Let the Right One In

Continuity mistake: When Oskar shows his Rubik's Cube to Eli and explains how it works, one side is all white except one square, which differs from being red vs. blue between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Oskar intercepts Lacke's plan to kill Eli in the bathtub, Eli kills Lacke and drinks some of his blood, leaving some blood on her lips. She then kisses Oskar, which in turn leaves some blood on his lips. In the cut right after that the blood is gone from his lips. Later on it appears again, when he tastes it with his tongue.

Continuity mistake: When Eli runs out of the basement and then runs outside, after she scares Oskar by licking his blood off the floor, there is snow everywhere. She then climbs up a tree, and when she is at the top of the tree there is no snow anywhere to be seen in the background. From the following day on the snow is back.

Continuity mistake: One of the bullying scenes has Oskar getting hit across the face with a branch, which leaves a long red cut. Shortly after that he goes to visit his father, and during this time both the bandage as well as the scar itself are gone. Later on in the movie they both reappear.

Continuity mistake: When Oskar shows his Rubik's Cube to Eli and explains how it works, one side is all white except one square, which differs from being red vs. blue between shots.

More mistakes in Let the Right One In

Oskar: Are you a vampire?
Eli: I live off blood... Yes.
Oskar: Are you... dead?
Eli: No. Can't you tell?
Oskar: But... Are you old?
Eli: I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time.

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Trivia: At the end of the movie when Oskar is traveling on the train with Eli inside the trunk, and they are tapping Morse Code on the trunk's lid, they are spelling out "P-U-S-S," which means "small kiss" in Swedish.

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