Jenn Landa has her Twilight tickets booked.

All 30 of them.

The McMaster University student reserved a block of movie tickets tomorrow night at SilverCity Ancaster for the new movie, which is taken from a series of popular young people's novels.

The avid fan posted an invitation on the online social networking site Facebook for local fans to join her on the group trip.

"It should be great," said Landa, social planner for the McMaster Social Sciences Society. "I just fell in love with the books."

The 21-year-old even handed out fake movie tickets to be replaced with real ones after they all meet at the theatre.

Twilight, the hotly anticipated adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel by the same name, tells a modern-day tale of forbidden teenage love.

Bella, a quiet and unsure teenage girl, played by Kristen Stewart, meets and falls in love with aloof Edward Cullen, a vampire who is forever 17, played by British actor Robert Pattinson.

Stewart, 18, is best known for her role as the daughter of Jodie Foster's character in the 2002 thriller Panic Room. Pattinson, 22, is probably best known for his role as Cedric Diggory in two Harry Potter films.

The two embark on a supernatural romance with twists. He must resist the urge to drink her blood. She must stave off a couple of savage vampires out to kill her.

"There is nothing that could make me not go to this event," Gigi Rees, a 19-year-old McMaster student, wrote on Facebook.

She discovered the vampire romance series, written by Stephenie Meyer, at summer camp, where "everyone reads them."

Landa heard about them from a friend and read all four books back-to-back this summer. She is now reading them for the third time.

"The writing is in-depth and captivating," said Landa, explaining the story's appeal. "I'm interested to see how the movie is going to translate."

Anticipation for the movie, based on the first of four books in the Twilight series, has been inspiring near hysteria across North America.

Fans stormed the mall entrance in San Francisco last week at an appearance with Pattinson. Police and firefighters had to calm the crowd.

In Toronto, a fan frenzy clogged a downtown street over the weekend where some fans waited up to two days in advance for a Much Music television appearance with the movie's stars.

Several shows are already sold out at local theatres for advance screenings.

The movie trailers have been viewed millions of times on the web. The movie's soundtrack hit number 1 on the charts its opening week. And fans are sporting Twilight-inspired bracelets and buttons.

For a sense of devotion from the Twilight fan base, turn to Facebook. Hundreds of thousands of members have joined groups where fans discuss such issues as the opening night etiquette of Twilight-watching.

For example, it is fine to scream at the first sight of the handsome Pattinson but further squeals are frowned upon.

"I will scream when I first see Edward of course just to get it out of my system," writes one fan.

"My goal is just not to pass out from Edward's dazzling," writes another.

Younger fans such as Madalyn Ulmer won't try to see the movie opening weekend.

"The books are very addictive," said 12-year-old Ulmer, who has read the four-book series twice. "The story appeals to teenage girls but I know the boys are reading it, too."

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-- with files from Hamilton Spectator wire services