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) stated the film was the best in "The Twilight Saga" so far, acknowledging that, "The person who should be worried is Bill Condon, the director tapped for the two-part finale, "". He's got a real challenge to make movies as good as "Eclipse"." A.O. Scott of "The New York Times" praised David Slade's ability to make an entertaining film, calling it funny and better than its predecessors, but pointed out the acting hasn't improved much. A more negative review said that while ""Eclipse" restores some of the energy "New Moon" zapped out of the franchise and has enough quality performances