I recently hosted a night in which my friends and I sat and watched a pile of the over 25 Treehouse of Horror episodes. Since watching them all was impossible, we picked 9 of the best ones.

Here they are:

“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR IV: TERROR AT 5½ FEET,” SEASON 5, EPISODE 5

Bart fights off a demonic little gremlin aka the Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000ft.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VI: HOMER³,” SEASON 7, EPISODE 6

 The episode where Homer turns 3D and contains numerous awesome mathematical easter eggs.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR V: TIME AND PUNISHMENT,” SEASON 6, EPISODE 5

Homer invents a time toaster and is totally unprepared for the consequences of time travel.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VI, NIGHTMARE ON EVERGREEN TERRACE,” SEASON 7, EPISODE 6

This homage to Nightmare on Elm Street sees groundskeeper Willie as Freddy Krueger. Equal parts funny and creepy, plus the Stephen King’s It” twist ending of Spider-Willie is just perfect

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR III: CLOWN WITHOUT PITY,” SEASON 2, EPISODE 3

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XIX: IT’S THE GRAND PUMPKIN, MILHOUSE,” SEASON 20, EPISODE 4

This 2008 episode is a clear satire of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. It also has a fantastic take on Mad Men and an Election Day bit on a malfunctioning touch-screen voting machine that mocked the Florida election.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VII: CITIZEN KANG,” SEASON 8, EPISODE 1

The installment from this particular edition where Kang and Kodos come to earth and impersonate Clinton and Dole in their thwarted effort to take over earth. It was brilliant.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR I: THE RAVEN,” SEASON 2, EPISODE 3

Homer gives a rendition of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic tale of terror The Raven. Homer as its protagonist, Marge as his lost Lenore, and Bart as the interloping raven.Narration by James Earl Jones.

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“TREEHOUSE OF HORROR V: THE SHINNING,” SEASON 6, EPISODE 5

 

Simpson’s homage to The Shining. The best of them all IMHO.