Talk about a match made in heaven. Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim) is directing this season’s opening couch gag for The Simpsons‘ Treehouse of Horror episode. The Treehouse of Horror is a much-anticipated annual event, and del Toro’s couch gag opener will feature monsters and classic horror movie characters from throughout history.
The Treehouse of Horror XXIV airs on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 8pm on Fox.
Details on The Treehouse of Horror:
The first of three spine-tingling tales in the annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode, Homer travels around Springfield wreaking havoc in a rhyming take on a popular children’s tale. In “Dead and Shoulders” Bart is beheaded during a kite accident, his head is attached to Lisa’s body and they must live together as one.
The final frightening tale, “Freaks no Geeks,” features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers, and things go awry when circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge.
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