Vera and Vanja are two vampire sisters struggling to survive in the suburbs of Stockholm. Their peculiar relationship is shaken when Vera stabs and feeds on the leader of a skinhead biker gang in the toilets of a nightclub. The girls escape, knowing the bikers will be looking for revenge. While the distant roar of the motor­cycles becomes a chilling menace, Vanja reveals to Vera her secret plans: she wants to leave their outcast lifestyle and run away with a human with whom she’s fallen in love.

Not Like Others might not attain the virtuosity of cult classic Let the Right One In, another Swedish vampire drama, but it is surprisingly absorbing and thought-provoking.