With its themes of first love and the supernatural, the film is aimed directly at the millions of teens who flooded theaters to see the Twilight movies.
The threat of sex is forestalled by turning Bella's suitors into a vampire and a werewolf, and the gimmick has a potent and unusual side effect: Rather than play to their supernatural predatory strengths to get what they want, "both men are completely unmanned by their love for her, " says Minow.