Let the Right One In (2008)

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Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson. Based on the novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay, the film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The film starring Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson and Per Ragnar.

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Plot: Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a meek 12-year-old boy, resides with his single mother Yvonne (Karin Bergquist) in the western Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982 and occasionally visits his father Erik (Henrik Dahl) in the countryside. Oskar's classmates regularly bully him, and he spends his evenings imagining revenge. One night, he meets Eli (Lina Leandersson), who appears to be a pale girl of his age. Eli has recently moved into the next-door apartment to Oskar with an older man, Håkan (Per Ragnar). Eli initially informs Oskar that they cannot be friends. However, over time, they begin to form a close relationship, with Oskar lending his Rubik's Cube to Eli, and the two exchanging Morse code messages through their adjoining wall. Håkan requests that Eli stop seeing Oskar. After questioning Oskar about a cut on his cheek, Eli learns from Oskar about being bullied by schoolmates, and she encourages him to stand up for himself. This inspires Oskar to enroll for weight-training classes after school. Meanwhile, Håkan has killed a local resident to provide blood for Eli, but fails to return with it. Eli waylays and kills a local resident named Jocke (Mikael Rohm), making his way home from a bar. Håkan attempts to hide the body in a lake. Håkan makes another effort to obtain blood for Eli by trapping a student in a changing room after school. Håkan is discovered, however. Before Håkan is apprehended, he pours concentrated hydrochloric acid onto his face, disfiguring it to prevent the authorities from identifying him and tracing Eli. Eli learns that Håkan has been taken to the hospital. She scales the building to access his restricted room. Håkan opens the window for Eli and offers his neck to her for feeding. After Eli has fed, Håkan falls out the window to his death. Now alone, Eli goes to Oskar's apartment and spends the night with him, during which time they agree to "go steady". Eli says, "I'm not a girl", but Oskar ignores this.
During an ice skating field trip at a pond, some of Oskar's fellow students discover Jocke's body, hidden by Håkan. At the same time, Oskar finally stands up to his tormentors, who had threatened to throw him into the icy water. He strikes the leader of the bullies, Conny (Patrik Rydmark), on the side of the head with a pole, splitting his ear. Some time later, Oskar shows Eli a private place he knows. Unaware that Eli is a vampire, Oskar suggests that they form a blood bond, and cuts his hand, asking Eli to do the same. Eli, thirsting for blood but not wanting to harm Oskar, laps up his spilt blood before running away. Soon after, Eli attacks Virginia (Ika Nord), a local woman who had stormed out of a drinking session with Jocke's old friends. Her boyfriend, Lacke (Peter Carlberg), who was also Jocke's best friend, turns up in time to interrupt the attack. Virginia survives, but she soon discovers that she has become painfully sensitive to sunlight.

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