Halloween of Horror/References

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Cultural References

• Homer whistles the theme song from the 1978 horror movie Halloween, referring to it as a "happy tune". The theme also plays during the end credits.
• The Krustyland event "Halloween Horror Night" is a likely reference to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights events which are done at Universal's theme parks in Orlando, Hollywood, Singapore, and in Osaka, Japan.
• Homer and Lisa being chased by three masked intruders in their own home is likely a reference to the 2008 horror movie The Strangers.
• Ned alludes to the Treehouse of Horror series, asking Homer if he had enough of the treehouse to tell three terrifying tales, to which Homer replies that they are doing it next week.
• Lem wears a Ghostface mask, from the movie "Scream".
• The musical number in this episode is a reference to the song Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Some of the adults' costumes:
  • Melvin Van Horne: Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
  • Bernice Hibbert: Angel
  • Julius Hibbert: Devil
  • Krusty the Clown: Ancient Greek
  • Horatio McCallister: Hobbit
  • Otto Mann: Hobbit
  • Cookie Kwan: Slutty Crayon
  • Lindsey Naegle: Slutty Crayon
  • Clancy Wiggum: Frankenstein's monster
  • Sarah Wiggum: Zatanna
  • Moe Szyslak: Pharaoh
  • Elizabeth Hoover: Steampunk woman
  • Princess Kashmir: Steampunk woman
  • Hans Moleman: Steampunk man
  • Jonathan Frink: Steampunk man
  • Kumiko Albertson: Steampunk woman
  • Comic Book Guy: Steampunk man
  • Gil Gunderson: Member of Devo
  • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: Indian prince
  • Old Jewish Man: Zorro
  • Miss Springfield: Carrie White
  • Selma Bouvier: Cavewoman
  • Patty Bouvier: Marie Antoinette
  • Akira: Bruce Lee
  • Judge Constance Harm: Cruella de Vil
  • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon: Army veteran
  • Snake Jailbird: Elvis Presley
  • Doris Freedman: Slutty cop
  • Mrs. Muntz: Wonder Woman
  • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: Indian princess
  • Bumblebee Man: Priest
  • Lurleen Lumpkin: Western saloon dancer
  • Ruth Powers: Daenerys Targaryen
  • Kent Brockman: David Bowie
  • Barney Gumble: Borat Sagdiyev
  • Herman Hermann: Austin Powers
  • Luann Van Houten: Slutty Squirrel
  • Kirk Van Houten: Acorn
  • Rainier Wolfcastle: Jessica Rabbit
  • Groundskeeper Willie: Rosie the Riveter
  • Agnes Skinner: Amy Winehouse
  • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr.: Rock fan
  • Helen Lovejoy: Rock fan
  • Waylon Smithers, Jr.: Geisha
  • Dewey Largo: Geisha
  • Grizzly Shaun: Geisha
  • Jasper Beardly: Dusty Hill
  • Disco Stu: Nacho Libre
  • Nick Riviera: Steampunk man
  • Joe Quimby, Sr.: Hugh Hefner
  • Ned Flanders: Jonah
  • Lou: Bert
  • Eddie: Ernie
  • Lenny Leonard: Kang
  • Carl Carlson: Kodos
  • Gary Chalmers: Zardoz
• Some of the Springfield Elementary students' costumes:
  • Lisa Simpson: Zombified Frida Kahlo
  • Bart Simpson: Pirate
  • Sherri and Terri Mackleberry: Aliens
  • Üter Zörker: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
  • Janey Powell: Dorothy Gale
  • Database: A Minecraft character
  • Lewis Clark: Austin Powers
  • Martin Prince: Bender

Trivia

• This episode is the first (and currently only) fully canon Halloween-themed episode as well as the first to not be part of the Treehouse of Horror-series.
• This episode is one of many in the UK that has to be aired after the 9pm watershed due to strong content (in this case, the scenes of Homer and Lisa trapped during a home invasion; the racy lyrics to "Grown-Up Halloween"; and scenes of Dickie and his gang getting high off glowstick fluid and fog machine fog). Over in America, this is one of the many latter-day episodes to be rated TV-14 for moderate sexual content, scenes of substance abuse, and intense scenes of threat and peril.

Goofs

• When Homer sits on the couch to calm Lisa down, he puts a popcorn bowl beside her, but when the three former employees ring the doorbell, the bowl disappears and Homer sets a puzzle box on its place.
• The products at Apu's Halloween store change places between scenes.
• After Homer tells Lisa to plug in the decorations, Homer cries for help, but his mouth is not moving.
• Bernice’s Angel costume changes from white to purple when Marge returns to Everscream Terrors.
• After Lisa plugs in the decorations to signal for help, Homer’s mouth doesn’t move when he calls for help.
• When Homer and Lisa are running upstairs in panic because of the intruders, Tailee disappears from Lisa's hand. It reappears when they are upstairs.
  • The same mistake occurs when Lisa is climbing onto the roof: Tailee disappears when Homer is holding her and reappears when she gives it to Homer.