As i stated in my pervious blog post, I hate horror films. Of all the types of living dead entities, I most hate zombies and vampires. Being torn to shreds by the jaws of a crazed lunatic never allowed my mind to rest at ease in the aftermath of seeing one of these films. As such, i was abit nervous about watching this film, but despite the occasional gory killing, I found this film more interesting then terrifying. I was wondering where our guest lecturer’s, lecture on human sexuality and its theorists was going to fit in, but once i began watching it was clear. Applying Freud’s “Stages of Development” to these characters is interesting due to their young age and development. Although Eli is supposed to be hundreds of years old, they would physically be in the “Latency Period”.
Let The Right On In is more a film about sexuality, romance and gender then it is a film about blood lust. Oskar is constantly bullied, his painful and lonely life is only given hope by meeting Eli. In her he finds another tortured soul, and a friend he can finally relate. In the context that Eli is a vampire, sexuality is already present in our minds at the beginning of the film. Eli’s sexuality is explored by her need to feed, yet her gender is in question due to the scene where Oskar spies on her, seeing her mutilated genitalia. As such, she does not present herself as completely feminine, and despite her definition as a “her”, seems almost genderless.
Oskar’s character is clearly the weaker of the two, and after the death of the bullies and Eli’s failing caretaker, it becomes apparent that he will fill his role. Despite their age, Oskar is clearly attracted to Eli and the bond they form seems to allow him to dedicate the remainder of his life to her care. The question we are left with is this development because of friendship or because of Eli’s requirement of a caretaker to help her feed.
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