《生人勿进》作者John Ajvide Lindqvist（同时也是瑞典版《生人勿进》的编剧）在8月份的访谈中，特别推荐We, The Infected论坛（这个论坛是目前最受欢迎的关于《生人勿进》相关话题的英文论坛），并表示曾在上发过帖子。
今天，他在该论坛上谈了他对美版《生人勿进》的看法。
I really enjoyed Let me in.
I had seen clips and trailers beforehand, read some reviews and I was prepared for a good movie. But I liked it even better than I had anticipated.
我非常喜欢美版《生人勿进》。
由于之前看过花絮和预告片，加上读了一些影评，我准备看一部好电影。但影片比我预计的还要好。
I didn´t at all feel that it was a shot-for-shot or even scene-for-scene remake. Sure, some scenes have a huge debt to LTROI and the general tone of the film is similar (if darker), but I feel that LMI has very much its own life.
我不认为美版是原封不动的照搬瑞典版，尽管有些地方和瑞典版相似。美版的整体色调和瑞典版相似，甚至可能要更灰暗些。我认为美版有自己的独特的生命力。
For me it was very intense and emotional, and like LTROI it made me cry a few times. But here´s the thing: not in the same places.
美版对我来说非常紧张、动人，我看瑞典版时哭了好几次，看美版时我也哭了好几次，但具体画面不同。
I think I have been very lucky that Matt Reeves felt such a connection to this story, because if you choose to regard it simply as a remake, it must be quite unique in having a director whose emotional ties to the story is so strong that it´s felt through the whole movie. I thought Kodi was great and I identified completely with Owen. I really liked Chloe too, and the fact that her Abby character is played out differently than Eli is for me just a strength that seperates the two movies from each other.
我觉得非常幸运的是，导演马特.里夫斯对《生人勿进》故事有深厚的感情，没有把本片当作一部翻拍片来对待，而是作为一部影片来对待。我认为柯迪演的很棒，我完全相信他扮演的欧文。我也很喜欢科洛，她演的艾比和瑞典版中的艾丽不同，这是美版与瑞典版最大不同之处。