Reply #38: I just finished the book. [View All]

[deucemagnet]

Initially I was dead set against the English language remake, but now I'm starting to think it can be done. The novel reads as something much more in a Stephen King or Clive Barker vein, and a few important sub-plots were left out (particularly that of Håkan). If the writers of the English language version go back to the source material rather than copying the Swedish version, and make a good watch-through-your-fingers thriller rather than concentrating on the Oskar-Eli relationship, then I think it could be good. Different, and likely not as brilliant as the Swedish version, but a good, solid horror flick. If they just copy the Swedish version and cast Oskar and Eli as brooding emo kids, it will suck.