Let The Right One In is the original of the two films and it is a Swedish film which includes english subtitles. Let Me In is the more recent remake of the original which is an American film.
Let The Right One In is a 2008 Swedish film which was based on a novel of the same name. It got positive feedback off its audience and critics and it recieved awards from all over. Including the Critical Consensus Award, the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film and the Founders Award for the Best Narrative Feature. The film was also ranked #15 in Empire Magazine's 2010 list of "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema"
Let Me In was the 2010 American remake of the Swedish Let The Right One In. However, directer Matt Reeves promoted the film as being a new take on the original film and novel which he was critisised for as it was said the newer film was too similar to the Swedish version. The plot is very similar with only a few differences including the name changes of the characters. The film was #5 among the ten lowest-grossing releases of 2010 from major studios. This film still received some positive feedback as horror author Stephen King wrote "Let Me In is a genre-busting triumph. Not just a horror film, but the best American horror film in the last 20 years." The film also won awards such as the Golden Tomato Award for Best Horror and the Scream Award for Best Horror Movie.
This research has been interesting for me as I have seen that remakes of horror films can be positive but can at times have negative points. It is also interesting to find out how other countries perceive horror films and how well they do in other countries. Let The Right One In has shown that horror films do really well in foreign languages as well as horror films that are of the English language.
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