Låt Den Rätte Komma In (Let the right one in)

I've become increasingly disillusioned with the horror genre of recent years. That is to say, I've not been even slightly worried by one since I was really young - but to be honest I don't think that's because I've grown up, its just that for the most part horror films are completely shit now. I mean when was the last time you were honestly scared by one of these films? For that matter whens the last time you saw one that didn't have at least one of these elements:

- obscenely hot college girls/dudes (dudes hot enough to make you worry about becoming gay).
- some sort of road trip/journey to an unknown place, and a breakdown in said environment causing these hot guys and girls to talk to the locals.
- retarded/inbred/generally Kerry Catona-esque locals.
- the killing off of black people early (mad racism for sure)
- overly gratuitous violence and gore in the hope that people won't realise how shit the dialogue/storyline is.
- TERRIBLE DIALOGUE (see "Shrooms"(2006))

I could go on listing these banal conventions but I'm too busy trying to work out which one was Wrong Turn and which was Dead End (I do remember that they're both shit though). So yeah I don't think theres much hope left for this genre, or at least I didn't until i saw the trailer for "Låt den rätte komma in" and now it would seem things could be looking up.

From what I can gather, the story centres around school-boy loner (and sporter of one of the best child-haircuts I've ever seen) Oscar. This young chap is summarily battered and bullied by schoolmates until one day, a young girl enters his life. Fortunately this young lady named Eli is a vampire whom spares Oscar the chop and helps him wreak revenge against his tormenters. The cinematography looks crisp and moody, and its Swedish so theres bound to be some naturally hot broads in it - and its shaping up to be one of the most kickass vampire movies you've seen.

I really doubt its going to be a bad film, so much so that I promise you I'll eat one of my own ears if it is. That's a promise people.

I'm going to beg borrow or steal to get hold of this so I'll keep you posted. I'm off to the hairdressers to try and get an awesome Swedish haircut.

Bloggin' All over my own stomach.