He strangles the Other Bart, causing his head to fall off. That last part isn’t really a criticism in itself. Angry at the death of her husband, the alternate Marge suddenly grows extra limbs. You're always the last. The Simpsons' religious neighbor Ned Flanders says that Maggie is in need of an exorcism. Add the first question.

For the continuation series of Halloween specials, see Treehouse of Horror series. So when the Simpsons take away the safest staple of the holiday, we know we’re in horrific territory. This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. Although Lisa is offended that nobody wants to take her, the other members of the family are afraid of being taken and eaten.

Angrily, Bart extends his horns to reindeer size, and one is them goes up Homer's nose. For the continuation series of Halloween specials, see Treehouse of Horror series. It took chances, like leaving a kid alone with a catholic priest, but ultimately doesn’t reach the dizzying highs, terrifying lows nor the creamy middles of Halloweens past. 4 THE SIMPSONS, Homer Is Possessed By The Pazuzu Statue Season 29 Ep. Don't worry, Barterfinger. The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be, https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXVIII&oldid=933115. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Lisa reconsiders the alternate family's offer after Homer had killed a snake using Lisa's saxophone. Homer finds a single frozen hot dog and goes to cook it on an outside barbecue.

The episode was written by John Frink and directed by Timothy Bailey. Use the HTML below. It may even haunt your nightmares with some of the images from Homer’s self-diet and Lisa’s button-eyed family. The Simpsons season 29, episode 4, “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII,” is a Halloween offering. The bunny moans that he longs to die. Maggie is still recovering from Pazuzu, and starts throwing up all over the dinner table. Lisa is too smart and talented for her own good. There may be an episode or two in a classic year that top it, laugh for laugh, but every trick is a treat. The Other Marge asks Homer if he would like to have two wives. Click here for your invite! It features the guest voices of Ben Daniels, Neil Gaiman and Mario Batali. Lisa willing goes back to the other reality and voluntarily has buttons sewn on her eyes. In Heaven, Homer comments to Jesus how he now shares people eating parts of his body with him. The third and final story is called "Mmm... Homer" and is a tale of self cannibalism. When Marge discovered Homer's self-cannibalism, she takes him to a addiction counselor for help, but Mario Batali, in search for new ingredients, convinces a despondent Homer to cook his remaining body parts as ingredients sold at Chez Homer and several restaurants across Springfield. Bart, as a Butterfinger bar, is afraid of being taken and Marge comforts him by saying he's always the last to be taken, and Homer says even a box of stale raisins gets taken before him. Even the coal. "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" is a Halloween-themed episode of the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons. This is a list of Treehouse of Horror episodes produced by the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It is immediately put in a box and mailed to Homer Simpson, who had mistakenly ordered ir from Amazon thinking it was pizza. I can gladly say there is no bad segment this time around, the past few years there tends to be at least one bland one in the three, but I … A statue of the demon Pazuzu is unearthed. Seeing his discomfort as no one took him, Homer starts eating him. Unusually for a Halloween episode of The Simpsons, the aliens Kang and Kodos do not appear in "Trehouse of Horror XXVIII". However, Season 29 is likely to be a major exception.

Homer is made to do jury duty with a large antler inside his head. Marge discovers his secret and is appalled. He readily gets buttons sewn onto his eyes. All Rights Reserved. where is he going. But even the best of the best have their own worst, and some Treehouses aren’t built as strongly as others. He soon begs to be allowed to leave it, however, saying that Bart has the darkest soul he has ever seen. Shauna then opens up the box of Senior Mints and starts to eat them down her throat, to which Senior Mints freaks out due to her cigarette breath. Maggie gets possessed, Lisa discovers a portal to a new world, and Homer begins a strange new diet. Carl Carlson Homer loses the taste for all other foods and only wants to eat his own body parts. The first story is called "The Exor-Sis" and is a parody of the 1973 film The Exorcist and the 2016 TV series of the same name. It guest stars Ben Daniels as an Irish priest, William Friedkin as Dr. Kenneth Humphries, Neil Gaiman as Snowball V and Mario Batali as himself. The Other Bart quips that Homer does not need an excuse to become even lazier. I’m not going to point fingers, they know who they are. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII” may contain both Maggie’s first words and her first Pazuzu and have a very impressively animated middle segment for the budget, but it will be relegated to the middle regions of the Halloween entries, or should I say entrees? He briefly becomes possessed and sings a lullaby to Maggie, to the tune of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", which tells Maggie that Pazuzu will get inside her mind and cause her to kill everybody.
Suddenly, the candy comes to life, where Barterfinger is afraid that someone might take him, but Marge Bar comforts him and tells him not to worry, because he is always the last one to be taken. While drinking from Homer's skull, Carl Carlson explains that it was possible to get so much food out of Homer because his meat was mixed with meat from Comic Book Guy and horse meat.

