The Simpsons: Every Treehouse Of Horror Ranked Worst To Best
1. V. The Shinning; Time And Punishment; Nightmare Cafeteria
No matter how iconic The Raven is, the non-copyright infringing The Shinning is definitely the best Treehouse Of Horrors segment of all. It beautifully fits the source (and Homer's decline into madness is ALMOST as iconic as Jack Torrance's)
The whole episode is also a very funny middle finger salute to the censors, starting with a PSA from Marge warning about the increased levels of violence before the episode deliberately adding more violence after complaints specifically about excessive violence. Take that, miserablists.
The other two segments aren't as strong as The Shinning, but the time travel morality tale Time And Punishment is a great riff on the "don't mess with the timeline" warning everyone ignores in almost every time travel movie. The montage of the alternate worlds Homer's meddling creates is glorious.
And the final episode plays on eternal fears rather than a cultural reference point: that school is really hell and figures of authority would genuinely eat you if given half a chance. I just wish more Treehouses were still this violent.
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