Twilighters Trip the Bite Fantastic for DVD Launch 2009-03-21

Hundreds of Bella and Edward fanciers—most wearing black and some sporting makeshift fangs and cloaks seemingly left over from the last Harry Potter premiere—gathered outside the Borders at Penn Plaza in Manhattan in honor of deleted scenes, a making-of documentary and some musing from Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

Aka, just some of the features to be found on the special-edition, two-disc Twilight DVD.

Midnight DVD release parties (that started at 10 p.m.) all over the country were hosting costume contests, merchandise giveaways, scavenger hunts and other Summit Entertainment-sanctioned fun.

Borders also laid claim to the official Twilight Movie Awards, which encouraged fans to pick their faves in categories such as Best Quote, Best Hair and Best OME (Oh My Edward) Moment.

Also getting in on the action is Blockbuster, which held a series of in-store blood drives on Thursday in anticipation of the arrival of what is sure to be one of its hottest rentals of the spring.

Meanwhile, witching-hour shenanigans are also taking place at Wal-Marts (the only store selling cheaper one-disc copies of Twilight and the only place to hear an "exclusive message from the cast"), Hot Topics, Targets and other retailers across the country.

A few of the franchise's stars, such as Edi Gathegi (vampire Laurent), were expected at parties in NYC, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago and Dallas. (But the shindig in Fork, Wash., where the stories are set, may be the only place to catch a performance by some Quileute wolf dancers in honor of the werewolf portion of the Stephenie Meyer-penned saga.)

Fans looking for a party near them can find one on the official Twilight DVD website.

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