It is only 11 days until The Twilight Saga: New Moon mania hits theaters on November 20, 2009. Our own Twilight fan and vampire expert Kelsey Zukowski will be giving us her thoughts on the film, and I will be keeping you updated on the box office numbers, fans’ thoughts and the overall reviews from all the major critics. Until then here is video to help Twilight novices like myself get to know the Volturi a little better.

Here is a list of the cast that makes up the vampire clan! (Full Twilight Saga: New Moon cast breakdown here)

Volturi Vampire Clan
Charlie Bewley as Demetri
Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius
Daniel Cudmore as Felix
Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus
Dakota Fanning as Jane
Cameron Bright as Alec, her brother.
Noot Seer as Heidi
Michael Sheen as Aro (the Volturi leader)

In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of – only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.

Following Bella’s ill-fated 18th birthday party, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his family abandon the town of Forks, Washington, in an effort to protect her from the dangers inherent in their world. As the heartbroken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year of high school, numb and alone, she discovers Edward’s image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

With the help of her childhood friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella refurbishes an old motorbike to carry her on her adventures. Bella’s frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob, a member of the mysterious Quileute tribe, who has a supernatural secret of his own.

When a chance encounter brings Bella face to face with a former nemesis, only the intervention of a pack of supernaturally large wolves saves her from a grisly fate, and the encounter makes it frighteningly clear that Bella is still in grave danger. In a race against the clock, Bella learns the secret of the Quileutes and Edward’s true motivation for leaving her. She also faces the prospect of a potentially deadly reunion with her beloved that is a far cry from the one she’d hoped for.