12-year-old Oskar is a fragile and bullied boy who finds love and revenge when he meets Eli. Eli is a beautiful but peculiar girl he befriends. She has moved into his building. Oskar does not know that she and her father are vampires. When strange disappearances and murders start happening in the town, suspicions mount from her neighbors and police. Eli must move on to stay alive or stay to help Oskar the only way she knows how.
MPAA rating: R; for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language.|||general
Magnet Releasing, Bavaria Film International and EFTI present in association with Sandrew Metronome, Filmpool Nord, Sveriges Television, and WAG, an EFTI production ; directed by Tomas Alfredson ; produced by John Nordling and Carl Molinder ; screenplay by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Menu screen incorrectly lists English narrative subtitle option.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: deleted scenes; behind the scenes; photo gallery; theatrical poster gallery.
Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord, Mikael Rahm.
Director of photography, Hoyte Van Hoytema ; editors, Tomas Alfredson, Dino Jonsäter ; music, Johan Söderqvist.
Dialogue in Swedish (5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital) or dubbed English (5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital) with optional English (dvd), English (theatrical) or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
