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 "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" was—unintentionally—the second episode in a row to feature seven different stories, after "Remedial Chaos Theory." "Chaos" was intended to be the third episode of the season, but was pushed back to fourth after "Competitive Ecology" due to production delays. The episode examines how each character in the study group views each other and themselves, filtering everybody else through the point of view of one character. Britta always means well, but makes everything boring because she does not read her audience well. Abed makes his story boring by trying too hard to be realistic. Annie