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Security guards support a crowd barrier as actor Cameron Bright (L) signs autographs on the red carpet before a preview of clips from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" at the Rome film festival October 22, 2009. The vampires of "New Moon", the sequel to the popular teen movie "Twilight", hit the blood-red carpet at the Rome film festival on Thursday, with fans getting a 20-minute preview of the picture before next month's release. Three young actors playing the mean blood suckers of the Volturi coven and the film's screenwriter were in Rome to promote the saga, part of a successful franchise which is drawing comparisons with the Harry Potter phenomenon.