A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his
stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boys wish
for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who
moves in next door to him. But Elis arrival coincides with a series
of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she's
a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear...
Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.
The feature is based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which the U.K. press qualified as "reminiscent of Stephen King at his best."