Let Me In

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee(Romulus,My Father;The Road)
Chloe Grace Moretz(500 Days of Summer;Kick-Ass;Diary of A Wimpy Kid)
Elias Koteas(I Come With The Rain;The Killer Inside Me;Shutter Island)
Richard Jenkins(Waiting For Forever;Dear John;Eat Pray Love)
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Let Me In is a remake of a Swedish film Lat Den Ratte Komma In (Let The Right One In) directed by Tomas Alfredson. It is a drama/horror movie released by Overture Films/Relativity Media in the US and Icon Film Distribution in the UK. It was released by a variety of producers including Simon Oakes and Guy East.
Owen(Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a sad lonely child whose mother ignores him while she is in the throes of a divorce. At school he is bullied mercilessly by a group of 'friends' ; Owen does not have much of a life. One night at home he meets Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz) who is 12 as well and has moved in next door to him . They strike up a friendship even though Abby says to him they cannot be friends. She tells him that he needs to stand up for himself and fight the bullies off; eventually he does so but with consequences. Abby reveals herself as a vampire and the fallout from this has consequences as well.
This was a well thought out thriller with good performances from Kodi Smit-McPhee and again from Chloe Grace Moretz (who's becoming quite a favourite for myself). Richard Jenkins played a solid character as did Elias Koteas.
With a good cast and a good premise and a little bit of malice thrown into the mix; I give it four stars out of five.