Before watching the movie:

I’m pretty sure I remember promotion for this movie, which is strange because foreign films hardly ever get significant US advertising campaigns. However, I have very clear memories of ads for the subsequent English-language remake with a slightly different title confusing me because wasn’t this the same story that came out a couple years ago?

I remember a lot of window knocking and vampires in the snow. I think it’s a coming of age movie, so it would center around children? The title sounds like there are good vampires and bad vampires and you have to know which one to invite inside (a vampire rule I think this movie introduced to me).

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