Silverman watched the episode to get inspiration for Bart's facial expressions. Enraged, Ned leaves, but curses Homer with an eternal reminder of his ill-gotten donut - by transforming Homers head into a huge donut. Mirkin said, "Things had to happen really fast. Uter [3] Show runner David Mirkin thought the Treehouse of Horror episodes were the hardest episodes to do because the staff had to fit in all three stories in only 22 minutes.
The vampire family prepares to bite Lisa. Üter, a character from Germany, also makes his first appearance on the show in this segment; he was conceived as a one-time joke, but reappeared in later episodes because Mirkin felt he was "such a perfect stereotype". ♪ The Simpsons 25x02 ♪ Treehouse of Horror XXIV Original Air Date on October 6, 2013 (yells) (beeping) (groans) (singing opera) (playing the blues) (playing the blues) (monster shrieking) (bird caws) (chuckles) (all screaming) (all moaning, shrieking) (horn honking) (panting) (screams) (tires screech) D'oh! [8] "Terror at 5½ Feet" is a parody of The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". [16], I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII • XXIII • XXIV • XXV • XXVI • XXVII • XXVIII • XXIX • XXX • XXXI. [2] The wraparounds are based on Rod Serling's television series Night Gallery, in which Serling appears at an art gallery and introduces each episode by unveiling paintings depicting the stories. Lisa makes it back to her parents and warns them, but they don't believe her when Burns appears, blood on his very visible fangs, with a clearly bitten Bart, who drones in a zombie tone that nothing happened to him. Filming & Production Daniels, The Disfigured Dan McGrath, Bilious Bill Canterbury Directed by David "Dry Bones" Silverman ===== Production code: 1F04 Original airdate in N.A. "Treehouse of Horror IV" is the fourth Halloween episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, aired in the show's fifth season. Homer's head after being turned into a donut by Flanders the Devil. Treehouse of Horror IV Written by Watch Conan O'Brien, The Late Bill Oakley, The Estate of Josh Weinstein, Greg "It's Alive!" The episode was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. They sneak back into his castle and stake Burns in his coffin (though not before Burns briefly comes back to life and fires Homer). In "The Devil and Homer Simpson", Homer Simpson announces he would sell his soul for a doughnut, and the Devil appears to make a deal with Homer. [7] Silverman designed the gremlin based on The Grinch. "[9] James Coco was a character known in the 1970s...He parodied the Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, penned by Agatha Christie. Burns has blood visible from his mouth which he quickly slurps up. [7] Many scenes had to be cut to shorten the segment, including one that showed Homer's severed head being used as a bowling ball by a demon in hell. This is a parody of The Lost Boys as well as Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot. [4] Dracula and his castle was designed by Silverman. With this revelation, the whole entire family swoops in on Lisa, only to stop and wish everyone a happy Halloween. Lisa and the rest of the family go to Burns' castle to kill Burns so Bart can return to normal. [1] The title and a majority of the plot of "Bart Simpson's Dracula" is a parody of the Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula. In "Bart Simpson's Dracula", Bart is seen floating outside Lisa's bedroom window. [6] Oakley said there was a lot of work put into the design of the gremlin in "Terror at 5½ Feet" to make him scary "within The Simpsons universe". In a parody of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Simpsons are watching the news one night, when a story about several farmers being found drained of blood outside Springfield, which Lisa immediately suspects to be the work of a vampire, though the Springfield police, while correctly guessing that the perpetrator is a supernatural predator, thinks it is the work of a mummy and have had the Springfield Museum's Egyptian wing destroyed. This was the last Treehouse of Horror to be told as a story given by one of the characters. The Raven. The family then swoop in on Lisa but they stop and Halloween sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", parodying A Charlie Brown Christmas. Bart unsuccessfully tries to convince the other passengers of the danger. The family returns to the Burns' mansion, where Homer (after accidentally hitting the crotch) drives a stake through Burns' heart, though Burns does momentarily come back to life to fire him. When the bus finally stops, everyone sees the obvious damage, but Bart is still sent away to an insane asylum for the rest of his life for his disruptive behavior.
[15], Kim Nowacki of Yakima Herald-Republic named "Treehouse of Horror IV" her "all-time favorite" episode. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror Episodes, (created by) (as Matt 'Mr Spooky' Groening), (developed by) (as Matt 'Count Chocula' Groening) &, (written by) (as Watch Conan O'Brien) and, (written by) (as The Estate of Josh Weinstein) and, (written by) (as Greg 'It's Aliiive!'
[12] Patrick Bromley of DVD Verdict gave the episode an A grade and called it "one of the very best" Halloween specials, although said "Treehouse of Horror V" was better. This is a parody of The Lost Boys as well as Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot. [10] The jury at Homer's trial consists of John Wilkes Booth, Lizzie Borden, John Dillinger, Blackbeard, Benedict Arnold, the starting lineup of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, and Richard Nixon. Unfortunately, despite Burns' death, Bart still remains a vampire. [13] Central Michigan Life's John Thorpe named it the tenth best episode of the series, and wrote: "The best part comes when Homer decides not to eat the last part of the doughnut, thus saving him from hell.
Coolidge. Lisa claims that the only way to restore him is to kill the head vampire, Mr. Burns.
References are also made to films such as Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Lost Boys. [8] [4] Shortly after she finds the tome, she makes allusions to Shemp and Curly Howard from the Three Stooges, mistaken Bart's fearful attempts at getting her attention as impressions of the two. [16] The episode's reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula was named the 32nd greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film's Nathan Ditum. Bart is seen walking around a room with paintings in light of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and tries to introduce the show but Marge and Maggie interrupt telling Bart to tell the viewers the show is scary but Bart ignores and we watch the first part. Executive producer James L. Brooks loved the show, so it was "great fun" for him to do the parody. The demon who is feeding Homer donuts says: "I don't understand it. O'Brien worked on the "wraparounds" of Bart introducing each segment to make sure that they "pulled" the episode together. Official Sites With a zap of his power, the Devil turns Homer's head into a donut. The family's plan to kill the head vampire is also a reference to both the film and novel. [5] The first time Devil Flanders appears, he looks the same as the devil Chernabo from the 1940 Walt Disney produced film Fantasia; Silverman particularly admired the animation in that sequence. Mirkin was a big fan of the film and pushed for a segment about vampires inspired by the movie. Hilarious. The episode's reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula was named the 32nd greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film's Nathan Ditum. "Treehouse of Horror IV" was directed by David Silverman and co-written by Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Greg Daniels, Dan McGrath, and Bill Canterbury.It is the fourth episode of the annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials. [11], Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics.
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