Counting down the worst of the worst!
Segments Featured (THOH # in parentheses)
Wiz Kids (12)
Four Beheadings and a Funeral (15)
In the Belly of the Boss (15)
You Gotta Know When to Golem (17)
Untitled Robot Parody (19)
How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising (19)
War and Pieces (21)
Master and Cadaver (21)
Tweenlight (21)
The Diving Bell and Butterball (22)
In the Na’Vi (22)
Freaks No Geeks (24)
Homerzilla (26)
Telepaths of Glory (26)
Dry Hard (27)
Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers (29)
Geriatric Park (29)
Danger Things (30)
Bong Joon Ho’s ‘This Side of Parasite’ (33)
Nightmare on Elm Tree (32)
Music Selections:
0:37 “Cerebral” (Plants vs. Zombies) by Avaris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox_56iKMSIE
1:49 “Ground Zero” (Final Fantasy IX) by halc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1po6ViG5-U
2:54 “Bossa de Moga” (Monster Hunter Tri) by Jamphibious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npW9E_h8LA4
4:04 “Last Breath, First Breath” (Phantasy Star IV) by djpretzel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4sXnCzzH0
5:09 “Doppelganger” (Super Dodge Ball) by Chrono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pOJqhA6GA
6:16 “Like a Dream” (Dark Souls II) by RoeTaKa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWYMoGQ1PZA
7:32 “Intoxica” (Donkey Kong Country 3) by Radiowar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikvajSCLlE
8:45 “Farewell, Beloved Ones” (Pokemon Red) by Danilo Ciaffi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbOAWpWoXA4
10:04 “Tribute to the Master” (Street Fighter II) by Malcos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVpUtH-VGS4
11:24 “In Bayshire” (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s: Duel Transer) by Radiowar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMbWfeAgI4
12:35 “Memoriam” (Final Doom) by Dj Redlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Rx-y_Ovs8
13:52 “The Prodigal Son Returns” (Castlevania) by Mustin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJbTCVwDWcQ
15:16 “The Dark Rebirth: 1983” (Amnesia: The Dark Descent) by Mike Norvak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uy7k6oPRsM
16:17 “Kindle the Soul” (Dark Souls) by RoeTaKa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKw3uDW-BzQ
17:35 “Hallownest Below the Wastes” (Hollow Knight) by Justin Thornburgh, Chromatic Apparatus, & Dewey Newt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaquFdUlDw
18:57 “Cathedral of Carnage” (Heretic) by Ghetto Lee Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnM-JgVo4rQ
20:23 “Eighties Ate My Zombies” (Zombies Ate My Neighbors) by Mike Norvak & Fernito
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBWvyZ2b80
21:39 “A Daring Escape” (Mega Man 3) by Jago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vXd4lCcC0
23:00 “Ghosts of the Marble Hall” (Super Mario World) by CrimsonZeal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZn5FALIVAA
24:23 “Numbness & Knives” (Silent Hill 2) by HoboKa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNiGTWdtCgk
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I think this might be my first Worst list I've ever done on the channel. After I gushed about Season 33, The Simpsons was due for one of these 😛
Only 20? We can go higher than that but I guess the video can't be two hours long
Honestly, Homerzilla to me is my most hated segment out of all of them.
Bad pacing, pretty crummy retelling, and it seems more interested in insulting the original movie more then any other segment.
And that's not even considering the dumb remake culture arc. If you wanted to make Godzilla 2000 jokes, why did you make it 15 years later?!
Further more if anything, Treehouse of Horror 26's without a doubt the worst they've done all together.
I already knew what number one would be lol. I would've put the dolphin one on here too.
20:38 is this that Chainsaw Man anime people keep talking about?
Dead and Shoulders and mmm Homer are a couple of my least favorite segments from this series and I felt that they deserve to be talked about as well when looking at bad toh segments.
I used to love treehouse of horror segments they are funny and clever smart like Shinning and the Raven now its so dull and boring I hate one when Homer eat himself wasn't funny just gross and Lisa with Split parody she just sounded same.
I ain't looking forward to upcoming death note parody. But I agree with that list most of these segments are later simpsons seasons.
Guess you can say the number 1 spot ran out of gas in its attempts to be a halloween episode
Golem is Jewish and no one can make fun of Jews.
the THOH episodes have a higher batting average than the regular ones overall (probably because the writers are allowed to really go out there)
aw i liked Four Beheadings and a Funeral
Gonna have to disagree on Master & Cadaver, which is the only one on the list I loved. It's one of the few and rare "post golden era" Halloween skits that are genuinely horrifying and suspenseful. The actual dread that Marge and Homer have over killing and innocent man is heart rending.
