The Simpsons
Matt Groening’s series is by far one of the longest-running productions in the history of television. Airing started in 1989 and we lived to see 31 seasons of comedy adventures of the Simspson family: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. In each of them (except the first series), the creators prepare a special Halloween episode – Scary Treehouse , which is primarily inspired by popular horror movies and horror movies. In the episode we also watch guest appearances, incl. Stephen King, and in one of the scenes we see Alfred Hitchcock in the iconic scene referring to Birds.
Each Scary Treehouse is divided into three stories told by kids. By far the most interesting and atmospheric episode for me is the episode from the sixth season, in which we observe a parody of The Shining . Homer and his family move to Burns’ house and, without beer and television, they fall into a murderous frenzy like Jack Torrance (there are also cult scenes from the legendary Kubrick movie). In the rest of the stories in the episode, we see Homer trying to change past events, making things even worse. In the last part of the episode, we see a story referring to Sweeney Todd, in whom director Skinner “plays”.
In thirty episodes of the special Halloween episode , the creators also play with motifs from such films as: Dracula, Frankenstein, Chucky’s Doll, Nightmare on Elm Street, Psychosis or …Harry Potter. Już nie mogę doczekać się kolejnego maratonu z Simpsonowie: Straszny domek na drzewie! – Mateusz Michałek
