Let the Right One In is not a vampire film. It is a twisted exercise in sadism, child molestation, castration, the alter ego, alienation, repression, revenge, confused homoeroticism and ambiguity. These issues are presented in a stark, sometimes beautiful, filmatic space that presents everyone but Eli and Oskar as cold and detached. Conversely, Eli and Oskar are portrayed sympathetically, despite their murderous intentions and the suggestion that Oskar will go on to be an accomplice for Eli’s killings. The brief use of child nudity was inappropriate, even if it was fake.