It’s an annual tradition that The Simpsons celebrates the Halloween season with a Treehouse of Horror episode consisting of three separate stories. And that tradition is going to continue this year. But there’s also going to be a second Treehouse of Horror episode of this year, and that one is going to consist of just one story: a full episode parody of Stephen King’s It!
The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman announced the Treehouse of Horror news at the San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend. Speaking with Variety, Selman said,
We’ve never done a single fantastical, bloody, scary, dark story, told over the scope of the the 20 minutes and 40 seconds that is an episode. I think the fans are going to be really excited. Certainly the tattoos already exist of Krusty as Pennywise. So we’re just writing towards the tattoos now. You want as many tattoo worthy moments in your episodes as you can.”
Selman also revealed that the three-story Treehouse of Horror episode is going to feature a parody of the anime Death Note – and a different studio is even handling the animation of that segment so it can be an
incredibly authentic Simpsons anime. So I really think people were gonna freak out over that. We’re not trying to take on every single anime, it’s an unbelievably rich and diverse genre within itself. We’re not trying to do 20 shows and scoop it all into six minutes. It’s just one beloved thing, this show Death Note.”
The other two segments that will be included in that episode are being kept secret for now.
I haven’t watched The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror episode or otherwise, in many years, but their plans for this year do sound like fun. Do you watch The Simpsons? What do you think of one episode featuring a Death Note parody, and another being a full-episode parody of It? Share your thoughts on this news by leaving a comment below.