The Twilight Saga was one of the most iconic series from the Young Adult book adaptation craze, with the much-beloved films still garnering fans 15 years after its release. It not only put vampires back into the public consciousness but also revamped them from ghoulish nightly monsters to misunderstood creatures as beautiful as they are brooding.
4 Riley Biers Introduced in Eclipse, Riley Biers was a vampire created by Victoria as a means to protect her and further her plot to kill Bella Swan to avenge her lover James, who had been killed by Edward in the first film. A young, attractive college student, he was the perfect pawn for Victoria to control in order to get what she wanted, getting him to do his bidding by making him believe that she was in love with him.
3 James Witherdale The main antagonist of the first film, James Witherdale was the leader of a small nomadic group of vampires that first encounter the Cullens while they are playing baseball. Friendly chitchat quickly turns tense when he smells Bella, and they realize they have a human among them. James becomes obsessed with hunting the human girl, taking pleasure in the pursuit and stopping at nothing to find her and kill her.
While not much of a threat in the first film, the Cullens are told not to underestimate her and by the end, once her lover has been killed, she is seen already planning her revenge. In New Moon she has begun her newborn army with Riley growing its numbers, knowing she can't take on the Cullens alone. After Laurent is killed while spying on Bella on her behalf, she takes matters into her own hands and finds that the human girl is now protected by the wolf pack.