Treehouse of Horror "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "Little Girl Lost", and "The Little People". The "Bart's Nightmare" segment of "Treehouse of Horror II" parodies the episode "It's a Good Life" and is even presented in a format similar to an episode of "The Twilight Zone". The Halloween episodes also regularly parody horror and thriller films such as "The Exorcist", "The Amityville Horror", "King Kong", "Night of the Living Dead", "The Shining", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Fly", "Psycho", "Paranormal Activity", and "Dead Calm". Robert Englund, who portrays Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm street" franchise, had a cameo appearance in "Treehouse
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps was an awfully tough act to follow: a gimmick episode that was both incredibly funny while telling us important things about these characters and how they relate to each other. And I enjoyed 'Horror Fiction' a lot, but it's a gimmick episode that's mainly just funny, while reminding us of things we know pretty well about the characters. Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" is the fifth episode of the third season of the U.S. television series "Community". It first aired on October 27, 2011 on NBC and is the series' 2011 Halloween episode.