Let Me In (2010) / Let The Right One In (2008)
Fans of Swedish coming-of-age teen-vampire movie (and if a film ever defied categorization, it’s this one) Let the Right One In (2008) passionately swear by it and would likely swear at the people behind its Hollywood remake, Let Me In. But the truth is that Hollywood hasn’t let them down. Director Matt Reeves (best known for helming Cloverfield) cannily co-wrote Let Me In‘s screenplay with John Ajvide Lindqvist, who penned the original Swedish novel. The update casts Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead role of Abby, and neither she nor the always reliable Richard Jenkins (the father) disappoint, with the action moving from Stockholm to New Mexico (both locations appear equally cold). It’ll inevitably be called “the thinking man’s Twilight,” and with good reason. The right movie is indeed being let in to theaters.
Top 10 Hollywood Remakes
- Let Me In (2010) / Let The Right One In (2008)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) / Fanfaren der Liebe (1952)
- 12 Monkeys (1996) / La Jetée (1962)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) / The Seven Samurai (1954)
- Scent of a Woman (1992) / Profumo di Donna (1974)
- Solaris (2002) / Solyaris (1972)
- The Departed (2006) / Infernal Affairs (2002)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964) / Yojimbo (1961)
- The Birdcage (1996) / La Cage aux Folles (1978)
- Funny Games (2007) / Funny Games (1997)
