How Many Horror References Can You Catch?
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| “Treehouse of Horror XXIV” episode of The Simpsons” airing Sunday, Oct. 6 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. |
Fox and 'The Simpsons' brought in writer-director, Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim), to produce this year's opening sequence for their special 'Treehouse of Horror' episode. Although they got more than they bargained for. A lot more. Initially brought in for voice work, del Toro decided to reimagine the entire iconic Couch Gag opening with wall-to-wall horror references from classic monsters, to horror creators and from his own work. There is simply too much to take in all in one sitting.
“I really wanted to land the connections between the [show’s] set pieces and the titles and some of the most iconic horror movies, and intersperse them with some of my stuff in there for pure joy,” he says. “For example the idea that Ms. Krabappel could be outside the school with Alfred Hitchcock which is a reference to the sequence in The Birds that happens outside of the school in Bodega Bay. To use Chief Wiggum as the Cyclops from Harryhausen, dipping the [Lard Lad] donut in a water tank, to have the nuclear spill from Mr. Burns’ plant create zombies — all of this stuff seems to make sense to interconnect. If Homer really gets a radioactive isotope, he could turn into a reaper from Blade. Or the famous shot that is always in the titles — Maggie driving and then you pull back and there’s Marge driving, right? But in this case Maggie is driving, and she’s driving the car from the horror movie from the 70s called The Car, which is one of my favorite guilty pleasure B-movies. And what if Lisa is in the music class, but she’s in the music class with every Phantom of the Opera ever made? It was a unique opportunity.” - (Guillermo del Toro as told to EW)
The result is a glorious epic smorgasbord of horror and fantasy references to delight any genre fan. Check it now!
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