From the Editor's Desk: Erik Sees '30 Days of Night,' Eats in the Pitch Black, Completely Freaks Out

Published: October 12, 2007, 8:02 am

Tags: 30 days of night, 30daysofnight, ben foster, cinematical, dining in the dark, josh hartnett, melissa george

Filed under: Horror, Fandom, Movie Marketing, From the Editor's Desk Let me preface this story by telling you I'm: a) a total wimp when it comes to horror flicks, and b) I slept with a night light in my room until I was at least 19. With that in mind, our friends over at Sony/Columbia Pictures emailed me the other day with a proposition: They were doing a screening of 30 Days of Night, followed by something called 'Dining in the Dark,' and asked if I was interested. Even though I'm in no way a horror buff, I'm a big fan of director David Slade (loved Hard Candy!), and was looking forward to seeing what he did with 30 Days of Night, an adaptation of the graphic novel about a bunch of vampires who invade a small Alaskan town under, well, 30 straight days of night. I wasn't quite up to speed on this whole 'Dining in the Dark' thing, but I figured -- what the hell -- they'll be candles, it'll be spooky, and we'll have a blast. But before I tell you about dinner, let's talk about the

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