Segment suggestions for next Halloween
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shipagan — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 01:56 PM)
I'm aware that a good idea is not enough. It has to be well-developed. The dialogues have to be witty, the script must be captivating. For instance, this year's Lisa's Imaginary Friend had a great premise but fell flat.
Still, since it seems to have been difficult in the last years to come up with the Halloween/scary themes, here are some ideas from posters that I hope Simpsons' writer will steal ! They are welcome to do so. It's never too early to start writing. Here are some new idea for free !
-Something with Baba Yaga the walking isba a witch used to chase a young girl in the forest.- Something with the Mexican Day of the Dead imagery.
- You can always revisit Psycho.
-Something loosely inspired from the Drop of Water sketch in Mario Bava's The Three Faces of Fear. You can even try to make it funny (and scary). - From the same film, play with the Vurdalak myth !
- A skit about how it is difficult to find a costume without offending anybody, nowadays.
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greenmandmspt2 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 11:34 PM)
Krampus
It Follows
Blair Witch
Purge
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Scream
Scream Queens
American Horror Story (seems iffy, but it could be done. Imagine if the entire episode was devoted to, like, three seasons of it? all three segments?)
Stranger Things
When a Stranger Calls
Cabin in the Woods
El Dia de los Muertos (good idea OP!)
Sharknado
Lights Out
Babadook
Boogeyman
Woman in Black
Men in Black
House on Haunted Hill
children of the corn
Sinister
Urban Legend
Supernatural
Buffy
one of those ghost investigation shows like "Most Haunted"
Cowboys Vs Aliens
Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs
Jurassic Park (eh, maybe. If it's done right.)
Sleepy Hollow (movie or tv show)
Interview with a Vampire
anything by M. Night Shymalan is ripe for a parody
Hotel Transylvania
Wickerman
Shutter Island
the Invisible Man
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Rose Red (or something that parodies the Winchester mystery mansion)
Night at the Museum
The Mummy
Casper
Corpse Bride
Gremlins/Critters
Labyrinth
I Am Legend
Stargate
Dr Who
Guardians of the Galaxy (It could be really really good if they did it right)
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Deadpool_vs_theLeprecorn — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 03:48 AM)
They've already done some of those in the comics. The Guardians one was kind of lame so I would like them to redo that (though I would like to see it in a trilogy episode that focuses on comic book movies).
Some other good ones where:
Jaws - Blinky the 3-eyed fish is the shark
They Live - but the sunglasses show everyone as sketches.
The Gremlins one was fun
Nosferatu - Burns is the vampire
Evil Dead
The Ghostbusters one they did this year would have been awesome for the show. -
greenmandmspt2 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 05:55 AM)
You know, it's funny. IT never scared me. And I was totally afraid of clowns as a kid. But IT would make an excellent parody. Maybe they haven't done it because of the Chucky Parody they did with the Krusty doll? They would probably seem kind of similar Not that after 28 years it seems to matter to the writers. (After all, how many times have Homer and Marge gotten remarried now?)
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deadpool831 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 06:28 AM)
The Krusty doll thing was actually a Parody of the Twilight Zone episode, Living Doll.
how many times have Homer and Marge gotten remarried now?
Well had their Vows re-renewed, soI guess twice?
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greenmandmspt2 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 07:35 AM)
they had their original wedding, their (divorced) second wedding, the nice wedding that Patty and Selma ruined which ended with a courthouse wedding, and I could swear there was another one in just the last two or three years, which I remember because I wanted to slap somebody. But I searched, and I can't find it. I was probably thinking of Dangers on a Train or something.
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deadpool831 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 08:41 AM)
When did they divorce? And don't say "Every Man's Dream" because that episode was just an explanation why a female character had a certain Tattoo.
As for Dangers on a Train, that was their Anniversary, I've hear those are important to celebrate at least once a year.
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greenmandmspt2 — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 11:14 AM)
when they first renewed their vows, when Kirk and Luann Van Houten split up, and we didn't know yet that Lovejoy was preaching with an expired license, Homer got them a quickie divorce so that the vow renewal would be REAL. It's why they had to get remarried in season 20. They were no longer legally wed.
As for Dangers on a Train, that was their Anniversary, I've hear those are important to celebrate at least once a year.
Yes, thank you, I'm quite aware that Dangers on a Train is an anniversary show.
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greenmandmspt2 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 06:22 PM)
I put that and then realized that they did. The opening to season 7, I think. It starts off with galloping hooves and the headless horseman throws a laughing Krusty head. But a longer one would be nice.
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Jenocalypse — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 07:03 AM)
Homer:
[as he and the kids run from stampeding rhinos] I'll take care of this! JUMANJI! [the rhinos keep charging] Does anything from the movies actually work!?
Seriously, Jumanji. There's a new Jumanji movie scheduled to be released next July. Regardless of whether or not it's good, if The Simpsons did a Jumanji parody for Halloween, I think it would be well received.
What, you thought I was being serious?