Is Let the Right One In scary?

Moderately so — Let the Right One In mixes scares with other modes. As a teen film, it scored 5.5/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

How many jump scares are in Let the Right One In?

Let the Right One In has 2 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Let the Right One In?

Let the Right One In is tagged as teen, vampire, supernatural on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Let the Right One In

2008 · R · 1h 54m · Swedish

Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years, and she just moved in next door.

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.8

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

Carried by atmosphere.

Jump scares

Let the Right One In has 2 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.8Overall

Fear5.5

Gore5.5

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

romancedramamysteryhorrorfantasy

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Details

Budget$4M

Box office$11.2M

Directed by

Tomas Alfredson

Written by

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema

Music

Johan Söderqvist

Starring

Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar · Lina Leandersson as Eli · Per Ragnar as Håkan · Henrik Dahl as Erik · Karin Bergquist as Yvonne · Peter Carlberg as Lacke · Ika Nord as Virginia · Mikael Rahm as Jocke

Production

Bavaria Film International, Chimney Sweden, EFTI, Fido Film, Filmpool Nord, Sandrew Metronome Sverige, SVT, WAG

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