Hello Monsters! Welcome to a special Monster Family™ viewing of Let the Right One In. We start watching at 6 PM EST. Find the movie on Netflix here.
If you’re curious, check out the recipes of the foods I’ll be putting on my family/in my face! This will be accompanied by champagne and wine.
Here are some ideas for what to post in the comments:
- What you’re drinking
- What you’re eating
- How scared you are at any given moment
- How much Swedish you speak
- Why children are the creepiest
- How much work you have to do after the movie because you put it off all weekend
- Have you seen the original Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy?
- If you think the kid actors are traumatized for life now
- How comfortable your couch/chair is
- What pets are joining you
Let’s watch!
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Welcome monsters!
Gonna start ‘er up now
Looks like Swedish and German have a lot in common
I’m gonna go ahead and watch, so just say hi if you’re watching too
Heeey, I’m not watching right now, but I might put it on when I’m packing later, but only if it stays daylight for many more hours!
In answer to a couple of your questions, I can say Thank You in Swedish, I have no pets, and I am going to grab Wendy’s after I run to the store.
You know more swedish than I do!
Ahh, I’m late! I’m gonna start now but if it gets too scary I’m switching to Gilmore Girls.
Ok! Not too scary so far
I like that it’s as a much a drama as a horror, which is probably why I can handle watching it.
Yeah no big deal JUST A GUY GETTING DRAINED OF BLOOD
Oh yeah, that 🙂
It’s really not that scary though. Like Theresa said, it’s more of a drama and the lack of horror conventions really helps make the scary parts tolerable.
Sorry I’m late! Netflix crapped out on me and I can’t get it to work (I haven’t updated my iPad because I’m afraid of iOS 8, but I guess I have to now). I’ll keep trying, but I’ve seen the movie already anyway, so I’ll just comment along. Children are the absolute creepiest, though, I think we can all agree.
Especially Oskar with that platinum blond hair. Extra creepy!
That is some creepy hair
Blond children are definitely the creepiest. They look too much like dolls, and we all know dolls are evil.
Hells yeah! Especially old-timey porecelein dolls
I really love the way this movie looks. I’m such a sucker for good cinematography, plus the whole stark, Scandinavian thing.
The color palette is awesome
BTW is everyone really annoyed by the constant and erratic subtitle movement?
I’m not having that…
Really? Ugh, Netflix! The subs on mine keep switching from bottom to top placement for no real reason.
You mean on the top and bottom of the screen?
Haha yes! It’s bugging me!
That’s funny, I didn’t notice until you mentioned it
Leave it to me to ruin your experience!
Not at all, it doesn’t bother me. Don’t worry!
I finally got it working! An hour late, now that it’s getting dark out. Thanks, Netflix!
That’s okay! you guys can tell me where you are in the film. I don’t want to give anything away
This is my second time watching it, so don’t worry about spoilers (for me, anyway). Have you gotten to the cat scene yet? I definitely remember the cat scene!
Oh yeah, just saw it!
Ugh, I forgot how much Oskar’s parents suck (#vampirepuns)
No kidding
You ok Trix?
Yeah, but this bullying is making me mad!
Yeah I really want to smash those little assholes in the nose
The bullies are so convincingly awful. I know he’s an evil blond doll child, but leave him alone!!
It’s like bullying Damien
So Eli’s helper dude is definitely the creepiest character to me. Do we think he’s been with Eli since HE was a kid? I can’t decide if that’s better or worse than if they met when he was already an adult and he just decided on a career as a vampire’s prey wrangler.
I wonder.
She does that thing where she morphs into a grown woman, so I imagine they’re the same age…
He’s also so bad at his job! I get that luring people to their horrible deaths is a challenge, but come on, dude, pull your weight.
I know, his timing is terrible
Yeah, I had that same thought. Both times we saw him attempt this were utter failures! I’m choosing to interpret it as him slipping up/phoning it in in his old age.
Old, and maybe he was just done. May have subconsciously wanted to get caught.
Maybe her brother?
Ooh, a family member is a definite possibility. I know that in the book, Eli is really old and probably wouldn’t have any living relatives, but there’s no reason to assume that the book canon is the same as the movie canon, since the movie is far more vague.
Why don’t these people listen to their cats?
Holy crap cat attack!!!
THE BEST SCENE (and seriously, always trust a cat’s reaction)
Now I know why some older people have so many cats. It’s for protection! They know something we don’t
Ah! Oskar just caught the bloodlust over here!
Woo!
Gonna be honest here: if I’d had the chance to befriend a vampire when I was like 12 I absolutely would have done it
Oh me too
I just got home from dropping off my friends dog, who I was dogsitting this weekend. Yay cute puppy! I’m sad I missed out on the family party but I’m happy you all were here! Very spoopy sunday!!!
VERY spoopy movie!
Also I made a lot of cookies!
OMG WHAT?
You can delete that Theresa!
Well you have a really good view of my cookies!
No way, they look too good!
Well thanks!. They’re pumpkin chocolate chip. I don’t mind saying they’re as good as they look
Oh man, those look good. I already had brownies and grape pie today, though, so I really shouldn’t want cookies (I do want cookies).
Still ok Trix?
I’d be better with one of those cookies in my face.
I had five
Trix may have switched to Gilmore Girls
Still here! I’m creeped out but now I’m invested.
Little girl pubis! Swedes, you are twisted!
Yeah, no kidding. I was wondering if that was an androgynous thing? Like the scar didn’t… match… the proper location, and she was otherwise sort of genderless? I had this idea that when you become a vampire, you lose your gender
Ah, we can talk about this scene now! Because guys, in the book, Eli is a boy who was mutilated to look more like a girl by a pervy old vampire who was obsessed with him. SO, what do we think about movie Eli? Because it’s a bit more ambiguous–she seems to have a scar (I really did not want to look that closely at naked child) and earlier she tells him “I’m not a girl,” which at first I just took to mean that her mental age is much older.
Omg that book must be bizarre. She said she’s not a girl, and I was thinking she became androgynous when she became a vampire, but she does have that scar, so something must have happened there
Yeah, don’t know if she means “I’m not a girl, I’m a vampire” or “I’m not a girl, I’m a woman” but I don’t think she’d describe herself as a woman
Just looking up the name Eli… It’s a masculine name generally but can be used as a feminine name in Nordic languages
So I’m still not sure! Not that it matters so much either way, but it’s interesting. I’m guessing the American remake of the movie left out any reference to it altogether.
Also Oskar is surprised in the beginning when she tells him her name, so I think he thought of it as a boy’s name… I think they’re hinting at what happened in the book
Yeah, that makes sense to me too. Also I was glad when the bullies drank the pool. Does that make a bad person? (No. Those bullies were asking for it!)
There was really no way to identify with the bullies. They just sucked. I was perfectly content to see them dismembered, although I had to cover my eyes a bit when… parts fell into the water
I totally cheered when the bullies got theirs. Way to make me happy about the gruesome deaths of children, movie!
Yeah her name is Abby in the American film, that is so annoying
Well, that was unsettling and emotional! Glad I challenged myself and happy to say this movie won’t haunt my daylight and nighttime hours for the next couple months.
Yeah, I wish there were more “serious” horror films, or horror/dramas like this, because I really like creepy stuff, but can’t handle super scariness.
I like the scares but not a whole lotta gore. This was a beautiful film really.
Trix I’m proud of you, you did it!