director Matt Reeves, and it tells the story of Owen and how he met Abby, a mysterious girl who moved in next door within in the block of flats with her father (Richard Jenkins).
Set in the Los Alamos, New Mexico and around the 1980s, Owen is the usual outcast, beat up boy who has no friends with a quiet, depressed mother (Cara Buono) and no father to be seen. He soon meets Abby who acts just like him with the personality, quiet and mysterious but a strong force that keeps her upfront, with no foot protection in the snow or warm clothes. One link that starts between their little young love story is the rubix cube. However, as Abby is inhuman, of course she has no idea what Owen has just presented so she decides to give it ago.
On the other hand, life for Abby is a little different from the bullied, alone Owen. She depends on her father far more than any other daughter in mind. Not only does her father protect her from being caught out by police, he also goes around to murder people for blood so Abby is fed and keeps sane, instead of going on an insane rampage. However, people start going missing everyday so protection and safety around the small town gets more of a concern, putting Abby and her father into the spotlight.
Due to clues leading up to them, Abby fled after her father poured acid on himself to escape the police's radar, therefore giving good understanding that, of course, leaving poor Owen to defend for himself yet again. It did work but this whole malarkey of ditching a defenceless, loner with a terrible mother and bullies is literally just an hour and ten minutes wasted of the film, just to find out she never really cared in the first place. However, of course, what film works without a good ending? None, which is getting a little boring so having the bullies on verge to murder Owen, of course Little Miss Blood Thirsty Run Away comes to save the day.
So, although it is different from all the malarkey, cliché filled vampire movies, this one did have a good storyline and had a good taste in horror; amazing and eerie cinematic music, and a near teen flick that gave it a good rating by IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. However, not my top 10 but a nice film to see.
Overall Choice: Bad
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