After all the Christian rites are performed, excluding any taught at Pepperdine University, without taking effect, it takes Lisa’s scholarly assessment of Pazuzu as a lesser demon to drive the evil out to Lima, Ohio, to spend a weekend with Patti and Selma, and without any Absolut Krusty vodka to mix with the holy water, to keep the devil of the southeast wind at bay. In a pre-Christian temple site in northern Iraq (a parody of the opening scene of The Exorcist), a Pazuzu statue is dug up and sent through Amazon to the Simpson home after Homer ordered it, thinking it was pizza. Lisa sadly says that she thinks she was born into the wrong family. The segment opens with Lisa Simpson standing in front of a red curtain, in a parody of the opening to the 1931 film Frankenstein. Enraged at the death of her husband, the Other Marge transforms herself into a spider-like creature. Harry Shearer is Kent Brockman, C. Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers. Homer, however, decides that he is happy to have two wives (one with extra limbs), one dead son and two daughters with buttons sewn on their eyes.

As the bunny sadly asks himself why no one wants him, Oh Homer! Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It features the guest voices of Ben Daniels, Neil Gaiman and Mario Batali. It is then possible for the priest to drive the demon out of Maggie's body. 9 IMAGES. There’s a spoof of a classic horror movie, a spoof of a newer macabre one and a complete original. We learn that Snowball, the family’s usually beloved cat, unless there are 22 greyhound puppies in the way, can talk. Suddenly, Shauna reaches for the candy, but Oh Homer! Fun, enjoyable, weird, and at times quite disgusting, Treehouse of Horror XXVIII was great and took some real risks. tells Barterfinger that even the boxes of stale raisins get taken before him, but mistakes Barterfinger's name for "Butterfinger". He immediately strips to his underwear, starts drinking large quantities of beer and eating large amounts of junk food. Eventually, the Simpsons choose to eat the rest of the chocolate Easter bunny themselves. He discovers how tasty it is, losing interest in other food when invited by Ned for lunch, and starts to cannibalize himself in creative ways before his family come back by cooking parts of his body because he is too lazy to go to a grocery store. He says that Maggie can have Lisa's room and clothes and that Bart will have to do Lisa's homework. Homer is delighted to have the house to himself. The finger falls onto the barbecue and starts to cook. Lisa says that, as a demon of the south-west window, Pazuz cannot be as powerful as one of the south wind or the west wind. Based around a dysfunctional family and their wacky adventures, The Simpsons has been a place to find smart irreverent humor every week. The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" Review, Star Wars: Squadrons Single-Player Review, Spider-Man 3: Jamie Foxx's Electro to Return, But in the MCU, Daily Deals: Early Amazon Prime Day Deals Are Already Available, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Review, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Is a Very Expensive Game of Pretend, AMC's Gangs of London: Series Premiere Review, The Internet Thinks Minecraft in Smash Bros. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. The story begins with Homer being left alone at home while the rest of his family go on vacation with his sisters-in-law Patty and Selma. We get a recurring, and reflexive, gag when we learn that Maggie still has a touch of Pazuzu and can projectile vomit with the best of them. The "Treehouse of Horror" specials are rarely among the more memorable episodes in any given season of The Simpsons. The Simpsons® is a registered trademark of 20th Century Fox. Pazuzu then grows the horns so long that they impale through Homer's nose. An opening scene features Lisa warning viewers about the following segment’s disgusting content. Homer notices the horns are nubs. Treehouse of Horror XXVIII received positive to mixed reviews. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The free-spirited Lisa learns that she actually fits in better in a buttoned-down world. Maggie kills a complaining Helen Lovejoy, closes windows and doors, and then, after telling everyone that he is cheating on his wife, kills Dr. Hibbert.

Read the full Den of Geek NYCC Special Edition Magazine right here! "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" is the fourth episode of the thirtieth season of the animated television series The Simpsons, and the 622nd episode of the series overall. The cocktail party is interrupted when Maggie appears at the top of the stairs. Chief Wiggum / Treehouse of Horror XXVIII. He then finds a single frozen hotdog and while cooking it, he cuts his finger off on the grill. Ned tells them they need an exorcism. Homer and Marge succeed in tying the possessed Maggie down with bible ribbons and she starts to turn her head 360 degrees. It was released on October 3, 2017, and ended on November 14, 2017. All three segments in this year's special were strong. After Homer, who is possessed, sings the Pazuzu Lullaby to Maggie, the statue is placed across from Maggie on her crib, and right after Homer leaves, Pazuzu promptly possesses Maggie. In Lisa's room, Snowball takes her through a secret tunnel and reveals that he can talk. One of the tenants grabs the bowl, and while walking with it to a high shelf, Marge Bar tells the rest of her family that they pulled through the night, much to their surprise.

The weakest of the three was definitely Maggie getting possessed, while I did still have fun, it offered nothing new or original in terms of Exorcist parodies.

In a parody of the film Coraline, Maggie has still got a touch of Pazuzu while starting to violently vomit all over the dinner table. Maggie gets possessed by a demon; Lisa discovers a creepy/perfect version of her family in an alternative universe; Homer cannibalizes himself.

However, Season 29 is likely to be a major exception. The Simpsons grant his wish by eating him. Homer comments, "At least she never threw up." Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Halloween Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. At that point, Maggie vomits copiously all over the kitchen.