Editing Treehouse of Horror II (section)

==Reception==
In its original airing on Fox, the episode had a 12.1 [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen rating]] and was viewed in approximately 11.14 million homes. It finished the week ranked 39th. It was the highest rated show on Fox the week it aired, tied with ''[[In Living Color]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBS predicts ratings victory for season |date=1991-11-30 |work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]}}</ref>

The authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'', Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood praised the episode as "A marked improvement on the first, uneven Hallowe'en special. All three tales succeed, with Bart's nightmare of gaining awesome powers being perhaps the most successful".<ref name="bbc"/> Bill Gibron of DVD Verdict lauded the episode for having "wonderfully wild moments", especially "the parody of The Twilight Zone's 'It's a Good Life,' with Bart in the place of Billy Mumy's omnipresent monster". He gave the episode a score of 90 out of 100 a possible score.<ref name="Gibron">{{cite web|access-date=2009-05-26 |url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason3.php |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season |publisher=DVD Verdict |date=2005-02-23 |author=Gibron, Bill |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629194944/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason3.php |archive-date=2009-06-29 }}</ref> DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson critiqued the episode as "not so hot their first couple of years", though he admitted that "the 1991 incarnation does top the original from 1990". However, he thought that "None of the three stories stands out as particularly excellent, though the monkey's paw one probably works the best. Chalk up this episode as a decent Halloween set."<ref name="Colin">{{cite web |url=http://dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonthree.shtml |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season (1991) |last=Jacobson |first=Colin |date=August 21, 2003 |publisher=DVD Movie Guide |access-date=2009-06-06}}</ref> He thought the best quote was "Damn it Smithers, this isn't rocket science. It's brain surgery!"<ref name="Colin"/>

In 2006, ''[[IGN]]'' published a list of the top ten ''Treehouse of Horror'' segments, and they placed the third segment at number eight. They wrote, "'Treehouse of Horror II' contained three quality segments, but [the third] was easily the best. Featuring a story reminiscent to ''Frankenstein'', this episode made us laugh from beginning to end with Homer's crazy antics. [...] The humor that is derived from the multiple movie and literary parodies was enough to leave a last impression on us as an audience&nbsp;— and who doesn't like a robot whose primary function is to find donuts?"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/11/05/the-simpsons-best-treehouse-of-horror-segments |title=The Simpsons' Best Treehouse of Horror Segments
|date=2010-11-05 |access-date=2022-01-15|author1=Goldman, Eric |author2=Iverson, Dan |author3=Zoromski, Brian |publisher=IGN}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Star Tribune]]'', Neal Justin rated the episode as the one of his ten favorite episodes, writing, "The annual Halloween specials glow because all the rules are thrown out, never with more ingenuity than in this second installment."<ref name="Justin">{{cite news |title=Homer's odyssey&nbsp;— What a long, strange trip it's been for TV's longest-running sitcom, "The Simpsons." Here are 10 of our favorite stops along the way. |last=Justin |first=Neal |date=January 28, 2000 |work=[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref> The episode's reference to ''Midnight Express'' was named the 18th greatest film reference in the history of the show by ''[[Total Film]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Nathan Ditum.<ref name="totalfilm">{{cite news |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-50-greatest-simpsons-movie-references/ |title=The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References |last=Ditum |first=Nathan |date=June 6, 2009 |work=[[Total Film]]|publisher=GamesRadar |access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref>

The episode was nominated for two [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special and Alf Clausen for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]].<ref name="Emmys">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=&program=%22The+Simpsons%22&start_year=1992&end_year=1992&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search |publisher=Primetime Emmy Awards |access-date=2010-03-20}}</ref>