Let Me In (2010)

Recommended

USA/Sweden/UK

Feature Film

Director: Matt Reeves

Writers: Matt Reeves, John Ajvide Lindqvist

Cinematographer: Greig Fraser

Composer: Michael Giacchino

Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas, Dylan Minnette, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Nicolai Dorian

A lonely, bullied 12-year-old boy from a broken home, whose mother drinks herself to sleep every night, falls for the girl next door, an enigmatic creature who turns out to be a vampire, in this affecting, sensual, and beautifully acted film, which – as with Tomas Alfredson’s version, which this perhaps slightly improves upon – is let down somewhat by an occasionally distracting score that jars with its otherwise agreeably restrained aesthetic. Iain.Stott