It’s been 20 years since the first book in the Twilight Saga was published, and 17 years since the first Twilight movie was released in theatres. With absurd dialogue and melodramatic acting, the films have recently become popular with Gen Z. But how did a film based on a book released two decades ago become so big with the younger generation?

Cameron Furlong on Thursday Daily talked to Lecturer in Professional Learning at Murdoch University and Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, Dr Ashleigh Prosser about the refreshed cultural phenomenon around the Twilight saga, and why Gen Z is drawn towards it.