Post by Deviancy on Mar 14, 2021 1:57:57 GMT
This thread is almost like a reboot of my first thread about the franchise, but that thread became a mixed bag of things, this is strictly about Let The Right One In, Let Me In, and everything in the world of that franchise, and all the things that may have, or totally did, influence what is easily one of the best vampire stories ever.
Let The Right One in was written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and tells the coming of age story of Oskar, and a young "girl" by the name of Eli. To say Oskar has a hard life in the story is an understatement, his dad is a flake, his mother is an overly religious loon, and he gets savagely bullied in school but then he meets Eli. While Eli brings him a level of joy, and gets him to finally stand up to the bullies, happiness is fleeting and Oskar learns there's more Eli than taking her time in agreeing to be his girlfriend, a lot more. It's basically a coming of age story that uses the vampire genre just to amplify the coming of age thing.
There are two films, both are rather loyal to the novel, and both were being put together at the same time, the Swedish version just beat the American version to the punch and it was released first, so some think Let Me In is a remake of the Swedish version, it isn't. Yes, the director did borrow a few things from the Swedish version, which he openly admits, but he swears he was working the film before hearing there was a Swedish version being made.
The main differences...
In the book and the Swedish film, the main characters are Oskar and Eli, in the US version, its Owen and Abby, in the Swedish version, it takes place in Sweden, in the US version, it takes place in New Mexico in the US. There are other differences, the US version leans a bit more on the 80's element and uses popular 80's songs in scenes of the film, it also uses Reagan to add to Owen's fear of things. Acting wise, I feel the US version is better, story wise, I feel the Swedish version is better but in the end, I love them equally.
As for the book..
I haven't had a chance to buy it yet much less read it, Wordery is the best online book store when it comes to packaging books for delivery but they're temporarily out of stock, sadly.
Then there's a trade paperback which is a comic book prequel to Let Me In, it does NOT include Owen in the main story, its just about Abby dealing with things before she moves to his neighborhood.
The Swedish film is considered one of the top 5 vampire movies of all time by Empire and others, and many have said the story is up there with anything Stephen King has written, which is high praise. To add to that, even King himself has said its one of the best horror stories he's read, that would boost my ego, King is one of the best horror writers, imo.
Influences... hard to say what influenced the story, one can say he got ideas from numerous genres.
More later.. but here's a pic of one of the comics...
Let The Right One in was written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and tells the coming of age story of Oskar, and a young "girl" by the name of Eli. To say Oskar has a hard life in the story is an understatement, his dad is a flake, his mother is an overly religious loon, and he gets savagely bullied in school but then he meets Eli. While Eli brings him a level of joy, and gets him to finally stand up to the bullies, happiness is fleeting and Oskar learns there's more Eli than taking her time in agreeing to be his girlfriend, a lot more. It's basically a coming of age story that uses the vampire genre just to amplify the coming of age thing.
There are two films, both are rather loyal to the novel, and both were being put together at the same time, the Swedish version just beat the American version to the punch and it was released first, so some think Let Me In is a remake of the Swedish version, it isn't. Yes, the director did borrow a few things from the Swedish version, which he openly admits, but he swears he was working the film before hearing there was a Swedish version being made.
The main differences...
In the book and the Swedish film, the main characters are Oskar and Eli, in the US version, its Owen and Abby, in the Swedish version, it takes place in Sweden, in the US version, it takes place in New Mexico in the US. There are other differences, the US version leans a bit more on the 80's element and uses popular 80's songs in scenes of the film, it also uses Reagan to add to Owen's fear of things. Acting wise, I feel the US version is better, story wise, I feel the Swedish version is better but in the end, I love them equally.
As for the book..
I haven't had a chance to buy it yet much less read it, Wordery is the best online book store when it comes to packaging books for delivery but they're temporarily out of stock, sadly.
Then there's a trade paperback which is a comic book prequel to Let Me In, it does NOT include Owen in the main story, its just about Abby dealing with things before she moves to his neighborhood.
The Swedish film is considered one of the top 5 vampire movies of all time by Empire and others, and many have said the story is up there with anything Stephen King has written, which is high praise. To add to that, even King himself has said its one of the best horror stories he's read, that would boost my ego, King is one of the best horror writers, imo.
Influences... hard to say what influenced the story, one can say he got ideas from numerous genres.
More later.. but here's a pic of one of the comics...
