Let The Right One In (2008) feat. Chandler Bullock

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another gorgeous vampire film as we finally tackle Tomas Alfredson's Let The Right One In (2008). Along for the ride is The Beauty of Horror's Chandler Bullock, who connects deeply with the depiction of bullying in the film. Expect all three of us to get very candid! In addition to bullying, we unpack a multiplicity of trans readings for Eli, the eternal 12 year vampire, as well as debate at length whether the end of the film is a tragedy, a love story or both. Plus: Trace's thirst for child blood, Chandler and Trace's take on the stage production, a missed Oscar opportunity and Joe fills in the gaps between the book, the Swedish film and its American remake (for a lot more on that, check out his YA adaptation podcast Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr which did a tie-in episode) References: Vrai Kaiser. "Let The Right One In Is a Queer Vampire Story." Fashionable Tinfoil Hats Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Chandler: @_Shockaholic / @BeautyHorrorPod Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:10.6	The following show is just horrifying.
0:15.9	Beware. Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.
0:33.5	Your lemon squares taste like ass.
0:45.5	And welcome back to horror queers.
0:47.7	We're talking extreme bullying.
0:50.3	We're talking absent parents.
0:53.9	And we're talking hunting for men in the underpass. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace. And we're talking hunting for men in the underpass and i'm joe and i'm trace and we're talking
0:57.3	extreme bullies getting extremely ripped apart in an extreme pool oh my god it's honestly one of
1:05.2	my favorite scenes in all of horror i love it it is real good although mean, like, full confession, I get the artistry behind the scene and why we don't
1:15.5	see a lot of it, but isn't the little gay boy inside of you, like, I want to see these
1:19.8	fuckers, like the fear in their faces as they get ripped apart?
1:23.8	Oh, I don't know.
1:24.8	There is something so satisfying about just seeing a head pop into a pool and thinking,
1:29.5	oh, I don't need to see it because I can imagine it and it is hell of satisfying.
1:33.5	Yeah, but I want to see their faces.
1:36.6	Anyway, but that's going to remove all the artistry from the film.
1:39.8	So everyone, we are discussing, let the right one end.
1:42.8	Of course, the adaptation of the book, not the American remake.
1:46.1	We are doing the Swedish original and for good fucking reason, because it is awesome.
1:51.4	It is.
1:52.2	And we're not going to come down hard on the American remake because I have rewatched this recently, in fact, because gentle plug, in case people don't know, I have a YA podcast.
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