Also, I love the fake out ending with Maggie, because it perfectly captures how twisted the fantasies and play pretend of children can be. As a kid, I had similar dark play time make believe and even darker dreams.
Great list I agree with everything
“Trees are not scary!”
You ever see The Evil Dead movies?
I could never understand why these amazing episodes became so horrible. It amazes me for several reasons:
1. They know how beloved they are and, as such, how expected from the audience.
2. It´s just a single episode per year. Sure, The Simpsons as a whole are extremely stale, but they could (at least) put some effort into these.
3. Why go beyond horror movies/series/books? It´s not as if they´ve run out of them. They could even go back to previously done episodes and go back since horror franchises have multiple movies already.
4. If they just can´t think of anything to do then hire outside people to come do these.
PS
If I´m not mistaken these started to go down the hill with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith parody. I remember when I watched and was stunned by the mere idea of it.
The Clown Without Pity and King Homer segments from Treehouse III can fit into this worst list somewhere – even the wrap-around Halloween Party segment could qualify as a worst ever. As for which two segments I'd replace it with, I'd say How To Get Ahead in Dead-Vertizing and Know When To Golem. I won't try to say that you don't know what you're talking about and those segments are good, but I will say they were definitely better than Desperately Seeking Xena from Treehouse X or that weird Maggie is really Kang's daughter story from Treehouse VIII.
Have you ever thought of reviewing episodes of The Critic?
As a lifelong transformers junkie I can attest to the fact that the Transformers parody is absolutely terrible and insulting to both the Simpsons and Transformers
Yeah no even as a transformers fan, that episode does nothing for me.
The main issue with Tree House of Horrors is that they are now such direct parodies that there is no room for subversion. The old Tree House of Horrors did parody right—you did not have to know the source material to enjoy it.
I thought the “Oh Slithers” joke was funny as hell
Janey Powell history BEGGING.
Janey Powell history pleading.
ZUUUNE !! ZUUUUNE!
I disagree with several of your picks, I for one loved Wiz Kids and enjoyed the golem. But I think you make good points. As a big transformers fan, the parody was far too shallow to be funny. I think what makes a bad THoH segment is when it is based on something too recent and/or sticks too close to the plot of one particular thing without being a Simpsons version of it. Wiz kids works for me because it really is its own thing, not bound up too much in Harry potter, and I think the enchanted shin is funny.
I wish they kept up the creepy stuff for Halloween and sifi and the batshit insane stuff for April fools
Oh no, I'm one of the rare people who remembers, and even enjoys, the Master & Cadaver segment. I just thought it had decent pacing and spooky atmosphere. Not a great one, but alright. I will also defend Dry Hard, mainly because every Ralph joke is great. The immediate death. The Wiggum family viewing party. The new god. That's enough for me.
You said Godzilla 2000 when you were ACTUALLY referring to Godzilla (1998) a completely different movie, also the segment was based on 2014 too
I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder
Since TRJ forgot to do so, I might as well list his dishonorable mentions here:
Hex and the City (13)
B.I. Bartificial Intelligence (17)
Mr. & Mrs. Simpson (19)
Unnormal Activity (24)
Commenting as I'm watching so you may address this later, but spot on commentary for 4 beheadings. I was initially upset by the pick for the list, my nostalgia greatly influencing my mood. But your comment on it being more of an anthology feel was so on the nose that it made me agree fully with your criticisms.
Love the videos. Love hearing other people talk about something that means so much to me. Thank you!
As a Transformers fan, nah, their parody has no substance. Though Panty and Stocking did a pretty good parody episode.
I am super glad the day the earth looked stupid wasn't included. for some reason, that one has been slowly rising to one of my favorite segments.
In the Na'vi is one of the weirdest shit I've ever seen in the treehouse of horror.
When I was in Junior High, I found Master and Cadaver to be an incredibly memorable segment, purely due to the fact that I thought Marge looked unusually hot in that bikini. So take that for what it's worth, I suppose
The avatar parody would be OK if it came out in 2010. But nope
As a massive Transformers fan, the Transformers segment is kind of an insult and it just does the most basic Transformers jokes you can make. Every Transformers fan have heard every single one of the jokes in this skit. None of them are really specific to the franchise enough for fans of Transformers, and they're not clever enough to appeal to Simpsons fans. So it sucks all around.
As a Transformers fan, it didn't work out. It's even sadder realizing AKOM (the studio behind the Simpsons and the worst episodes of G1 Transformers) still can't get Transformers right after all these years.
17:14 We can hope