Revealing mistake: After Eben dies from watching the sunrise his hair burns away and his scalp flakes, however the shadow of his hair can be seen on his wife's face.
30 Days of Night (2007)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ben Foster, Danny Huston, Melissa George
When it's almost sunrise and the town set ablaze by the vampires, Eben (Josh Hartnett) injects himself with vampire blood in order to become one of them, be stronger to fight the vampires and give time for Stella (Melissa George) to run away because she's surrounded by flames and vampires. Eben kills the vampire leader and the vampires leave town before sunrise. As the sun rises, Eben spends his last moments with Stella and dies.
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More mistakes in 30 Days of Night
Sheriff Eben Oleson: They're burning down the town.
Denise: Nobody will know what happened. They'll just think it was some horrible accident.
Lucy Ikos: Next time they'll take out Point Hope, Wainwright.
Trivia: During the scene showing the mass attack on the town, as one man's thrown off a roof he lets out a Wilhelm scream.
Question: 2 part question, 1. I know he only just turned but surely Eben would have attacked his friends, the man hiding under the building (who Eben kills near the swings) had only just turned yet did not hesitate and attacked Eben instantly, so why didn't Eben do the same? 2. The head vampire tells the others not to turn anyone, why not? Surely they would want as many vampires as possible to make killing the resisting humans easier and to make up the numbers should they lose any, why didn't he want anyone to turn?
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Answer: The hiding man had no idea what had happened to him and so was just running on his new animalistic instinct. Eben became a vampire knowingly, willingly, and so he was able to move past that stage immediately. As you can see by the behavior of the lead vampire, a bit of restraint and humanity is not impossible to achieve. The lead vampire did not want anyone turned because that would mean more vampires to share the blood with. He didn't anticipate much in the way of resistance from the humans, they being weaker, slower, creatures.
Phixius ★
Also, the man under the building was attacked ~7 days earlier.