Stephanie Meyer at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, California, November 14, 2011. (Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.COM)

The author of the Twilight books has snapped up the film rights to Lois Duncan's gothic horror novel Down a Dark Hall.

Stephanie Meyer plans to produce a movie adaptation of the story set in a haunted boarding school.

Duncan is not new to film adaptations of her written work - her books have inspired the films Hotel For Dogs and the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise.

Meyer is the producer of both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn movies and she'll also produce the movie adaptation of her science fiction novel The Host.