Let The Right One In American Remake

After finishing the book and loving the movie, I cant help but think that an American Remake of the film would be a bad idea. I fear that the director may take out all the meaning to the film and turn it into a horror flick or worse - A Twilight Knock-Off. Still, there have been some exceptions. A Tale of Two Sisters remade into The Uninvited was a great film despite being forgettable. What do you all think of this?

Oh god I heard about this, I think it won't go well.

Let the Right One In does not need a remake. It was an amazing film on its own merits. But the way they are selling this film is not as a remake but as a "re-imagining" of the book. I really don't see how they are going to avoid comparisons to what was already a great film though. I haven't seen Cloverfield but seeing "from the director Cloverfield" on the poster does not inspire my confidence!!! Its not really a question of whether it will be good or bad - its more of a question of WHY it needs to be done!! Its not secret that Hollywood is really scrapping the barrel for ideas..

Edit: They've also changed the title to Let Me In - not a good start :roll:

I've yet to see the original Swedish version, but I've inferred from forum discussions on IMDB and elsewhere that ...

[spoiler] ... the vampire "girl" is actually a young eunuch, making the relationship with the boy an essentially homosexual one. Is that correct, or have I been misled? [/spoiler]

If there were an American remake, it would be interesting to see whether they chose to leave that in or decided to "sanitize" it.

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Stesilaus

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Silent-Hal

Thanks for the confirmation. I wonder whether that detail will appear in the American remake!

It's not a remake but another adaptation of the novel. It could be good but it won't be better than the original film.

I loved the original movie, but I'm not particularly interested in seeing this one... nor am I interested in judging it 'till release.

As long as the little vampyer gets to say:
"at least i don't sparkle."

That would make my day.