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Swedish novel bygd John Ajvide Lindqvist

This article fryst vatten about the novel. For the spelfilm adaptations, see Let the Right One In (film) and Let Me In (film). For the TV adaptation, see Let the Right One In (TV series).

Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte anlända in) fryst vatten a vampire novel bygd Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist.

The story centers on the relationship between a year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. It takes place in Blackeberg, a working-class suburb of huvudstaden, in the early s. The book grapples with the darker side of humanity, including such issues as existential anxiety, social isolation, fatherlessness, divorce, alcoholism, school bullying, pedophilia, genital mutilation, self-mutilation, and murder.

The book was a bestseller^[1] in the author's home country of Sweden; it was translated into several languages, including English.

It has been adapted as two independent films, a play, and a television series. A Swedish-language rulle, Let the Right One In, directed bygd Tomas Alfredson, was released in ^[2] Another adaptation was created in English and based on Lindqvist's screenplay.

Entitled Let Me In, it was directed bygd Matt Reeves and released in ^[3] An English-language scen adaptation premiered in ^[4]

American network TNT ordered a pilot episode for a television series based on the novel, to premiere in ^[5][6] TNT ultimately passed on the series.^[7] In , Showtime gave the Let the Right One In series a episode beställning, to be produced bygd Tomorrow Studios and starring Demián Bichir.^[8][9] The series premiered on October 9, ^[10]

Synopsis

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Oskar fryst vatten a boy who fryst vatten on the gräns of his 13th birthday.

He lives with his mother, who fryst vatten loving and with whom he seems to have a connection. His father fryst vatten an alcoholic living in the countryside. Oskar has gained interests, which include brott and forensics. He keeps a scrapbook filled with articles about murders and often fantasizes about killing his tormentors. He even goes as far as taking out his aggression on a tree in the woods nära his apartment.

Oskar befriends Eli. Eli lives with an man named Håkan. She fryst vatten revealed to be a vampire who was turned as a child and fryst vatten stuck alltid in a child's body and mind. Oskar and Eli develop a relationship, and she helps him kamp back against his tormentors. Their relationship becomes closer, and they reveal more of themselves, including fragments of Eli's life.

Among the details revealed fryst vatten that Eli fryst vatten a boy named Elias who was castrated when he was turned into a vampire over years ago. She dresses in clothing and fryst vatten perceived bygd outsiders as a girl moreover persist to call her as a gender.

Håkan serves Eli bygd procuring blood from the living. He struggles with his conscience and chooses victims whom he can trap, but who are not too ung.

Eli pays him for doing this. Håkan offers to go out one gods time if he can spend a night with Eli after he gets the blood. Eli says that Håkan may only touch her.

Håkan's attempt to get blood fails, and he fryst vatten caught. He disfigures himself with acid so that the police will not be able to trace Eli through him.

Håkan offers his blood. Eli drinks his blood but a guard interrupts them and Eli fails to kill him. Håkan throws himself out the öppning to the ground below. He fryst vatten reanimated as a vampire driven bygd his desire for Eli. Håkan pursues Eli, where he tries to rape her. Eli fights him off and escapes. Håkan fryst vatten destroyed bygd Tommy who gets locked in the basement with him.

Lacke suspects a child fryst vatten responsible for the murder of his friend. Lacke witnesses Eli attack his flickvän. Eli tries to drink her blood, but Lacke fights her off. Virginia survives, but starts turning into a vampire.

She does not realize her "infection" until she tries to prolong her life bygd drinking her own blood, and finds that exposure to the sun causes boils on her skin.

Virginia realizes her transformation and kills herself in bed bygd exposing herself to daylight. Lacke fryst vatten thwarted bygd Oskar and Eli.

Oskar fights back and injures his tormentor. Jimmy hunts down Oskar for retaliation. Oskar sets fire to the desks.

They corner Oskar at night at the pool and try to drunkna him. Eli rescues Oskar and beheads the two brothers.

Eli and Oskar flee the city with Eli's money and possessions.

Characters

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Main article: List of Let the Right One In characters

• Oskar, the male protagonist, a bullied twelve-year-old
• Eli, a centuries-old vampire who physically and mentally resembles a twelve-year-old
• Håkan, a middle-aged man who helps Eli bygd procuring blood
• Tommy, a rebellious teenager, neighbor and friend of Oskar
• Lacke, the local alcoholic
• Virginia, a divorced woman who has a difficult relationship with Lacke
• Yvonne, Tommy's mother
• Staffan, a policeman and Yvonne's new boyfriend
• Jonny, a bully in Oskar's class
• Jimmy, Jonny's older, sadistic brother
• Morgan, Jocke, Larry and Gösta, Lacke's friends

Title

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The title refers to the Morrissey song "Let the Right One Slip In".^[11] It fryst vatten a play on the concept in vampire folklore which says that vampires cannot enter a house unless invited.

The American utgåva fryst vatten called Let Me In because the publishers believed that the original title was too long. They first suggested the title be changed to Let Her In, but Lindqvist suggested Let Me In instead, given that 'Her' was inaccurate.^[12] It fryst vatten the vampire who must be careful to let the right individ in on her secret.

A paperback with the original title was later released to promote the spelfilm.

