Lacke

Lacke too takes part in symbolic use of hands, although with him the symbolism seems to be much less complex and evocative. It has already been mentioned how is hand toying with Virginia's wrist restraint symbolized his contemplating the barrier that Virginia's vampirism placed between him and her. Symbolically he was touching Eli, who had put the barrier of death between he and Jocke, and then between he and Virginia.

When the crowd of, umm… locals was looking around site where Gösta saw Eli kill Jocke, they discover fresh blood underneath the snow. The film presents us with a shot of Lacke's hand covered with blood. This is his last contact with his friend Jocke. It is also his first contact with Eli. Further, it is not the last time we will see Lacke's hand covered with blood. This shot foreshadows Lacke's fate in the film.

Later when the… locals are in Gösta 's apartment, Lacke is urging Gösta to go to the police with what he has seen. Lacke wants someone to look into the apparent death of his friend. Lacke uses his hands to describe how close he and Jocke were. Here perhaps the film is also telling us how close Lacke is to sharing in Jocke's fate.

When Lacke finally meets up with Eli, he also meets up with his ultimate fate. The hand that had symbolically touched Eli in Jocke's blood has now touched the actual Eli. We once again see his same hand, once again bloody, only this time it is covered with his own blood. Now his fate is as close to his friend Jocke's as his hands were to each other in the scene in Gösta's apartment.