Friday, October 27, 2006

Horror Fest Day One: Treehouse Of Horror I-V

I just watched the first five Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episodes, joined by Tom, who has them pretty much memorized.

To help jog your memory, the break down as followed

Treehouse of Horror:
1. Bad Dream House - the segment where the Simpsons buy a haunted house above and Indian Burial Ground, and when faced with the decision to live with the Simpsons, the house implodes.
2. Hungry are the Damned - The first episode with Kodos and Kang, as well as James Earl Jones as the Preparer, who's name would require the removal of your tongue. A fun twist on "To Serve Man"
3. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe meets Homer Simpson. Narrated by James Earl Jones

Treehouse of Horror II
1.The Monkey's Paw - Notable not only for the adaptation of the Monkey's Paw story, but also the episode where Kodos and Kang are defeated by a board with a nail in it.
2. It's a Good Bart - The Twilight Zone episode about the little boy with mind powers goes Simpsons. Features perhaps the most outlandish prank phone call of the series.
3. Robot Homer, or the Man with Two Burns - Homer gets fired and ends up as the brain in Mr. Burns's robot, and then ends up with Burns grafted to his head.

Treehouse of Horror III
Opens with a warning, but instead of Marge, Homer comes in to an Alfred Hitchcock Presents homage.
1. Killer Krusty Doll - The Talking Tina episode of the Twilight Zone, notable for both the Bottomless Pit (and naked Whoopi Goldberg pictures), but the "Evil" switch on the Krusty Doll
2. King Homer - A pretty faithful retelling of King Kong, but much shorter and with Homer eating everyone.
3. Dial "Z" for Zombies - Bart tries to raise Snowball I from the grave, and instead unleashes, and Homer gets to kill Zombie Flanders ("He was a zombie?")

Treehouse of Horror IV
featuring Night Gallery inspired introductions
1. The Devil and Homer Simpson - Homer deals his soul for a forbidden doughnut. Featuring a not dead yet Richard Nixon in the jury of the damned, and Flanders as The Devil.
2. Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet - Bart and the Gremlin recreate classic Shatner Twilight Zone action. With decapitated
Flanders and Joy Joy Candies (Mit Iodine)
3. Bart Simpson's Dracula - Mr. Burns is the head Vampire.... or is he??? Featuring Happy Super Fun Slide and "Yes, I'm a Vampire by Montgomery Burns (Foreword by Steve Allen)"
episode ends with a Charlie Brown Christmas joke

Treehouse of Horror V
featuring an Outer Limits opening
1. The Shinning - "Don't you mean Shining?" "Shhh! Do you want to get sued?" "Urge to kill fading...fading....RISING... fading." "Strange, the blood usually gets off on the second floor." "No TV and No Beer make Homer something something..." you get the idea.
2. Time and Punishment - For people who want to see how "A Sound of Thunder" should've come out. Homer becomes the second non-Brazilian to travel through time. Willie gets an axe in the back. again.
3. Nightmare Cafeteria - The faculty gets a taste for students, but surely something will save the Simpson children....
Like a fog that turns people's skin inside out!

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