Movie Review: Let Me In

Our professor introduced this movie to us by saying that it is currently the most loved horror movie of a lot of directors. So, I expected that I would get scared and I won’t be able to sleep for a couple of nights effect (just like what Paranormal Activity did to me). But, it did not give me that, though the movie did not fail me either.

Here’s what I think..

Summary:

“Twelve-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Chloe Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owen's age, Abby emerges from her heavily curtained apartment only at night and always barefoot, seemingly immune to the bitter winter elements. Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two have formed a unique bond. 

When a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, Abby's father disappears, and the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she repeatedly rebuffs Owen's efforts to help her and her increasingly bizarre behavior leads the imaginative Owen to suspect she's hiding an unthinkable secret.” (here's a full plot summary)

Overall assessment:

All throughout the movie, I am preparing myself from some terrifying scenes to cover up. What I got was just some gross scenes because of the blood when Abby’s supposed-father hunted for blood to feed her.

And just for this one that I can barely look at the screen.

Freaky eyes.

Other than those two scenes, the rest was bearable to watch for a scaredy-cat like me. I mean, it is a horror movie but has the soul, for me to feel the anguish of the usual antagonist.

The movie showed the side of the antagonist, Abby (could also be protagonist). Despite that the movie showed that Abby kills, it showed also her struggle. So it did not make me hate her but feel her.

I just did not like how the story itself turned out. At the end, they showed that Abby made Owen to be her somewhat guradian/companion also. It was what she did to her supposed-to-be-father who hunted blood for her and died. It was a sad story for me, but I guess not everything ends with a happy ending.
My rating:
9/10