Let the Right One In (2008)

“Let the Right One In” is a new-classic, old-school horror film, the way it should be made – pitch-black slow-burning emotional and psychological horror, mixed with hints of savage blood and gore. It's brilliant. In this very non-English European film, a 12-year-old boy (Kare Hedebrant) is terrorized by school bullies to the point of becoming obsessed with violent revenge. Then he meets his savior, a girl (Lina Leandersson) with a way-dark secret, and it’s not her serial killer stooge/father. The climax – in a school swimming pool – is shocking yet so damn lyrical, it ought to be played in church. Except that here, there is no God. He left long, long ago. One of 2008’s best films, I can’t wait to see this again. Alas, it’s being remade in America. A