Swedish vampire horror Let the Right One In trailer and film details

This is the same film that Cloverfield director Matt Reeves is possibly remaking, with J.J. Abrams producing. The original festival hit is being released in the U.S. by Magnet Releasing, on October 24, 2008.

Genre: horror drama

Country: Sweden

aka: Lat den ratte komma in

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord, Mikael Rahm, Karl Robert Lindgren, Anders T. Peedu, Pale Olofsson

Synopsis
A fragile introverted boy, 12-year-old Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. His wish for a friend comes true when he meets Eli (Lina Leandersson), also 12, who moves into the apartment next door with a man who is presumably her father. But coinciding with Eli’s arrival is a series of disappearances and macabre murders—a man is found strung up in a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck.

Captivated by the gruesome stories and by Eli’s idiosyncrasies (she is only seen at night, and unaffected by the freezing cold), it doesn’t take long before Oskar figures out that Eli is a vampire. Nevertheless, their friendship strengthens, and a subtle romance blossoms as the youngsters become inseparable. In spite of Oskar’s loyalty to her, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can…

Based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a haunting and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.

Let The Right One In is the inaugural release in Magnet’s Six Shooter Film Series, a series of six films highlighting the vanguard of genre cinema from around the globe. Five films will follow over the coming months: Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes (Spain), Ollie Blackburn’s Donkey Punch (UK), Special (US), Big Man Japan (Japan) and Eden Log (France).

Opening Friday, October 24, 2008.

Check out the trailer for Let the Right One In below.