History Film / LetMeIn

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Owen suffers alot more than Oskar did. He has a much worse relationship with his parents. In this version his mother is an alcoholic who neglects him while in the swedish version they have a loving relationship. While Owens father doesnt even make a single appearance, his voice is only heard on the phone while he totally ignores that his son is obliviously very distressed and upset about something, while his swedish counterpart, despite being an alcoholic, visited him every weekend.Also, the bullies are much more sadistic and violent than their swedish counterparts.For example, in their first scene in "Let the right one in" involves childishly flicking Oskars nose, while in this version they snap a wet towel at his eyes before attacking him until he wets himself out of the pain and fear.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette:To be expected of Abby due to her being a vampire but Owen despite being a normal boy is also extremely pale.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette:To be expected of Abby due to her being a vampire but Owen despite a normal boy is also extremely pale.

''Let Me In'' is a 2010 horror film by Creator/MattReeves (of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' fame, starring Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz, Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=], Creator/RichardJenkins, and Elias Koteas. It is an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'', based on the book of the same name by Creator/JohnAjvideLindqvist. It is produced by ''Film/HammerHorror'', making this their first movie in decades.

In 1982, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, young Owen is tormented by bullies and frustrated with his parents, who are too wrapped up in their divorce to offer him much sympathy. Everything changes for him when Abby moves in to the apartment next door. However, Abby is not what she seems, and as Owen strikes up a friendship with her, he is soon drawn into her dangerous life.

''Let Me In'' is a 2010 horror film by Creator/MattReeves (of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' fame, starring Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz and Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]. It is an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'', based on the book of the same name by Creator/JohnAjvideLindqvist. It is produced by ''Film/HammerHorror'', making this their first movie in decades.

* MomentKiller: After venting about how much he wants to leave town, Abby tenderly takes Owen's hand, and it seems it might be heading toward a kiss... when Owen's mother calls out to him. Owen's reaction really sells it.

* AdaptationDistillation: This version distills the plot further than the Swedish version did. Barely any characters other than the boy and the vampire even register, and one CompositeCharacter is created to fulfill the function of one of the demoted characters at the climax.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In ''Let the Right One In'', Eli had dark hair and Oskar was blonde. In this film, Owen has dark hair and Abby is the blonde.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Abby's intentions with Owen are a lot more ambiguous in this version. [[spoiler: While Håkan was recruited by Eli when he was an adult, Thomas has been Abby's caretaker since he was a child. This implies that she is just seeing Owen as a replacement, and he is doomed to become a murderer who will eventually be replaced as well.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Abby's intentions with Owen is a lot more ambiguous in this version. [[spoiler:While Håkan was recruited by Eli when he was an adult, Thomas has been Abby's caretaker since he was a child. This implies that she is just seeing Owen as a replacement, and he is doomed to become a murderer who will eventually be replaced as well.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Thomas still has a sad ending, despite the fact that in this version he's still a serial killer, [[spoiler:holding a sobbing Eli in his arms and letting her feed on him before falling out the hospital window to his death]]. Especially considering [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror what he does to his face]] [[HeroicSacrifice to keep Eli safe]] beforehand.]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Averted with the bullies and Eli being cruel and homicidal.

''Let Me In'' is a 2010 horror film by Creator/MattReeves (of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' fame, starring Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz and Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]. It is an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'', based on the book of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It is produced by ''Film/HammerHorror'', making this their first movie in decades.

''Let Me In'' is a 2010 horror film by Creator/MattReeves (of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' fame, starring Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz and Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]. It is an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'', based on the book of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It is produced by ''Film/HammerHorror'', their first movie in decades.

''Let Me In'' is a 2010 horror film by Creator/MattReeves (of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' fame, starring Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz and Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]. It is an English-language remake of the Swedish film ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'', based on the book of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Abby's intentions with Owen is a lot more ambigous in this version. [[spoiler:While Håkan was recruited by Eli when he was an adult, Thomas has been Abby's caretaker since he was a child. This implies that she is just seeing Owen as a replacement, and he is doomed to become a murderer who will eventually be replaced as well.]]

