Episode:
“Treehouse of Horror IV”, in which the annual Halloween episode of The
Simpsons hits its peak with a scarifying trio of terror tales presented by
Bart à la Rod Serling on Night Gallery. First
up is a spin on The Devil and Daniel
Webster in which corpulent Homer Simpson barters his soul for one doughnut
and Satan assumes the form of pious neighborino Ned Flanders. Next is the
traditional Twilight Zone parody in which Bart plays a junior Bill Shatner
who discovers a gremlin saboteur messing with his school bus. Finally, there’s the
lavish “Bart Simpson’s Dracula”, in which Count Mr. Burns keeps an undead army
of the undead at the bottom of his Super Happy Fun Slide and neither Francis
Ford Coppola nor Stephen King make it out alive. Back when The Simpsons was
still funny, nobody did Halloween episodes like they did, and no Halloween is
complete without watching one. Happy viewing and happy Halloween!
Psychobabble: For Groovy Ghouls, Retro Rockers, & Kooky Cultists.
