List of Let the Right One In characters
| Oskar or Owen | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Portrayed by |
Kåre Hedebrant (2008) as Oskar Kodi Smit–McPhee (2010) as Owen |
| Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Swedish (Oskar) American (Owen) |
| Eli or Abby | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Portrayed by |
Lina Leandersson (2008) as Eli Susanne Ruben (2008) as Aged Eli Chloë Grace Moretz (2010) as Abby |
| Voiced by |
Elif Ceylan (2008) as Eli |
| Information | |
| Species | Vampire |
| Gender | Male (novel) Androgynous (Let The Right One In) Female (Let Me In) |
| Håkan or "The Father" | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Portrayed by |
Per Ragnar (2008) as Håkan Richard Jenkins (2010) as "The Father" |
| Information | |
| Species | Human (films) Vampire (novel) |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Swedish (Håkan) American ("The Father") |
| Lacke | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Portrayed by | Peter Carlberg (2008) |
| Present in |
Let the Right One In (novel) Let the Right One In (2008 film) |
| Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Virginia | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Portrayed by |
Ika Nord (2008) Sasha Barrese (2010) |
| Present in |
Let the Right One In (novel) Let the Right One In (2008 film) Let Me In (2010 film) |
| Information | |
| Species | Human Vampire |
| Gender | Female |
The following is a list of characters in the 2004 Swedish vampire fiction novel, Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, as well as its two film adaptations Let the Right One In (Swedish, 2008) and Let Me In (English, 2010). Some individual characters appear in all three works, while others appear in only one or two of the works. The given names of the novel's main characters remain the same for the 2008 film, but are anglicized for the 2010 film. Most of the characters were created by Lindqvist.
Oskar Eriksson is the name of the main protagonist in both the novel and the 2008 Swedish-language film Let the Right One In, while Owen is the name given to this character in the 2010 English-language film Let Me In. In all three works, the character is a 12-year-old boy living with his single mother in a dreary housing estate during the early 1980s. He resides in Blackeberg, Stockholm, Sweden in both the novel and original film, and in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States in the 2010 film.
Initially, Oskar/Owen is a loner that has very few friends and lives in isolation. One of the few friends he has is Tommy, who is a major character in the book, but is omitted from both films save one fleeting mention by Owen in Let Me In. Oskar/Owen is constantly harassed in school by a group of bullies that enjoy torturing and humiliating him, and he fantasizes of one day standing up for himself and injuring or disposing of them. As a result of these experiences, he is initially defensive when he first meets Eli/Abby. The two eventually form a close bond when she notices he is playing with a Rubik's cube, and, because of her fondness for puzzles, Eli/Abby's interest is piqued. After a particularly bad experience with the bullies, Eli/Abby advises Oskar/Owen that he needs to stand up for himself, and offers him words of encouragement, as well as support if he needs it. This leads to him standing up to the bullies and injuring the main bully while on an ice skating trip. After this, Oskar/Owen develops a closer relationship with Eli/Abby, even after he sees her vampiric form and discovers that she is a vampire. At the end of all three stories, Oskar/Owen and Eli/Abby have decided to flee, and are last seen on a train to an unknown destination, exchanging love messages through Eli's trunk lid.
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