Editing Treehouse of Horror IV (section)

==Cultural references==
The wrap-around segments are a reference to [[Rod Serling]]'s ''[[Night Gallery]]''.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season5/page6.shtml |title=Treehouse of Horror IV |access-date=2007-03-21 |author1=Martyn, Warren |author2=Wood, Adrian |year=2000 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> The paintings seen in these segments are parodies of well-known works, including [[Vincent van Gogh|van Gogh]]'s [[Portraits of Vincent van Gogh|''Self-Portrait'', September 1889]], [[Edvard Munch|Munch]]'s ''[[The Scream]]'', [[René Magritte|Magritte]]'s ''[[The Son of Man]]'', [[Jacques-Louis David|David]]'s ''[[The Death of Marat]]'', [[Salvador Dalí|Dalí]]'s ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'', [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]]'s ''[[Three Musicians (Picasso)|Three Musicians]]'' and [[M. C. Escher|Escher]]'s ''[[Ascending and Descending]]'', all featuring members of the Simpson family. (The last painting, shown before "Bart Simpson's Dracula", is ''[[Dogs Playing Poker]]''.) Marge says that the following episode is scary, and that maybe viewers should listen to the [[The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)|''War of the Worlds'' broadcast]] instead.

"The Devil and Homer Simpson" is a parody of [[Stephen Vincent Benét]]'s story "[[The Devil and Daniel Webster]]". The first time the Devil appears, he resembles the demon [[Chernabog]] from ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''.<ref name="Daniels"/> After Homer discovers a technicality and boasts that he's "smarter than the devil" the Devil turns into the Chernabog-esque demon and intones, "I'll see you in Hell yet, Homer Simpson!" The scene in Hell where Homer is fed all the doughnuts in the world, and asks for more, is a direct parody of the cartoon ''[[Pigs Is Pigs (1937 film)|Pigs is Pigs]]'', in which the character [[Piggy (Merrie Melodies)|Piggy]] is taken in by a scientist and forced to eat all the food in the world.<ref name="Silverman"/> The demon who feeds Homer all the donuts in the world says: "I don't understand it. [[James Coco]] went mad in fifteen minutes!"<ref>[http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/scripts/thoh-4 ‘Treehouse of Horror IV’ script] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619122716/http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/scripts/thoh-4 |date=2021-06-19 }}, Simpson Crazy.</ref> Coco was an actor known for his culinary talents and best-selling cookbooks.<ref>[http://frieddoughho.com/the-simpsons-offers-homer-donut-hell/ The Simpsons offers Homer Donut Hell], ''Fried Donut Ho''</ref> The "jury of the damned" includes [[John Wilkes Booth]], [[Lizzie Borden]], [[John Dillinger]], [[Blackbeard]], [[Benedict Arnold]], [[Richard Nixon]] (who points out that he is not yet dead){{efn|name=fn1|In real life, Nixon died 5 months after this episode aired.}}<ref name=":book" /> and the starting lineup of the [[1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season|1976]] [[Philadelphia Flyers]], a reference to their days as the Broad Street Bullies, when they were notorious for their violent playing style.

"Terror at {{frac|5|1|2}} Feet" is a parody of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]", later remade as  the final segment of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]''.<ref name=":book"/> In the school bus, Martin wears a shirt reading [[Wang Laboratories|Wang Computers]]. Bart tells Otto there's a gremlin on the side of the bus. [[Hans Moleman]] is beside the bus driving an [[AMC Gremlin]]. Otto, assuming this is what he's referring to, says "No problemo, Bart dude!" and runs Moleman off the road.

"Bart Simpson's Dracula" is a parody of [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''. At Burns' castle, Lisa notices a tome resting on a stand in the basement: ''Yes, I Am a Vampire, by Monty Burns. Foreword by [[Steve Allen]]''.<ref name="Mirkin"/> Shortly after she finds the tome, she mistakes Bart's fearful attempts at getting her attention as impressions of [[Shemp Howard|Shemp]] and [[Curly Howard]] of the [[Three Stooges]]. Bart floating outside Lisa's bedroom window is a parody of ''[[The Lost Boys]]'' as well as [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[Salem's Lot]]''. The family's plan to kill the head vampire is also a reference to both the film and novel. In particular, the twist revelation that Burns is not the head vampire is also a reference to the twist ending of ''The Lost Boys''.<ref name="Silverman"/> The segment ends with the family singing "[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]" à la ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''.

[[Alf Clausen]]'s closing credits composition is a version of the ''Simpsons'' theme that combines the electric guitar used in ''[[The Munsters]]'' theme with the [[harpsichord]] and clicking from ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' theme.<ref name="Mirkin"/>