The Simpsons "...of Horror" instalments

  1. "Treehouse of Horror" (1990)
    1. "Bad Dream House" - Poltergeist (1982) and The Amityville Horror (1979)
    2. "Hungry and the Damned" - The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" (1962)
    3. "The Raven" - The Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name (1845)
  2. "Treehouse of Horror II" (1991)
    1. "The Monkey's Paw" - The W.W. Jacobs short story of the same name (1902) and The Twilight Zone episode "A Small Talent for War" (1986)
    2. "The Bart Zone" - The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" (1961)
    3. "If Only I Had a Brain" - Frankenstein (1931)
  3. "Treehouse of Horror III" (1992)
    1. "Clown Without Pity" - The Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll" (1963) and Child's Play (1988)
    2. "King Homer" - King Kong (1933)
    3. "Dial 'Z' for Zombies" - Night of the Living Dead (1968), Return of the Living Dead (1985) and Pet Sematary (1983)
  4. "Treehouse of Horror IV" (1993); wraparounds - Night Gallery (1970-1973)
    1. "The Devil and Homer Simpson" - The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936)
    2. "Terror at 5½ Feet" - The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" (1963)
    3. "Bart Simpson's Dracula" - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
  5. "Treehouse of Horror V" (1994)
    1. "The Shinning" - The Shining (1980)
    2. "Time and Punishment" - A Sound of Thunder (1952)
    3. "Nightmare Cafeteria" - Soylent Green (1973)
  6. "Treehouse of Horror VI" (1995); opening scene - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819)
    1. "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores" - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
    2. "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
    3. "Homer³" - The Twilight Zone episode "Little Girl Lost" (1962)
  7. "Treehouse of Horror VII" (1996)
    1. "The Thing and I" - Original story; despite contrary belief, it wasn't based on Basket Case (1982)
    2. "The Genesis Tub" - The Twilight Zone episode "The Little People" (1962)
    3. "Citizen Kang" - Original story inspired by the 1996 presidential election
  8. "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (1997)
    1. "The Homega Man" - The Omega Man (1971)
    2. "Fly vs. Fly" - The Fly (1958) and The Fly (1986)
    3. "Easy-Bake Coven" - Original story; designs were inspired by The Crucible (1996)
  9. "Treehouse of Horror IX" (1998)
    1. "Hell Toupée" - The Amazing Stories episode of the same name (1986)
    2. "The Terror of Tiny Toon" - Stay Tuned (1992)
    3. "Starship Poopers" - Original story; title is a pun on Starship Troopers (1997)
  10. "Treehouse of Horror X" (1999)
    1. "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did" - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
    2. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" - Fantastic Four issue 1 (1961)
    3. "Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" - Original story inspired by the Y2K bug
  11. "Treehouse of Horror XI" (2000); opening scene - The Munsters (1964-1966)
    1. "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad" - Ghost Dad (1990)
    2. "Scary Tales Can Come True" - Grimms' Fairy Tales (1812)
    3. "Night of the Dolphin" - The Birds (1963) and Day of the Dolphin (1973)
  12. "Treehouse of Horror XII" (2001)
    1. "Hex and the City" - Original story; title is a pun on Sex and the City (1998-2004)
    2. "House of Whacks" - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Demon Seed (1977)
    3. "Wiz Kids" - Harry Potter (1997-2007)
  13. "Treehouse of Horror XIII" (2002)
    1. "Send in the Clones" - Multiplicity (1996); title is a pun on the song "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music (1973)
    2. "The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms" - Original story
    3. "The Island of Dr. Hibbert" - The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
  14. "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (2003)
    1. "Reaper Madness" - Family Guy episode "Death is a Bitch" (2000); title is a pun on Reefer Madness (1936)
    2. "Frinkenstein" - Frankenstein (1931)
    3. "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" - The Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch" (1963)
  15. "Treehouse of Horror XV" (2004)
    1. "The Ned Zone" - The Dead Zone (1979)
    2. "Four Beheadings and a Funeral" - From Hell (1989-1998), From Hell (2001) and Sherlock Holmes (1887-1927)
    3. "In the Belly of the Boss" - Fantastic Voyage (1966)
  16. "Treehouse of Horror XVI" (2005)
    1. "B.I. Bartificial Intelligence" - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
    2. "Survival of the Fattest" - The Most Dangerous Game (1924)
    3. "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" - The Twilight Zone episode "Masks" (1964); title is a pun on the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from A Fair Lady (1956)
  17. "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (2006); opening scene inspired by Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
    1. "Married to the Blob" - The Blob (1958)
    2. "You Gotta Know When to Golem" - The Golem (1915)
    3. "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" - The War of the Worlds (1938)
  18. "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" (2007)
