My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Mike is watching the "Bad Dream House" segment of this episode on TV"The Simpsons" So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (TV Episode 1993)
One of the clips used in this clip show episode.The Simpsons Have Landed (TV Special 1996)
Clips are shown"Familiar Faces" Familiar Faces #42: Top 13 Treehouse of Horror (TV Episode 2010)
The Raven is number 5"The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror XXV (TV Episode 2014)
A clip from this episode is shown.
The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (Video Game 1991)
Kang's cookbook animation is based on this episode, as is the cook book, itself."The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror II (TV Episode 1991)
Marge talks about last year's Halloween show; title reference; sequel episode.The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror (Video Game 2001)
A level is based in the "Bad Dream House" segment of this episode.The Simpsons: Wrestling (Video Game 2001)
The How to cook humans > how to cook for humans > how to cook forty humans > how to cook for forty humans gag from this episode is re-used as a sign which changes in Kang's arena.The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Video Game 2003)
The cookbook from this episode is a collectable card. The episode name, code and quotes from the episode are written on the card.
The Fly (1958)
When a bug flies into a bug-zapper, you hear a tiny, high-pitched "ow" in a nod to this film.The Atomic Submarine (1959)
The one-eyed, drooling aliens are loosely modeled after the creature from this movie.Psycho (1960)
The house in the "Bad Dream House" segment is based on the house from Psycho's appearence.The Addams Family (TV Series 1964–1966)
The house from "Bad Dream House" is based on the Addams family's home."Star Trek" The Conscience of the King (TV Episode 1966)
The alien 'Kodos' is named in reference to the villain from this episode of Star Trek.
Scared Shrekless (TV Movie 2010)
The special is a spoof of Treehouse of Horror."Outside Xbox" 5 Least Spooky Xbox Live Indie Games - Halloween Special (TV Episode 2013)
After opening an empty cabinet Andy says "You know what's scarier than nothing? Anything!" quoting Bart in The Raven segment of the episode."Nostalgia Critic" Scary Godmother (TV Episode 2017)
The Nostalgiaween intro spoofs the original Treehouse of Horror intro"Nostalgia Critic" It (2017) (TV Episode 2017)
The Nostalgiaween intro spoofs the original Treehouse of Horror intro."Nostalgia Critic" Halloween (2007) (TV Episode 2017)
The Nostalgiaween intro spoofs the original Treehouse of Horror intro.
Frankenstein (1931)
It opens with Marge stepping out from behind a stage curtain to warn the audience about the scary scenes to follow, just as Edward Van Sloan does in the original."The Twilight Zone" To Serve Man (TV Episode 1962)
The "To Serve Man" bit is spoofed with a "To Serve Humans" cook book.The Exorcist (1973)
Maggie's head turns around several times like the girl in the Exorcist.The Amityville Horror (1979)
Many features of the haunted house in "Bad Dream House" segment including the bleeding walls.