So what's the deal with this Swedish vampire movie that I've been gushing about since last March? OK, here's a quick rundown:Based on an award-winning novel by John Lindqvist (and adapted by the author), Låt den rätte komma in comes from director Tomas Alfredson, who's done a lot of TV in Sweden and a few films I've never come across in my festival travels. It's about a lonely boy who discovers that his new friend next-door ... is a vampire. Obviously there's more to it than that, but I'm certainly not about to spoil any of the surprises.
Anyway, I saw it about six months ago at Tribeca and fell crazy in love with it. I certainly wasn't the first genre hound to discover the film's drop-dead awesomeness, but I've been thrilled to see my colleagues fall for the film as well. One such friend is Rotten Tomatoes' Jenny Yamato (not a horror geek by any stretch of the imagination) who "absolutely loved" the movie. And then she told me how over at RT, they just debuted the awesome new red-band trailer for Let the Right One In, which you can check out by heading after the jump. Let us know what you think.
1. Nice.
However, it looks like it won't be on DVD until March. It will be in a few theaters in late October, but not many. Too bad.
Posted at 10:35AM on Oct 16th 2008 by techstar25