    1. "E.T., Go Home" - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    2. "Mr. & Mrs. Simpson" - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
    3. "Heck House" - Original story
  19. "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (2008); opening scene inspired by the 2008 presidential election
    1. "Untitled Robot Parody" - Transformers (2007)
    2. "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising" - Original story; title sequence inspired by Mad Men (2007-2015)
    3. "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
  20. "Treehouse of Horror XX" (2009)
    1. "Dial 'M' for Murder or Press '#' to Return to Main Menu" - Strangers on a Train (1951); title is a nod to Dial M for Murder (1954)
    2. "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind" - 28 Days Later (2002), Children of Men (2006) and I Am Legend (2007)
    3. "There's No Business Like Moe Business" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979); title is a nod to the song "There's No Business Like Show Business" from Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
  21. "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010)
    1. "War and Pieces" - Jumanji (1995)
    2. "Master and Cadaver" - Dead Calm (1989)
    3. "Tweenlight" - Twilight (2008)
  22. "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (2011)
    1. "The Diving Bell and the Butterball" - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
    2. "Dial D for Diddly" - Dexter (2006-2013)
    3. "In the Na'Vi" - James Cameron's Avatar (2009)
  23. "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (2012); Opening scene inspired by the 2012 phenomenon
    1. "The Greatest Story Ever Holed" - Original story
    2. "Un-normal Activity" - Paranormal Activity (2007)
    3. "Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure" - Back to the Future (1985)
  24. "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (2013); Opening scene inspired by various horror films, science fiction films and TV shows as directed by Guillermo del Toro
    1. "Oh the Places You'll D'oh" - The Cat in the Hat (1957)
    2. "Dead and Shoulders" - The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
    3. "Freaks No Geeks" - Freaks (1932)
  25. "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (2014); Opening scene inspired by The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (1962-1992)
    1. "School Is Hell" - Original story
    2. "A Clockwork Yellow" - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    3. "The Others" - The Others (2001)
  26. "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (2015)
    1. "Wanted: Dead, Then Alive" - Original story; title is a pun on the Bon Jovi song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (1986)
    2. "Homerzilla" - Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla (1998)
    3. "Telepaths of Glory" - Chronicle (2012)
  27. "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (2016); Couch gag - Planet of the Apes (1968)
    1. "Dry Hard" - The Hunger Games (2008-2020) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    2. "BFF R.I.P." - Original story
    3. "Moefinger" - Goldfinger (1964) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
  28. "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" (2017); Opening scene - Sausage Party (2016)
    1. "The Exor-Sis" - The Exorcist (1973)
    2. "Coralisa" - Coraline (2009)
    3. "Mmm... Homer" - Survivor Type (1982)
  29. "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" (2018); Opening scene - The Call of Cthulhu (1928)
    1. "Intrusion of the Pod-y Snatchers" - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    2. "Multiplisa-ty" - Split (2016)
    3. "Geriatric Park" - Jurassic Park (1990) and Jurassic Park (1993)
  30. "Treehouse of Horror XXX" (2019); Prologue - The Omen (1976)
    1. "Danger Things" - Stranger Things (2016-2023)
    2. "Heaven Swipes Right" - Heaven Can Wait (1978)
    3. "When Hairy Met Slimy" - The Shape of Water (2017)
  31. "Thanksgiving of Horror" (2019)
    1. "A-Gobble-Ypto" - Apocalypto (2006)
    2. "The Fourth Thursday After Tomorrow" - Black Mirror episode "White Christmas" (2014)
    3. "The Last Thanksgiving/The First Blarg-sgiving" - Alien (1979), The Blob (1988) and Life (2017)
  32. "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" (2020); Opening scene inspired by the 2020 presidential election
    1. "Toy Gory" - Toy Story (1995)
    2. "Into the Homerverse" - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
    3. "Be Nine, Rewind" - Russian Doll (2019-present); title is a nod to Be Kind Rewind (2008)
  33. "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (2021)
    1. "Barti" - Bambi (1942)
    2. "Bong Joon-Ho's 'This Side of Parasite'" - Parasite (2019)
    3. "Nightmare on Elm Tree" - Original story
    4. "Poetic Interlude aka The Telltale Bart" - Artworks of Edward Gorey (1925-2000); title is a nod to The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
    5. "Dead Ringer" - The Ring (2002)
  34. "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" (2022); bonus episode "Not It" - It (2017-2019)
    1. "The Pookadook" - The Babadook (2014)
    2. "Death Tome" - Death Note (2003-2006) and Death Note (2006-2008)
    3. "Simpsons World" - Westworld (2016-2022)

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