"Let the Right One In"

Speaking of Swedish <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="15019009174" title="Vampires (supernatural entitiess)" href="/topic/arts-culture/folklore-mythology/vampires-%28supernatural-entitiess%29-15019009174.topic">vampires</a>: Tomas Alfredson's 2008 horror film (starring Lina Leandersson, above) is described as "both startling and somehow stately in its wintry tale of vampire appetite and the sweet yearnings of human heart" by Geoff Boucher at <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/07/let-me-in-trailer-is-a-shocker-the-film-actually-looks-good.html"><u>The Times' Hero Complex blog</u></a> He adds that this is almost always on directors' must-watch lists. So, of course, it got the Hollywood treatment too. The 2010 remake, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV00000800" title="Let Me In (movie) " href="/topic/entertainment/movies/let-me-in-%28movie%29--ENMV00000800.topic">"Let Me In,"</a> starring <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB000005174" title="Chloe Moretz" href="/topic/entertainment/chloe-moretz-PECLB000005174.topic">Chloe Moretz</a> and Kodi Smit-McPhee was a pleaser too, earning an impressive 90 percent rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

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Speaking of Swedish vampires: Tomas Alfredson's 2008 horror film (starring Lina Leandersson, above) is described as "both startling and somehow stately in its wintry tale of vampire appetite and the sweet yearnings of human heart" by Geoff Boucher at The Times' Hero Complex blog He adds that this is almost always on directors' must-watch lists. So, of course, it got the Hollywood treatment too. The 2010 remake, "Let Me In," starring Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee was a pleaser too, earning an impressive 90 percent rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

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