There are in my opinion several clues to suggest that Eli's relationship with Oskar is much, much different than with Hakan. From the first time we really see Hakan and Eli interact with one another as they're being dropped off by the taxi cab, we are aware that Eli is the dominant party in...
I never once read Eli's relationship with Hakan as anything other than an obsessed pedophile (and this was before I read the book). The book certainly makes it very, very clear what Hakan is, and that he becomes this horrible...thing after Eli drinks his blood. All of the pretenses Hakan...
I did a search for a thread about this wonderfully haunting movie and to my amazement didn't find one. Surely people have seen it! I haven't been this excited about a movie since I can remember. It's scary and effective not because of the devices used to tell the story (vampires) but...