@wahoozit–"Have only seen the American remake but even in that there was no need to introduce any other supernatural influencing factors. The psychological ones used were chilling enough."

Totally agreed. This is the case with Bill and Sookie as well.

"Due to his circumstances he was ripe for grooming and that's exactly what happened to him. He was befriended then cut lose to make him feel like he was at fault and to see if he came running. He felt complicit in the death of the policeman when he walked away and was totally traumatized by the pool incident."

Again, just like Bill and Sookie. He groomed her into the compliant doll she is now, and all along the way he slowly but surely dragged her down to his level by making her feel complicit in his acts of violence, particularly the murder of UB.

"The film definitely left you with the sense that Oscar would learn to procure quickly or face the consequences, which would probably involve a range of tactics from guilt tripping, berating, ostracism, through to possible violence."

Indeed, Sookie has been taught time and again via Bill's violent reactions [in the car after the visit to Jessica's parents, the truck draining] that it is not a good idea to cross him. The guilt tripping ['You are mah miracle'] and berating ['You undermined mah authoritah'] are also favored tactics.

Bobsgran said:

Oh that is funny.

 

"Eric is very intrigued by Bill now."

I Love it.

Yep, and what's so great is Alex is speaking the 100% unvarnished, no doubt about it truth.

I guess Joe Bob is the one holding the vamps in padded cells?

Oh my goodness though ya'll. Don't put it past AB to make Roman Eric's real maker, and the maker of the child Alexander. Remember last year how Daisy's character name changed into Katerina? That boy could turn into Alexei in the twinkling of an eye.

The kid looks like Alexander Skarsgard, so hell, how do we know he wasn't Eric's human child? The beautiful boy Coby and that look Eric gave him..

If this is true, Eric would be ashamed of his real maker. He would hate him and oppose him. He would want his true death. Therefore, he lied about Godric to Sookie? Maybe he and Godric were abused broder's  who relied upon each other. Or maybe Godric is his maker but Roman's power would reach down to Eric. A parallel would be Tara's prospective grandparent and the power he holds–will it be Bill, through Jessica, or will Eric become the grandad via Pam? We know neither Bill nor Eric can do it personally because their circumstances are too dire. They can't hang around and make themselves vulnerable like that.