Swedish film director Tomas Alfredson makes a good argument for why his 2008 film Let the Right One In shouldn’t be remade. “If one should remake a film, it’s because the original is bad. And I don’t think mine is,” he told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet (The Evening Sheet). It certainly was not, and has the awards from Tribeca, the Swedish Film Institute, and the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation to prove it. However, we have hope that writer and director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) can bring something special to his version, Let Me In. At the very least, viewers of his previous film won’t have to worry about getting dizzy at this one.But there’s more to recommend it than that. The film stars talented child actors Chloe Moretz (Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass) as Abby and Kodi Smit-McPhee (the unnamed boy from The Road) as Owen. For those unfamiliar with the plot, Owen is a 12-year-old victim of bullying who befriends Abby and discovers that she’s actually a vampire. The names have been changed from the original, along with the setting being transported to New Mexico.It’s unclear whether Let Me In will borrow more from Alfred’s film (as producer Simon Oakes has said) or the original novel (which writer John Ajvide Lindqvist has stated). At a panel during Comic-Con 2010, writer/director Matt Reeves said that his main inspiration is the “coming of age” aspect of the story, and to that end, he’s focused on putting the audience in the characters’ shoes, even if it gets uncomfortablenot physically, as in Cloverfield, but emotionally, as viewers see what lengths a child might go to when pushed beyond the edge.The film will be released on October 1, so there’s not much longer to wait. Until then, catch up on the original versions, and be sure to see Let Me In when it premieres.