Let Me in (Blu-Ray) (2010)

"...one of the best and most brutal vampire movies to come along in a while...  James Berardinelli, Reelviews
"...unsettling...really gets under the skin...  Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
"...Prepare to be wowed...It's a spellbinder...  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...chillingly real...  Scott Bowles, USA Today

Editor's Note After the Swedish original earned raves, Matt Reeves (CLOVERFIELD) directs this remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. In Tomas Alfredson's 2008 film, a lonely 12-year-old finds a friend in his new neighbor, a girl who happens to be a vampire.

	Chloe Grace Moretz
	Kodi McPhee
	Richard Jenkins
	Elias Koteas
	Cara Buono
	Guy East - Producer
	Carl Molinder - Producer
	Simon Oakes - Producer
	John Nordling - Producer
	Nigel Sinclair - Producer
	Matt Reeves - Director

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5 stars out of 5 -- "[S]hear away the vampire aspect and you have a tender and surprisingly human story of two people untied through mutual yearning and solitude....An exceptional film." 08/10/2009

Hollywood Reporter
"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." 09/11/2010

Box Office
4 stars out of 5 -- "LET ME IN eclipses TWILIGHT in every way, leaving you thirsty for more of this haunting, touching and unforgettable thriller." 09/13/2010

New York Times
"[The movie] makes a direct and disarming play for affection, eliciting in viewers something akin to the awkward, resilient tenderness that is its subject." 10/01/2010

USA Today
"[A]n effective remake of a foreign hit that makes adult vampire tales TWILIGHT and TRUE BLOOD look like child's play." 10/01/2010

Los Angeles Times
"The entire cast is strong, with Moretz and Smit-McPhee right up to the level of their Swedish counterparts." 10/01/2010

Wall Street Journal
"[T]his is more than a respectful remake; LET ME IN is quietly stylish and thoroughly chilling in its own right." 10/01/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Reeves understands what made the first film so eerie and effective, and here the same things work again." 09/29/2010

Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "Director Matt Reeves proves expert at tracing Alfredson's footsteps creating a mood of chilling terror..." 09/30/2010

A.V. Club
"LET ME IN replicates the Swedish film's spare, haunted, wintry palette..." 09/30/2010

Movieline
"[LET ME IN] is a rare creature on the contemporary movie landscape: It's a remake that surpasses its predecessor in depth and vision." 09/30/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"LET ME IN has greater potency than LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, because it's about a 'redemptive' love so haunted you're never sure if it can lead to anything but more evil." -- Grade: B 09/29/2010

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[This] terrific American remake gets almost everything about the original, beautifully translating its plot, character and even style with intelligence, reverence and affection." 10/18/2010

Sight and Sound
"[I]t plays better as a horror film, more concentrated in its focus on the creepy and shocking aspects of its unusual love story." 12/01/2010

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's hard to imagine a more intelligent and well-crafted American horror being released this year." 11/05/2010

Salon.com 9 of 10
...An imaginative and largely intact retelling of this gory, troubling, uniquely sweet and uniquely dark vampire tale... - Andrew O'Hehir

New York Post 9 of 10
...The scariest, creepiest and most elegantly filmed horror movie I've seen in years - it positively drives a stake through the competition... - Lou Lumenick

Austin Chronicle 9 of 10
...Let Me In is by far one of the best-looking films of the year, genre or no genre. It's a nightmare, sure, but what childhood isn't?... - Marc Savlov

Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...Those hoping to see a "vampire movie" will be surprised by a good film... - Roger Ebert