Vampires and children and hammers, oh my! Not your average Thursday night out, unless you're off to shout things at the people who remade Let the Right One In. But Let Me In stands up well against its Swedish original (despite their shoddy CGI decision), and Matt Reeves, Simon Oakes and Kodi Smit-McPhee were proud of what they've achieved. Namely bringing Tomas Alfredson's superbly sinister romance to a subtitle-fearing audience.

So naturally the topic of remaking such a highly regarded movie came up. But so did Daniel Radcliffe, Christopher Lee and an extraordinarily bright green suit.

First up is director Matt Reeves, all smiles and spectacles. Not the face of a man savaged by angry Swedish moviegoers. How nervous was he about the fans' reaction to the project?

"While I was making it everyone just kept asking me "Are you worried about what the fans think?" but the truth is that I knew that I was a fan. And the pressure that I felt was to be faithful to the beautiful love story that Thomas Alfredson created. But when we started showing it, the interesting thing is that the people who loved it the absolute most were the people familiar with the original story."

Then along comes Simon Oakes, producer of Let Me In and (more importantly) CEO of Hammer Films. Hammerman to his friends. Back in the horror business after 37 odd years, they chose a challenging first project. How hard was it to cast Abby and Owen?

"We knew we had to find two kids as strong as the original. We had to find a boy who had that sense of isolation as an actor - he's a fun kid, nothing like that in real life! Look at him in his bloody lime green suit, he's such a showman. I love it!"

I'm just going to interrupt MCEO Hammer there to say that I, too, loved it.

"Chloe, you saw her in Kick-Ass and look what she did with that. Can you think of a more different role to follow it? And her sense of isolation? There's a really emotional scene where she says "I'm 12, but I've been 12 for a very long time" and she says that so beautifully."

Now onto the important stuff. Hammer Films. What's next for the legendary studio?

"Well, we've got a film coming next January called The Resident with Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee - yes, we've got him back! That's just finished. It's a psychological thriller. Hammer used to make these little movies they called mini-Hitchcocks in the 50s, so this fits into that genre."

And what about The Woman In Black?

"It's in its fourth week next week, and Jane Goldman's script has brought a modern sensibility to the gothic ghost story."

So is it still set in Victorian times?

"Absolutely!"

So will it be a two-hander in the style of the play?

"Not remotely. It's very much her version. It's a proper scary terrifying ghost story."

Hammerman adjust his baggy trousers and waddles off. Then along comes Kodi Smit-McPhee. That kid from The Road. First that, now this, has he had a happy childhood?

"Working on The Road was pretty different; it was outside in bleak weather, but this was a little bit of snow and then a lot in the studio."

He grins, pleased to be showing off his GREEN SUIT. Yes, it was that green. Does wearing such brightly coloured clothing help him relate to someone who fancy vampires?

"I don't try to relate to it. My dad helps me a lot with the characters - its all the work we do on it beforehand and make the character from scratch."

And how was it working with Hit Girl?

"It's cool to work with someone my own age - we get to have a bit more fun."

Bless. That doesn't leave much time for watching subtitled films in a bedroom on his own. After Matt Reeves discouraged the cast to watch the Swedish movie, did he see the original film in the end? Or perhaps read the book?

"Usually I would read the book, but I didn't know it existed until halfway through! But I'd like to read it. And the movie I saw afterwards because I wanted to have a fresh start. But the original is awesome."

Almost as awesome as his suit. What are he and his tailor up to next?

"My next film is called Paranorman and it's about this kid who can see ghosts and saves the world from a zombie invasion. It's already started filming."

Green suit or not, I'm totally on board with that.