In late 2008, this chilling story of young vampire love sunk its teeth into the Film Streams community.

Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. Based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN follows Oskar, a fragile, anxious 12-year-old who is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. Oskar’s wish for a friend seems to come true when a 12-year-old girl named Eli moves in next door with her father. A pale, serious young girl, Eli only comes out at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezing temperatures. Coinciding with her arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator – and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn’t take long before he realizes Eli’s secret.

“As delicate, haunting, and poetic a film as you’re ever bound to see. A chilling fairy tale.” (Guillermo del Toro)