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Anything for Blood: Directed by Seith Mann. With Demián Bichir, Anika Noni Rose, Grace Gummer, Madison Taylor Baez. Mark and Eleanor return to New York City, hoping to find a cure for a rare affliction. Naomi tries to balance investigating a brutal murder at work with raising her son Isaiah.
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- Drama, Horror
- Seith Mann
- 2022-10-09
- The Showtime series keeps the vampire horror story’s primary plot, but changes the mood.
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By Samantha Nelson
Posted: Oct 7, 2022 2:00 pm
Let The Right One In premieres on Showtime on Oct. 9, with new episodes weekly.
John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel Let the Right One In has already been made into two excellent horror movies: a 2008 Swedish film he wrote the screenplay for and a 2010 version from Matt Reeves that moved the story to Reagan-era New Mexico. Now it’s getting the series treatment, and while the premiere of Showtime’s Let the Right One In promises a solid vampire thriller, it’s one that has much less in common with the source material than the previous adaptations.
The way the key plot elements of Lindqvist’s novel have been recombined fundamentally changes the tone of the story. The child vampire has previously been portrayed as much older. While they’re assumed to be her father, the men in her life are actually part of a twisted cycle of manipulation. The troubled boys she charms are just the latest all-too-willing victims who will wind up spending the rest of their lives helping to protect and feed her.
These edits fundamentally soften all of the characters involved. Mark’s depicted as brutally ruthless but feels less like a hardened predator and more like the protagonist of the 2022 Swedish thriller Black Crab — a distraught parent willing to do great evil for the sake of his child. Eleanor’s stunted nature is still chilling, with Baez doing an excellent job at conveying both her innocent joy at a trip to a museum and the anguish she feels when dealing with the realities of her monstrous nature. But by making her much younger, she comes across as a relative innocent struggling with a beast within her rather than a horrifying parasite that feeds on both blood and empathy.
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While Showtime’s Let the Right One In borrows many plot elements from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel, the parts it changes and adds fundamentally alter the tone and story. The series premiere shows the potential for a solid mythology-heavy drama, but it lacks the brutal bite that made the previous adaptations so powerful.
Feb 27, 2023 · In this dark genre-defying series, a father and daughter’s lives are thrown into chaos when they try to lead a normal life. Eleanor ( #MadisonTaylorBaez) was...
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Oct 8, 2022 · Did Eleanor kill her mom? Beyond not being allowed in the sun, what are the vampire rules? Can Eleanor just drink blood from animals, or is that the equivalent of going vegan for vampires? How has Mark survived moving so much with a child? Surely Zeke hasn’t been giving or loaning that much money, right?
Oct 10, 2022 · Let the Right One In Season 1 Episode 1, "Anything for Blood," is the epitome of everything a series premiere needs to be. Read on for our review!
S1 E1 - Let the Right One In: Anything for Blood. October 8, 2022. 1h. TV-MA. Mark Kane and his daughter return home to New York City. S1 E2 - Let the Right One In: Intercessors. October 15, 2022. 53min. TV-MA. Mark chases down a lead that might help him discover a cure for Eleanor. S1 E3 - Let the Right One In: Broken Glass. October 22, 2022.
Let the Right One In -S1 -E1 Mark as watched Rate Forums After ten years away, Mark Kane and his daughter, Eleanor, return home to New York City, hoping to find a cure for a rare affliction.
