A Swedish vampire movie !
Slow starting and occasionally quite violent, this turned out to be a nifty little thriller. Our protagonist is a bullied teen who befriends the new girl next door and finds her...well, not like the other girls.
The coldness of the mise-en-scene contrasted nicely with the hot-blooded passion we normally associate with vampires. Red blood...white snow.
The characters were sympathetic and the emerging love story worked. I thought the final scene of extreme violence, while well staged and shot, was gratuitous and gave the film a nasty end note. Overall, though, this was a pleasant surprise.
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