Let The Right One In, is one of our favorite horror films in recent memory.

So when we heard that it was going to the US remake route, needless to say we were worried. And pissed. But mostly worried. It had only been 2 years since the original’s theatrical release and 6 months since it’s DVD debut state-side when the announcement ax fell. The timing just made it feel not only like a slap in the face to the film’s original story tellers, but also to the fans who had fallen in love with this gem of a film from Sweden. Oh, and then they changed the title. WTF.

But then some rays of hope started streaming in. Cloverfield director Matt Reeves took on the project, the casting of Chloe Moretz as the hermaphroditic child vamp Abby, and now the first trailer…

Let me stop now to say though that trailers can be misleading. This movie still could turn out to be giant vampire turd, whatever a vampire turd would look like that is. Though from what I can glean from these one minute and sixteen seconds, the FEEL is still there. The color palette, the tone, the pacing. It all feels very much like it’s Swedish sibling. The question of whether or not it’ll have the same twisted morality is yet to be seen though. But, and I never thought I’d say this, either way I’m getting pretty excited for this film. It might just stand on it’s own while paying respect to the original. Which is the best you can hope for in a sequel honestly.

Now I’ll finish this post with a plea. If you haven’t already seen the original…PLEASE…for the love of god, check it out before you see this US remake. You’ll thank me later.

P.S. Ok, ever since I wrote the whole “vampire turd” part I can’t get that image out of my mind. What would a vampire turd look like anyways? They don’t consume solid foods, so would their number 2′s be just a giant bloody mess? That’s the only thing I can figure. I mean it would at least be as bloody of a mess as we get after eating two Chipotle burritos, right? This is assuming that they poop at all though. Maybe they don’t have to, since they are undead. *sigh* I don’t know. Maybe some questions just shouldn’t be answered.

Let’s see True Blood tackle this one damn it!