10 Horror Movie Scenes Everyone Always Gets Wrong
3. Oskar Is A Vampire At The End - Let The Right One In
What Everyone Thinks
Tomas Alfredson's masterful Swedish vampire film concludes with vampire Eli (Lina Leandersson) making short, gory work of a group of boys bullying her friend Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant).
In the final scene, Oskar is travelling on a train with Eli in a box, when they tap affectionate kisses to one another in Morse code.
The bullies are dead and Oskar and Eli get to run away together, implying that Oskar becomes her mortal caretaker for the rest of his life. How sweet.
Why It's Wrong
A few years after the film blew up worldwide, the screenwriter and author of the original novel, John Ajvide Lindqvist, published a short story, "Let the Old Dreams Die," which clarified what the end of the movie actually meant.
The story reveals that Eli actually turned a willing Oskar into a vampire during their train journey, allowing them to become ageless vampire lovers forever more.
Depending on your perspective it's either a happier or bleaker outcome for Oskar, but far from what most people believe is going on in that seemingly cute final scene.