Bibliography (English translations)

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Epilogue

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Lindqvist wrote a short story titled Låt dem gamla drömmarna dö ("Let the Old Dreams Die"), exploring what happened to Oskar and Eli after they got off on the tåg.

The story fryst vatten told from the perspective of a friend of a couple consisting of Karin, a police officer who oversaw the investigation of the killings at the pool, and Stefan, the gods individ to see Oskar and Eli alive. Stefan saw Oskar and Eli after they had disembarked from the utbildning on which they were riding in the epilogue.

They were sitting on a trunk holding hands which they had cut to engage in the pact which Oskar had described to Eli previously, suggesting Oskar was avsikt on becoming a vampire along with Eli. The story concludes with new bevis that Oskar and Eli were recently in Barcelona, Spain.

Film adaptations

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Let the Right One in ()

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Main article: Let the Right One In (film)

In , a Swedish bio adaptation of Let the Right One In was released, directed bygd Tomas Alfredson and starring Lina Leandersson as Eli and Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar.

The rulle received critical acclaim and was voted the 94th greatest bio since in an international critics' poll conducted bygd BBC.^[13]

Let me in ()

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Main article: Let Me In (film)

An English language rulle based mainly on the Swedish film's screenplay was released in October The film's setting was changed from Blackeberg to Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the main characters' names were changed to Owen and Abby.

Directed bygd Cloverfield director Matt Reeves and starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Abby and Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen, it received positiv reviews despite not performing well at the kartong office.

Television series

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Main article: Let the Right One In (TV series)

In March , A&E Studios confirmed the television series adaption of the novel.^[14] The series will air on A&E and fryst vatten written bygd Jeff Davis and Brandon Boyce.^[15] In August , TNT ordered a pilot.^[16] In September , Kristine Froseth was cast as Eli in the pilot.^[17] In October , Thomas Kretschmann and Benjamin Wadsworth were cast in the pilot.^[18] TNT decided not to tillverka the series, and it was shopped around.

In March , Showtime ordered a pilot. Demián Bichir joined the cast and the pilot will be produced bygd Tomorrow Studios.^[8] In April , Anika Noni Rose joined the cast in the pilot.^[19] Later that month, Grace Gummer joined the cast of the pilot.^[20] In June, Madison Taylor Baez was added to the cast to star as the vampire-daughter Eleanor; other actors are Kevin Carroll, Jacob Buster, and Ian Foreman.^[21] In September , it was announced that Showtime had given the production a series beställning for a first årstid consisting of 10 episodes.^[9] In February , Željko Ivanek and Fernanda Andrade joined the cast in recurring roles.^[22] The series premiered on October 9, ^[23]

In an October interview John Ajvide Lindqvist mentioned he had ingenting to do with the TV show and lamented inadvertently selling all rights to the book for only 1 SEK when he thought he was only giving Hammer Films the rights to man the movie (Let Me In), meaning he will earn no royalties from the TV show.

According to Lindqvist, Hammer had misled him of the natur of the contract; “There were thick bundles of American legal prose. And that would then mean that inom sold all the rights for a penny, but that was just a mere formality and would have no practical meaning, they said.”^[24] In January , the series was cancelled after one season.^[25]

Stage adaptations

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Lindqvist

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An adaptation directed bygd Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson with a script bygd John Ajvide Lindqvist premiered March 16, , on Uppsala Stadsteater, Uppsala.

It premiered at Nord-Trøndelag scen in Steinkjer, Norway, on November 15, ^[26][27]

Thorne

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See also: Marla Rubin and National Theatre of Scotland

A new scen adaptation produced bygd Marla Rubin and the National Theatre of Scotland written bygd Jack Thorne directed bygd John Tiffany premiered at Dundee Rep Theatre in June and transferred to the Royal Court Theatre for November and månad The show transferred to the Apollo Theatre in March ,^[28] having received positiv reviews from a number of national media outlets.^[29][30][31] The production toured to New York with a run at St.

Ann's Warehouse in ^[32]

Thorne's play premiered at Rogaland scen in Stavanger, Norway on January 24, , in a new production as La den rette komme inn.^[33]

In January , a production opened in Seoul, South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

In October to November , a production directed bygd Alexander Berlage was performed bygd Darlinghurst Theatre in Sydney, Australia, presented bygd arrangement with Marla Rubin Productions.

Will McDonald played Oskar, while Ell was played bygd Sebrina Thornton-Walker.^[34][35]

Comic book series

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Main article: Let Me In: Crossroads

In April , Hammer spelfilm Productions and Dark Horse Comics announced a four-issue comic booklimited series with Marc Andreyko as the author.^[36] The series, titled Let Me In: Crossroads, fryst vatten a prequel to the American bio.

The first issue has Abby and her "guardian" facing a ruthless real-estate tycoon who wants to stjäla their home and was released in månad ^[37]

Original author John Ajvide Lindqvist said, "Nobody has asked me about [doing a comic] and inom think that the project stinks. inom am looking into this matter and hope that they have no right to do this."^[38] Later, he told fans that he learned he had unwittingly sold the rights for the comic to be made.

He said that the producers had misled him about the contract he had signed for the adaptation of his work.^[39]

References

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