For tropes on the original book, see ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn''. For tropes on the Swedish film, see ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn''

* TheFaceless: Used in the English-language film to signify this is principally a tale about childhood ([[NotGrowingUpSucks more or less]]), with adult characters mostly peripheral and often fleeting. Owen's island-like status is emphasized by his absent father only making one scene by telephone, and his mother – a fairly constant presence in the book – appears numerous times yet is ''never once seen properly on camera'': she varies from being a distant figure, a ghostly reflection or obscured by a door, to fully visible yet thrown way out of focus or seen only from the neck down; even a passport-type photo glimpsed in her wallet is crumpled to the point of indistinguishability.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Thomas In this version seems to have been divorced from the clear pedophile storyline of Hakan in the book and the softened version of it from the Swedish film. Here there is a scene revealing that [[spoiler:his counterpart met Abby when he was a child]].
* AdaptationDistillation: This version distills the plot further than the Swedish version did. To the point that barely any characters other than the boy and the vampire even register, and one CompositeCharacter is created to fulfill the function of one of the demoted characters at the climax.

* AlasPoorVillain: Thomas still has a sad ending ,despite the fact that in this version he's still a serial killer,[[spoiler:holding a sobbing Eli in his arms and letting her feed on him before falling out the hospital window to his death]]. Especially considering [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror what he does to his face]] [[HeroicSacrifice to keep Eli safe]] beforehand.]]
* TheAlcoholic: In the remake, it was his mother that was the alcoholic.

* FacialHorror: Thomas after pouring acid on his face looks all the worse for it when he is in the hospital.
** Virginia in the remake as well where she is not only vampiric but getting rapidly burned by the sun.

* GenderFlip: Abby here is 100% female, her counterpart in the book and Swedish film, Eli, on the other hand was a castrated boy who for his/her reasons presented or was assumed to be a girl.

* SadisticChoice: The climax involves a sadistic contest of Owen being held underwater; if he can spend 3 minutes below the surface he just gets a cut on his cheek but if he can't spend 3 minutes below the surface, he gets his eye gouged out. Mind you he is also being held down by a bigger teen's hand which could also drown him instead. Also in the end averted with another sadistic ending, Owen's vampire lover comes to even the score.

* FacialHorror: Virginia in the remake when she is not only vampiric but getting rapidly burned by the sun.

* TheRenfield: Father procures blood for Abby.

* DisproportionateRetribution: In ''Let Me In'' they try to kill Owen for splitting Kenny's ear, in self defense no less.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the remake, it was omitted altogether, with a scene revealing that [[spoiler:his counterpart met Abby when he was a child]].
* AdaptationDistillation: The American version distills it further, so that barely any characters other than the boy and the vampire even register, and one new character is created to fulfill the function of one of the demoted characters at the climax.

* AlasPoorVillain: Hakan/ might be the only time in movie history where you could cry for the death of a ''serial-killing pedophile'', [[spoiler:holding a sobbing Eli in his arms and letting her feed on him before falling out the hospital window to his death]]. Especially considering [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror what he does to his face]] [[HeroicSacrifice to keep Eli safe]] beforehand.]]

* DangerTakesABackseat: One of the most intense sequences in the film has Father hiding in the backseat of a car in order to kill someone for Abby to feed on.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: in the remake, where the entire pool area let alone the pool is ridiculously dark.

* DeathSeeker: In the remake, it's more of an accident.
* DemotedToExtra: They are removed entirely from the American version.

* TheRemake:
** ForeignRemake: ''Let Me In'' is an American remake of the film version of ''Let The Right One In''.

* AdaptationDistillation: Whereas the original book had a few subplots, ''Let Me In'' is almost entirely devoted to Abby and Owen's relationship, with the detective character added in as a replacement for a character who was cut.

* BigBrotherBully: Kenny's older brother. It's implied that it's because of him that Kenny became a bully himself, since he calls Kenny a "little girl" to mock him in much the same way Kenny does to Owen.

* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Abby's slaughter of the bullies at the climax is obscured; the camera remains on Owen the whole time.]]

* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Abby's slaughter of the bullies at the climax is obscured; the camera remains on Owen the whole time.

* BiggerBad: In a deleted scene, it's revealed [[spoiler:Abby's uncle was a vampire who turned her after apparently raping her.]]

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