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I’m happy to announce that I have found a vampire flick that just really creeped me out to the bone. Let the Right One In is a Swedish film, and it is absent of any pretty boy vampires. Not only is it satisfyingly creepy, but it is a totally original vampire story. It is the story of a young, introverted boy being raised by his single mother in a nondescript apartment building in a nondescript small community in a nondescript country. In fact, the nondescript nature of the setting adds to the sinister feel of the film. One winter evening a young girl and what appears to be her father move into the apartment next to the boy and his mother. The boy, alone and despondent, befriends the girl, something she warned him would never happen. Not surprisingly, we discover that the girl is a vampire and she has an uncontrollable urge to drink blood. The old man is not her father, but her servant keeper. I don’t want to give up too much of the story, but I will say that it is not gory. There are very few “look away” moments. In fact, I was glued to the screen. It is a subtly scary, infinitely eerie, ultimately sweet story.

 The makers of the unexpectedly brilliant Swedish vampire thriller Let the Right One In use the same basic formula as recent blockbuster Twilight, but they have concocted a film that is infinitely more chilling – and touching - than its Hollywood counterpart.Based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist set in early-1980s small-town Sweden, director Tomas Alfredson’s film also deals with the intense but chaste relationship between a young outsider and an ageless vampire, yet here the protagonists are pre-pubescent and their bond is resolutely un-sexual, if no less romantic in its own way than Twilight’s swooning lovers.Kare Hedebrant’s Oskar is a pale, lonely, bullied 12-year-old boy from a broken home who fantasises about wreaking revenge on his tormentors. Then he encounters the mysterious Eli (Lina Leandersson), a girl who seems to be his age and who has just moved into the apartment next door.They meet at night, in the snow-draped courtyard of their block of flats. Each recognises the other’s alienation from the world around them and their friendship blossoms. Yet Eli, who only comes out at night, and who smells a little strange, is a vampire…Arriving in UK cinemas just a few weeks after the feeble Lesbian Vampire Killers, Let the Right One In is a sanguinary shot in the arm for the anaemic vampire movie genre, a thrilling transfusion of fresh blood.Significantly, the film eschews the crosses and garlic and other bits of Gothic paraphernalia one usually associates with the genre. Yet it meaningfully draws on other aspects of vampire lore, such as the convention that vampires have to be invited into your home before they can cross the threshold. Hence the film’s title, which Lindqvist has taken from the Morrissey song ‘Let the Right One Slip In.’ (“Let the right one in,” Morrissey sings. “I’d say you were within your rights to bite/The right one and say, ‘What kept you so long?’ ”)The film does do gore, though, and when it comes, in bursts of sudden violence, it is lurid an

Click to visit the cinema's website.LET THE RIGHT ONE IN The Cape Ann Community Cinema 267 East Main Street * East Gloucester 978/282-1988Fragile, anxious 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezing temperatures. It doesn’t take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.“A spectacularly moving and elegant film that is, at this point, the best movie of the year.” -John Anderson, Washington Post“I loved it, and it’s possibly the best vampire movie ever.” -Rob Newton, Creative Director of The Cape Ann Community CinemaPosted in Uncategorized Tagged: CACC, Cape Ann Community Cinema, film, horror, Movie, thriller, vampire

Vampires are so hot right now because of something called Twilight. I’d rather see this movie, though.

Hope ya’ll had a good Thanksgiving weekend.For ya’ll who know me and know what happened, things did get better after Wednesday’s fiasco.So let’s see…I ate like a mutha!! Moms made an incredible feast as we watched the 2 horrid NFL mismatches games. Afterwards my brother repeatedly handed me a beating in Wii Bowling and Baseball (We got unfinished biz!!).Friday came the Poolside BBQ with the crew blastin Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Purple tape. Parrot bay, OJ, Pinchos, Burgers…you get the picture.Flicks I finally got a chance to sit and watch:Zack & Miri Make a Porn - Funny as hell in the beginning, but then abruptly turned into a love story (i.e. Knocked Up).Eagle Eye - Dope movie, though you may get lost in translation to how everything turns out.Let the Right One In - Definitely recommend this movie!! There’s something about foreign films as of late that are making our movies look like amateurs are behind the pen and camera. It’s a swedish film with subtitles (don’t worry, you get used to them after 5 min. The dialogue ain’t THAT crazy.) and details a young girl who befriends a young boy who finds out there’s something VERY different about his new friend. Look for the US remake next year.Let the Right One In Trailer: Paul Williams fought on Saturday against Verno Phillips at 154 lbs. I can’t fron’t on Pitty Pat Pauly anymore. I think he’s at a realistic weight (154-160lbs) for his size and he looked pretty impressive though Phillips is a dwindling down 39 yr old fighter who actually gave Williams a good fight for as long as it lasted (9th round). Pauly is still talking about 147 and Margarito, but I think he can still make a name for himself at 154-160lbs which opens up the possibility for a match up with kelly Pavlik sometime in 2009. Keep your eye out on him.Posted in Random

En un barrio periférico de Estocolmo, Oskar, un tímido niño de doce años entabla amistad con Eli, su nueva y coetánea vecina. La negativa declaración de intenciones de ella, que en su primer encuentro sentencia que no van a poder ser amigos, se viene abajo cuando ambos personajes, introvertidos y desubicados en un mundo que [...]

OK, so this post is going to be all over the place since I haven’t blogged in such a long time. So bare with this ADD moment.My group film, Zyrianka (in which I wrote the screenplay and co-edited) was one of the top three finalists in Columbia College’s Take One Film Festival! We didn’t win first, but we did have some good competition along side of us. However, in my opinion, any of us that should have won, didn’t. Below were the top five finalists:The Microwave / by Jason ServiThe Old Man’s Road / by Adam OrtonTick Tock / by Aaron FronkZyrianka / by Golbon Eghtedari (group project)Breathe / by Matthew SilvaThe film about a microwave that reproduces stuff is the film that won. It beat out our film about a grandfather who tells his granddaughter of how he grew up in a Siberian labor camp during WWII. I guess machines and stuff are more interesting these days. We were also up against Aaron Fronk. Many people may know him from FND films or from his many videos on You Tube. He made a hilarious film about how absurd reality TV has gotten.  I couldn’t get past the fact that it seemed like I was watching a short that was made for You Tube audiences but shot on 16mm film. However, the film certainly deserved to be there. It was well made and indeed hilarious. The film I actually thought was going to win, The Old Man’s Road, didn’t. In fact it only got the audience vote, which I thought was way off. That film deserved more than that.Over winter break, I plan on finally creating a website devoted to my creative works. My portfolio if you will. When I have that up and running I will have my group’s film, Zyrianka on there as well for everyone to see.Let The Right One InYou need to go see “Let The Right One In.” I saw this film yesterday. It is breathtaking. I would have to say it is by far my favorite vampire movie ever. Below is a trailer for it. It is only in 26 select cities I think. So check your local theaters to see if it’s ...