THR: The hauntingly affecting 2008 Swedish coming-of-age vampire import "Let the Right One In" goes the inevitable English-language remake route -- with similarly potent results.
Written and directed by Matt Reeves, the retitled "Let Me In" achieves the rare feat of remaining rigorously reverential to its source material while emerging as a highly accomplished work in its own right.
When the production of Let Me In was announced, the general consensus of Let The Right One In fans was that Matt Reeves and Hammer Films had some serious ‘splainin to do.
Let Me In is a haunting, provocative remake and in some ways is better than the original.
Clickonline writes "October’s weird. In no other month do we celebrate its death by scaring the excrement out of ourselves. It’s a noble and dignified tradition.
The Halloween film is a generously nebulous term incorporating the bulk of the horror genre. Yet certain aspects of this horrific holiday mimic the unsteady shuffle of the undead – they’re not easily avoided!"
