LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

Rated R; 117min; Director:Tomas Alfredson

Location: Alamo South Lamar

The absolute unparalleled HIT of Fantastic Fest 2008 returns for a theatrical engagement ONLY at the Alamo!

"An imaginative, sympathetic spin on a classic horror theme." - Hollywood Reporter

"Though many of the traditional paraphernalia of the bloodsucking genre are present and accounted for in Tomas Alfredson's movie—teeth sink into necks, windows must be boarded lest the vampire expire in the light of day—this is a vampire movie like no other." - David Ansen, Newsweek

"Tomas Alfredson somehow takes a wild premise -- a ravenous 12-year-old bloodsucker who strikes up a romance with a bullied young boy in small-town Sweden -- and executes it with restraint and style." - New York Magazine

"Just when you thought every ounce of metaphor and meaning had been wrung from the vampire movie, along comes Tomas Alfredson’s chilly, claustrophobic tale to infuse fresh blood into the genre." - Time Out New York

"Spectrally beautiful" - Manohla Dargis, New York Times

"Alfredson has helmed a classic-in-the-making, with a final set piece that uses visuals in a fresh, inventive, and startling combination that will be talked about for years to come." - Film Threat

A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her caretaker.

Coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator – and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn't take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Oskar becomes increasingly aware of the tragic, inhuman dimension of Eli's plight, but cannot bring himself to forsake her. Frozen forever in a twelve-year-old's body, with all the burgeoning feelings and confused emotions of a young adolescent, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can ...

Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.

Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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