My friend Matt Berry and I have a long history of shared movie experiences dating all the way back to our junior high school days in the early eighties. One of our moms would drive us to the theater — either to Tanforan, Millbrae, or Serramonte — for a double feature and we would eat popcorn, drink sodas, and watch movies until they had to kick us out of the auditorium. We took in such cinematic gems as Creepshow, Take This Job and Shove It, Saturday the 14th, Evilspeak, and Ghost Story to name but a few.
Over the years our tastes evolved to the point where Matt was suggesting I check out films like Once Were Warriors, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Big Fan, and Trainspotting to name another few. It was during our most recent visit that he was raving about Let Me In. He spoke about it in such glowing terms, the first chance Fehmeen allowed me to do so, I ordered it on On Demand.
Let Me In tells the story of a bullied twelve-year-old Owen and his relationship with his new neighbor, a twelve-year-old vampire named Abby. I could tell you more but that is basically all that is necessary to know. There is more than enough in that first sentence for you to connect at least a couple of dots.
For fans of the horror film genre, Let Me In is indubitably a must-see movie. It is incredibly suspenseful and genuinely frightening at times. It also carries an R-rating so the viewer gets his/her money’s worth in the spilled blood department.
Folks who enjoy high quality filmmaking will appreciate this movie as well. There were at least a half-dozen camera shots that I had never seen before that were completely cool and surprising that their presence in the finished product only added to its overall wow factor.
Hands down, this is the best vampire movie ever made, imho. And I’ve seen quite a few of them in my day. Listen to me now just as I listened to my buddy (Hairy) Matt Berry when he told me to check out Let Me In. It’ll be the best $5.99 you’ll tack on your cable bill this month.
The Adventures of ALS Boy 
That was an okay movie. But the original was much better.
It was called,” Let The Right One In”
A film by Thomas Alfredson.
Glad you enjoyed the film. I agree that Let Me In is a definite must see for fans of the horror genre. Haven’t seen the original Swedish version, but my brother raves about it. Also, thanks for the tip on Cedar Rapids. Loved that flick. John C. Reilly steals the movie.