KEITH W. CUNNINGHAM

Let the Right One In
2008
Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Of this film, IMDB says the following, “Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.”

Sounds simple, but it is so much more, and I cannot think of a more appropriate film to finish up the Halloween Season on. This is a horror film done right, with appropriate creepiness, sympathy, and cleverness.

In the world post-Twilight it is so refreshing to come across a truly innovative and intelligent vampire film. I hear that Hollywood plans to make an American version, but that simply isn’t necessary, as I don’t think they could improve on what is here simply by putting American actors in the roles.

I give it five spooky pumpkins out of five.

And with that last gasp, I close out the Halloween Horror Countdown for 2009. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I always do. We now return you to your regularly scheduled website.