Can any TV series rival The Simpsons for the sheer number of Halloween episodes? Since Season 2, the series has given fans at least one new "Treehouse of Horror" anthology episode every single year. Early on, these stories were more directly horror-centric, but since then "Treehouse of Horror" has become something of a clearinghouse for stuff the writers can't do during a "regular" episode. And we love it. Well, usually...
In honor of this Halloween tradition, we've ranked every single "Treehouse of Horror" episode so far, up through Season 38's "Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening." Some of them are good enough to rival the best episodes from the show's golden years. Others… well, it's hard to bat a thousand over three decades. Read on for our full list, and after you're done, be sure to check out our recently updated best Simpsons Episodes list and see a preview of a classic Treehouse of Horror comic.
And be sure to check back soon to see where the upcoming "Treehouse of Horror XXXVII" ranks on the list.
"The Diving Bell and the Butterball" is the single-worst "Treehouse of Horror" segment ever, and it's not particularly close. It's essentially one long, profoundly unfunny fart joke. The final segment is an Avatar parody that, like Avatar, has not aged well.
We'll give this episode a slight bit of credit for trying to shake up the formula and tackle five segments instead of the usual three. But predictably, that only means this batch of horror spoofs feels even more rushed and underdeveloped than usual. The biggest disappointment here is "Bong Joon Ho's 'This Side of Parasite,'" which adds absolutely nothing to the satirical horror film it lampoons.
Guillermo del Toro was responsible for the opening sequence of this episode, but after that it's really bland. None of the segments are good in the slightest. In particular, the second segment, "Dead and Shoulders," involves Bart's head being attached to Lisa's body, which is a trope that has been handled seemingly dozens of times before, including in a previous "Treehouse of Horror" episode.
This episode is particularly frustrating in that it probably could have been a winner had the concepts been fleshed out more. "Toy Gory" is a deeply uninspired spoof of the Toy Story movies, and "Be Nine, Rewind" misses the mark with its time travel humor. This episode does at least have the somewhat amusing Marvel parody "Into the Homer-Verse," but even that ultimately recycles a similar premise from the much more successful "Treehouse of Horror XIII."
This is another case where the gorgeously animated opening sequence (in this case courtesy of The Book of Life's Jorge R. Gutierrez) is more memorable than any of the actual segments. "The Information Rage" is a mostly toothless satire of society's current political divide disguised as a Pacific Rim parody, while "Denim" is a so-so sendup of the Venom movies. "The Fall of the House of Monty" packs a bit more punch, feeling like a return to a more classic type of "Treehouse of Horror" tale.
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