WATCH PARTY: Let The Right One In (2008) Tomas Alfredson @ Jordan-Newby Library

Our next horror pick for October. Never seen this, but it's based on a well-known novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. We'll be on the 2nd floor of Jordan-Newby Library in the Cloud Room, on the left as you get off the elevator/stairs.

RUNTIME: 114 minutes

SYNOPSIS: When Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli (Lina Leandersson), they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl. Eventually, Eli shares her dark, macabre secret with Oskar, revealing her connection to a string of bloody local murders.

BLURBS:
"A modern genre classic, reinterpreting a familiar story with emotional delicacy and visual force." - Eddie Cockrell, Sydney Morning Herald

"Let the Right One In, a deliciously macabre story of a tentative romance between a bullied 12-year-old boy and the strange girl who moves in next door, is pure magic." - Wendy Ide, The Times (UK)

"At once a devastating, curiously uplifting inhuman drama and a superbly crafted genre exercise, Let The Right One In can stand toe-to-toe with Spirit Of The Beehive, Pan's Labyrinth or Orphee. See it." - Kim Newman, Empire Magazine