{"id":85740,"date":"2022-08-27T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T09:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-swedish-writer-behind-border-and-let-me-in-two-of-the-most-interesting-horror-films-of-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T09:01:43","slug":"the-swedish-writer-behind-border-and-let-me-in-two-of-the-most-interesting-horror-films-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-swedish-writer-behind-border-and-let-me-in-two-of-the-most-interesting-horror-films-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swedish writer behind ‘Border’ and ‘Let Me In’, two of the most interesting horror films of the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What do ‘Border’ and ‘Let me in’ have in common? Apart from being two (three, actually) of the most interesting horror films of recent years, both stories share a creator: John Ajvide Lindqvist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Swedish version of ‘Let Me In’ is available on Amazon Prime Video and on Filmin<\/p>\n

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John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish writer very popular in his country<\/strong>. He was born in Stockholm and, before being a novelist, he was dedicated to stand-up comedy and was a magician. He mostly writes horror novels and short stories. <\/p>\n

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‘Let me enter’ (‘Let the right one in’)<\/strong> was his literary debut and narrates the unlikely friendship<\/strong> between Oskar, an introverted boy, and her neighbor Eli, who turns out to be a vampire<\/strong> (and as such it needs to feed to survive). The book had an unparalleled success and two film adaptations: in 2008, directed by Tomas Alfredson (‘El Topo’) and with Linqvist handling the script, and in 2010 by Matt Reeves (‘The Batman’) and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee (‘The Power of the Dog’) and Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz (‘Kick-Ass’).<\/p>\n

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To these two recommended versions we must add a third one that is on the way: after a failed pilot commissioned by TNT in 2017, the project was resurrected by Showtime, which gave the green light to this television adaptation headed by Demi\u00e1n Bichir<\/strong>with a release date of October 7, 2022.<\/p>\n

Going back to the ‘Let me in’ novel, he had a sequel in short story form titled ‘Let the old dreams die’<\/strong>. This story gives its name to an anthology of stories published in 2005, which also includes the story of ‘Border’.<\/p>\n

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‘Border’ (‘Gr\u00e4ns’)<\/strong> tells the story of Tina, a customs agent who has the peculiarity of recognize by smell the guilt in people<\/strong>. Her life, marked by a clear isolation due to various unusual characteristics in her, changes the moment she meets Vore, in whom she recognizes a scent similar to hers. <\/p>\n

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