Treehouse of Horror XXI sinks into water, is a reference to Jack Dawson's death in "Titanic". The answer for the hangman game Bart and Milhouse played is "Wheel of Fortune". The second segment, "Master and Cadaver", is based on the film "Dead Calm". the title is a reference to the film "". At the end of the segment, Maggie imitates Alex from the film "A Clockwork Orange". "Tweenlight" parodies the "Twilight" novel and film series. Edmund is based on Edward Cullen, the character portrayed by Robert Pattinson in "Twilight" and its sequels. Edmund's father is Count Dracula. Count von Count from PBS's "Sesame Street"
The Twilight Saga (film series) Kellan Lutz was in Africa, shooting the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill", when the auditions for the character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already been cast by the time the HBO production ended in December 2007, but the selected actor "fell through". Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon, where Hardwicke personally chose him. Rachelle Lefèvre wanted a role in the film because Hardwicke was director; she saw "the potential to explore a character, hopefully, over three films"; and she wanted to portray a vampire. "[She] thought that vampires were basically the best metaphor for human anxiety