Twitchy conniptions in ‘Twilight’ zone

This can’t be real. Can it? Apparently, the latest Twilight film is triggering seizures in American viewers.

This can't be real. Can it? Apparently, the latest Twilightfilm is triggering seizures in American viewers.

One Brandon Gephart, a citizen of Roseville, California, needed hospitalisation after he began twitching during the birthing sequence. “He was convulsing, snorting, trying to breathe,” his girlfriend said. “He scared me big time.” It has also been reported that a Utah man suffered similar symptoms.

Three solutions suggest themselves: Twilight-phobic men are inventing excuses to leave the cinema; the strobing is inducing epilepsy; or the story is basically all made up. We know what we think.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist