Let Me In

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  • Opened October 1, 2010 
  • 1 hr 55 min
  • R | Strong bloody horror violence, language and a brief sexual situation

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass) stars as Abby, a secretive 12-year old girl, who moves next door to Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road). Owen is a social outcast who is viciously bullied at school and in his loneliness, forms a profound bond with his new neighbor. Owen can’t help noticing that Abby is like no one he has ever met before. As a string of grisly murders occupy the town, Owen has to confront the reality that this seemingly innocent girl is really a savage vampire. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono, Sasha Barrese
  • Director: Matt Reeves
  • Genres: Drama

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Hell of a horror movie with a little story as well. Pleasantly surprised...

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New York Daily News
| Elizabeth Weitzman

Director Matt Reeves (who also made the much rawer "Cloverfield") so deeply understands the nature of childhood terror that Let Me In burns with a white-hot clarity. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Michael Rechtshaffen

Key to the remake's ultimate success is the casting of the troubled young leads.Smit-McPhee and Moretz possess the soulful depth and pre-adolescent vulnerability necessary to keep it compellingly real. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

It's a heartbreaker of a coming-of-age tale, even if there's a string of exsanguinated corpses to be accounted for. Read full review

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USA Today
| Scott Bowles

Let Me In is going to lure and please fans of the original; like the first, the remake is graphically violent but as tense as good horror gets. Read full review

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Chloe Moretz as Abby in "Let Me In."