LTROI too scary for some

[genie47]

She didn't read the book. All her impression of Eli is from the movie. At 6, it will be hard to let her read the book that is so dark and graphic with a pedophile.

[lombano]

She didn't read the book. All her impression of Eli is from the movie. At 6, it will be hard to let her read the book that is so dark and graphic with a pedophile.

I wouldn't let her read it in your position, either. What she says makes sense, since the film's Eli is far more girly, both due to Lina and to the script, etc.

[intrige]

I'm not cool.

I understand what they like to watch and what is too much for them. They ran out of the first Transformers screaming. Wasted those tickets. After that no more giant robots. They totally dig GI Joe and want to be kickass tight outfit women firing sonic guns sending people flying and they even took out their kiddy sunglasses to be the Baroness. They liked Coraline while many kids ran off freaking out. Ditto with The Corpse Bride. They absolutely adore that skeletal dog from that one. They ran out of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. OK no more mutants or men with Adamantium claws.

The youngest one goes round telling her friends and teachers that Oskar loves Eli and Eli is a vampire. Elder one likes the idea that Eli is a boy and would love to be friends with him. She thinks that a boy that looks like a girl will be cool as a friend considering how she doesn't like the rough play that boys indulge in. She thinks Oskar is cute too.

NAAW! <3 Cool dad indeed!

[God of Vampires]

I'm not cool.

I understand what they like to watch and what is too much for them. They ran out of the first Transformers screaming. Wasted those tickets. After that no more giant robots. They totally dig GI Joe and want to be kickass tight outfit women firing sonic guns sending people flying and they even took out their kiddy sunglasses to be the Baroness. They liked Coraline while many kids ran off freaking out. Ditto with The Corpse Bride. They absolutely adore that skeletal dog from that one. They ran out of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. OK no more mutants or men with Adamantium claws.

The youngest one goes round telling her friends and teachers that Oskar loves Eli and Eli is a vampire. Elder one likes the idea that Eli is a boy and would love to be friends with him. She thinks that a boy that looks like a girl will be cool as a friend considering how she doesn't like the rough play that boys indulge in. She thinks Oskar is cute too.

I guess different people are afraid of different things. Aren't Transformers and X-Men Origins: Wolverine considered the worse of the movies you mentioned by the general public? I like Corpse Bride myself, mostly because I have a thing for undead stuff . If a 4 and 6 year old can sit through Let the Right One In, what does that say about the adults that can't because of fear ?

Myself I can't understand how anyone would find LTROI scary, yes, the murder scenes are uncannely realistic, but the violence is pretty tame. Though I am part of a very desensitized generation and I am constantly surrounded with gory scenes, especially considering my field of study.

Guess of what I was afraid of as a kid? Teletubbies and Carebears mainly. Why? I simply can't stand the uber-happiness (This is still the case today as this kind of thing only make me suspect they are child molesters in disguise ) . Other things I was afraid of was spiders and insects, and to a degree I still is. But today my greatest fear is of the inquisition and the witchhunts. I guess the fact that humanity is capable of such cruelity is really scary. I would rather die than be subjected to their torture methods. In fact, I would rather get castrated by a vampire lord, turned into a vampire, and forced to live 200 years in a cave alone. I am not joking, at least Eli's castration was quick, not drawn out over a week of torture. To make matters worse imagine being condemned by those you considered your friends for a crime you diden't commit before suffering a agonizing death by fire or "the Breaking Wheel" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel. In addition to all of this, remember the promise of eternal damnation in hell as a further mean of psychological torture .

I still think you are a cool parent Genie47, and your children are even cooler for not only being able to sit through LTROI at such an early age, but liking it as well .

[intrige]

I tryed to read it through on wikipedia, I JUST COULDN'T! It was too awful!!!

[Ash]

I'd have serious reservations about ch'n that age watching LTROI.
I had a parent complain that I allowed the class to watch a 5 minute YouTube cartoon of Hansel and Gretel. Her 6 year old had nightmares apparently.
Could a 4 or 5 year old understand such a complex story? If not, then what's the point?
I guess parents are the best to judge for their own kids.

[EEA]

Well I was hesitant to see the movie at first because when I was a kid I was scared of vampires. After reading the book I saw the movie and I was glad to see it because it change my opinion regarding vampires.

[shaggles]

I don't think the movie is scary at all. But I've been trying to get a friend to watch it and she keeps putting it off because she thinks it will be.

[Nightrider]

I've borrowed my LTROI DVD to a colleague from work; asked if she liked it she said that her husband pre-screened the movie and decided it's unsuitable for her because of its gruesomeness. .

Her husband pre-screened the movie and decided it's unsuitable for her?
That in itself I find more frightening than 20 horror movies...I did not realize that Poland is such a patriarchal society. Hopefully this was just a case of miscommunication, but if it's not there's something seriously wrong in your country.

[DavidZahir]

I have a dear friend (female) who screamed with horror at watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

But I have another female friend who simply adores "torture porn." Her biggest complaint about Sweeney Todd was that it wasn't nearly bloody or gory enough. Interestingly she adored LTROI.