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Originally Posted by scott free

For horror enthusiasts, i really couldnt recommend Let Me In any higher, when i saw Stephen Kings blurb on the front cover that said "The Best American Horror Movie in 20 Year' i said... i'll be the judge of that, i'd remembered the trailers & couldnt have cared less about a preteen girl vampire.

Wow was he right, original take on the genre from start to finish, beautifully shot. You can take it as a life metaphor on several levels & admire it that way as a piece of art or you can get into it strictly as a horror movie, it just succeeds in so many way. To quickly & cheaply categorize it, think a mix of Sixth Sense for eerie suspense & subdued look with elements of Interview With A Vampire, Shakespearian love tragedies like MacBeth & the Shining.

This movie engages you in so many ways... King was right.

Original is still better