Language: Swedish Year: 2008
Set in the early 80's, this film tells the story of a young boy Oskar who's life starts to change as he begins a relationship with Eli a young girl who moves into his tower block. After enduring years of bullying and loneliness, Oskar finds that his friendship with Eli is more beneficial than he thought. As their relationship progresses, we realise that this isn't a straight forward horror flick but a love story. We witness the children fall in love over the course of the film through late night conversations in the freezing snow to more disturbing scenes as they show the lengths they would go to protect each other. For all intents and purposes this is a vampire movie but it is certainly not conventional. This is a fresh take on the genre and and one that challenged my views on what a horror film should be.
both of the lead characters are played by newcomers that completely excel in their roles and John Ajvide Lindqvist, who wrote both the original novel and the screenplay and director Tomas Alfredson have created an absolutely beautiful film that is genuinely scary but also incredibly moving.
A remake is due out later this year starring Chloe Moretz ( Kick-Ass) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) in the title roles and is to be directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). You never know...
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