Vampires! Why were these films such outstanding critical successes, and what can we learn from that? Using children as a mechanism to tell a mature story. Vampires as a medium rather than a plot outline. Eli’s guardian Hakan. The brutality of Let the Right One In. How the film treats violence. Vampire lore here and in other movies. Films that use the Let the Right One In philosophy. Unanswered questions. What Interview with the Vampire did for the genre. Anne Rice. What the bookends accomplish. Vampire theatre! No one better say anything about how silly this all is, ok? How scope impacts a film. Roadmap.
Listen | Download AAC | Download MP3
Let the Right One In: 2:21 | Interview With the Vampire: 23:04
Google Startpages
Also referenced: Nosferatu, Dracula, Blade, Underworld, Blacula, Dead Snow, X-Files, 28 Days Later, May, Cloverfield, Hellsing, Lord of the Rings, Teen Wolf, Superman, Pink Flamingos, The Shape of Things, The Libertine, Queen of the Damned, Pi, The Fountain
Covers
Click on a cover to view/download high resolution version.
Let the Right One In
IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writer: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar,Henrik Dahl
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
Interview With the Vampire
IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Neil Jordon
Writer: Anne Rice
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.
