Let the right one in / Anne Billson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billson, Anne, author.

Series:

Devil's advocates.

Devil's advocates

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vampire films--21st century--History and criticism.

Vampire films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These days it takes a very special vampire movie to stand out. Like 'Twilight', the Swedish film 'Let the Right One In' is a love story between a human and a vampire but there the resemblance ends. 'Let the Right One In' is not a romantic fantasy but combines the supernatural with social realism. Set on a housing estate in the suburbs of Stockholm in the early 1980s, it's the story of Oskar, a lonely, bullied child, who makes friends with Eli, the girl in the next apartment. 'Oskar, I'm not a girl,' she tells him and she's not kidding. They forge a relationship which is oddly innocent yet disturbing, two outsiders against the rest of the world. But one of these outsiders is, effectively, a serial killer. While 'Let the Right One In' is startlingly original, it nevertheless couldn't have existed without the near century of vampire cinema that preceded it.

Contents:

Cover ; Series List; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Introduction; 'Be Me, For a Little While'; Textual Analysis; The Other Swedish Vampire Movie; The Vampire's Arrival; Meeting the Vampire; The Vampire as Serial Killer; The Vampire as Metaphor; Sex and the Vampire; Becoming a Vampire; The Vampire's Lifestyle; The Vampire's Nemesis; The Vampire's Assistant; Vampire Rules; The Vampire's Departure

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2011.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781800850583

1800850581

9781800342514

1800342519

9781800347311

1800347316

9781906733964

1906733961

OCLC:

1237546579