Vignettes: “The Diving Bell and Butterball,” “Dial D for Diddly,” “In the Na’Vi” The episode also contains a moderately entertaining Dexter spoof where Homer convinces Ned to kill for him, as well as ...

Yet with the two-part 33rd edition of the series hitting next month, this writer decided to take up residence in Springfield and revisit all 32 previous entries of the seasonal spooktaculars for a ...

"Treehouse of Horror" is a yearly tradition in The Simpsons wherein a series of non-canonical short stories is depicted, usually parodying certain movies or TV shows. This tradition has been going on ...

What is your hyper-specific TV pet peeve? Mine is that since the first “Treehouse of Horror” premiered in season 2 of The Simpsons, the roman numerals in the title of the annual Halloween episode will ...

Although The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror specials are some of the show’s most popular episodes, this didn’t stop the long-running series from secretly releasing two extra horror anthologies in ...

One of the unfortunate trends of this era of The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror is the fact that many of the stories no longer have a Horror focus. Treehouse of Horror XXI does start out with the ...

For fans of The Simpsons, the arrival of autumn means only one thing: it’s almost time for another “Treehouse of Horror” episode. This annual tradition has been a cornerstone of the series for over ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The start of the spooky Halloween season is a great time to be a fan of The Simpsons, and it’s the best time to go back through some of its major classics released over the decades. Each season of the ...

From "The Shinning" and "B.I. Bartificial Intelligence" to "Easy-Bake Coven" and "The Raven," these are the essential Springfield Halloween specials. Once upon a midnight dreary, Matt Groening’s “The ...

The Simpsons first Treehouse of Horror episode aired way back in 1990 during the show’s second season, and every Halloween since Fox has scared up a new one. This year will be number XXXV. (Hey Bart, ...