Let the Right One In/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** Why is Håkan jealous of Oskar? In the book it's clear he's a pedophile whom Eli keeps on a tight leash, but the movie audience can infer that Håkan met Eli the same way Oskar did.

* [[Complete Monster]]: The sadistic and pedophilic vampire nobleman that turns and castrates Eli.

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: When Eli shows Oskar what he looks like through her eyes: handsome and strong. Admit it, after all the crap he went through, and with all his insecurity, ''that'' was a welcome [[Mood Whiplash]] to such a dark novel.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Lacke in the book.

* [[Fridge Logic]]: How did that teenage pimp know Hakan was a pedophile just by looking at him?

* [[It's the Same, Now It Sucks]]: The remake has several scenes that are word-for-word from the original. This has not gone unnoticed. Especially since Reeves promised a new, different take on the novel and instead delivered another remake, complete with scenes and concepts that ''only existed in the Swedish film and weren't in the novel to begin with.''

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]:

** Two kids sharing a first kiss {{spoiler|Over the body of a neighbor Eli just killed, with his blood still on his lips.}}

** In the book, Håkan. He starts off as a pedophile murdering someone for their blood, which is pretty creepy to begin with, and just [[It Got Worse|gets worse]] as the story goes on. The incident when he {{spoiler|[[Body Horror|pours acid over his face]]}} stands out, along with all the subsequent descriptions {{spoiler|[[Body Horror|of what his face looks like afterward]]}}. {{spoiler|Mindless!Vampire!Håkan is even worse, especially when he [[Attempted Rape|tries to rape Eli.]]}}

** In the remake, Abby's vampire attacks are considerably more brutal and violent, leaving the victims a bloody mess, and yet still alive as she feeds.

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Considering how much you hate the bullies by the end of the story, it almost seems a shame for their comuppance to happen offscreen. In the book we don't even see it from Oscar's point of view, we cut from Eli arriving to the policeman mulling over the witness statements he's heard.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Virginia in the hospital, Lacke in the elevator (book only in both cases)

** Eli breaking down when he contemplates his plan for leaving. Especially since it means leaving behind the only friend he's had for 200+ years. [[Not Growing Up Sucks]] indeed.

* [[Viewers are Morons]]: ''Let Me In'' goes out of its way to explain everything that was left subtle in the Swedish film. Characters explain their motivations out loud and ambiguities are made explicitly clear. Likewise, the US DVD and Blu-Ray release of the original film features significantly simplified and dumbed-down subtitles, losing a lot of ironic humor and subtle character development – to get the subtitles which accompanied the US theatrical release, you have to look for a DVD copy that says "Subtitles: English (Theatrical)" (or just import the UK disc).

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: Eli via castration.

 

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