Yes folks, the Hollywood remake machine keeps on turning its diabolical wheels. The next casualty is Let The Right One In, the amazing Swedish film about kiddie Vampire love(that does not sound right at all!)
Joining the already cast Kodi Smit-McPhee(The Road) as Owen and Richard Jenkins(Burn After Reading) as the character formerly known as Hakan(The press releases avoid giving us this character’s new moniker for some reason) is Chloe Moretz as Abby(formerly Elie). Moretz was of course last seen stealing the show as Hitgirl in the leaked Kick Ass footage and has been nominated each of the past three years for a Young Artist Award.
As for this movie? Well, the cast is excellent, so maybe director Matt Reeves will pull off that rare thing of a decent remake. Or at least, I hope he does. Because the original is a masterpiece imo. Not a traditional Vampire horror movie by any stretch, its kind of more a coming of age story about a bullied young boy who strikes up a friendship with his new neighbor..only she happens to be a vampire. There are some bloody bits and some creepy moments but as Elie teaches Oscar how to stand up for himself and in return gets some of her humanity back it really becomes a pretty touching story about friendship.
I recommend you see it before the remake, just in case!
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