Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) (2008) Horror Drama Fantasy Crime Romance

Rated R | Threatrical Oct 24, 2008 (US) | Genres Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Romance | Runtime 1h 54m
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Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) Plot Synopsis:

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.


The film takes place in a wintry and rather miserable suburb of Stockholm in the early 1980s. Oskar Eriksson is a very normal and lonely 12-year-old. He undergoes the annoying bullying of his classmates as best he can. Back home, where he lives alone with his mother, he collects newspaper cuttings about serial killers and things like that. On a tree not far from his home, a dead boy is found, who seems to have been ritually murdered. At the same time, Oskar meets Eli, who has moved into an apartment next door together with an older man. Little Eli is lonely as Oskar is, and the two make friends.

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Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 2008 (more 2008 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 114 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Romance
Sub-Genres:  Vampires
Horror Genres:  Vampires
Horror Subgenres:  Drama, Killer Kids, Swedish
Directors: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist … (cast list)
Release Date: Theatrical Release Date Oct 24, 2008
Box Office: $2,122,065
Awards: 76
Nominations: 57

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Language: Swedish, Spanish
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) Release Dates In Theaters: Oct 24, 2008
Writers: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Producers: Frida Asp, Gunnar Carlsson, Ricard Constantinou, Suzanne Hamilton, Henric Larsson, Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Lena Rehnberg, Per-Erik Svensson
Musicians: Johan Söderqvist
Cinematographers: Hoyte Van Hoytema

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Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) Plot Synopsis:

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.

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