"The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror XV (2004)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

David Silverman

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

7 November 2004 (Season 16, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

In "The Ned Zone," Ned gets the ability to tell people's deaths just by touching someone. In "In the Belly of the Boss," Mr...

Plot Keywords:

Opium Den | Halloween | Halloween Spoof | Nuclear Power | Dysfunctional Family

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson (voice) (as I Was a Teenaged Dan Castellaneta)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice) (as Ghouls Kavner)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice) (as Bartfright Cartwright)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice) (as Aeeiy Lmrdthys)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Cletus / Prof. Frink / Others (voice) (as The Republican Party)
Harry Shearer	...	Montgomery Burns / Waylon Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Rev. Lovejoy / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Rainer Wolfcastle / Others (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	(voice) (as Terror MacNihil)
Karl Wiedergott	...	(voice) (as Snarl Wiederghost)
Marie Cain	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mr. Burns is lying on the table before the Simpsons enter his body, he is wearing briefs. However, when the Simpsons are inside him, he is wearing boxers.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Marge sees Homer constantly throwing a bowling ball on the roof]
Marge Simpson: Homer, what are you doing?
Homer Simpson: Trying to get a frisbee off the roof.

Movie Connections:

References Island of Lost Souls (1932)

The best Treehouse of Horror in a long time!!!

Stars: Dan Castellaneta as Homer, Hans Moleman, Kang, Quimby, and others. Julie Kavner as Marge and Selma. Nancy Cartwright as Bart, Maggie and Ralph. Yeardley Smith as Lisa. Hank Azaria as Apu, Moe, Comic Book Guy, Chief Wiggum, Officer Lou, The Boss, Professor Frink and others. Harry Shearer as Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Smithers, Dr. Hibbert, Officer Eddie, God, Herman, and others.

This Halloween special was so clever!! All three of the segments were very clever, and I think this was the funniest Halloween special since the 5th one.

Segment 1: The Ned Zone. Ned Flanders gets the power to see how people die by touching them in a parody of The Dead Zone. It was a great segment including my favorite Homer reading, "But ice cream cake!"

Segment 2: Four Beheadings and a Funeral. In a Sherlock Holmes parody, Lisa and Dr. Bartley try to solve the case of the muttonchop murderer. Though this segment has little to do with Halloween, it's still hilarious.

Segment 3: In the Belly of the Boss. Professor Frink accidentally shrinks Maggie and Mr. Burns eats her. The Simpsons have to make a fantastic voyage in to Mr. Burns to get her. The ending is quite similar to the end of the fifth Halloween special, but somehow fresh.

My overall rating: ****/****. 22 mins. TVPGV