The Best Vampire Movie

Oskar is a 12-year old boy who gets bullied a lot at school. His helpless demeanor found him a reassuring company in Eli, a neighbor who just recently moved in. Eli is a charming and intelligent girl who happens to be just as mysterious as the freezing town that would soon turn out to be the venue of a series of bloody murders.

It was supposed to be some kind of a blood compact ceremony to seal their juvenile love affair. Oskar brought Eli to a room then started cutting his palm and asked Eli to do just the same. When blood started to trickle down Oskar's arm, Eli could not help but throw herself towards the floor and bask at the freshness of Oskar's blood.

Eli is a vampire, and Oskar took it without care. Afterall, it was Eli who inspired him to pull himself together and take revenge at those school cutthroats. With a full string of community bloodbaths in the background, Eli and Oskar followed a trail discovering the ripeness of infatuation that bordered through a growing social conundrum.

Let the Right One In is a Swedish vampire film. Scenes were visually light yet heavy with the impending doom of the unraveling storyline. Unlike in mainstream vampire films, there were no hormone-raging subplots that get the story blown in a thousand directions. Instead, it was handled with charm, wit, and sincerity of characters that were built up in a manner that renders it impervious to careless filmmaking.

But I ended up so loving this film for the simple reason that I find the love story very cute and kilig; not to mention the last time I got this scared was when I watched Aiza Seguerra and Manilyn Reynes in Aswang.