LET ME IN

"LET ME IN"(2010/U.S.A/U.K)
In Los Alamos, New Mexico, the twelve year-old Owen is a lonely and outcast boy bullied in school by Kenny and two other classroom mates; at home, Owen dreams on revenging the trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old next door neighbor Abby that only appears during the night in the playground of their building. Meanwhile, Abby's father is a wanted serial-killer that drains the blood of his victims to supply Abby, who is actually an ancient vampire. Abby advises Owen to react to Kenny fighting back; however, sooner he discovers that she is a vampire and he feels fear and love for the girl. Meanwhile a police officer is investigating the murder cases believing that it is a satanic cult.


This movie not like the showy like other horror films. But after the ending, I realized this movie was good.
Abby was a vampire and she was unable to escape from her fate. Owen was scared of her but he thought he could trust her more than anyone. If  they were adults, they would not be friends each other. But they were children and innocent, so they were the best friends each other.
The mystery of the movie is how and when Abby became a vampire. She was to live long without getting old, so her father was her former partner. Before she met her father, she might have had an another partner. I thought all of them became serial-killers because of her. In this movie, there was no information about her past. The audience will  have a keen interest in her past. (In fact, the comic was written out of her past.)
I'm also interested in what happened to Abby and Owen after the story. Owen decided to stay with her, so he might be in the same boat with her former partners.
I think their destiny was cruel and very sad, but they would be happy to be with each other.
Although this movie is a story of serial murder, the hero and the heroine are just innocent children. The innocence of a child is precious but sometimes it can be cruel in this case.


My rating:★★★