The Shinning (Season 6, “Treehouse of Horror V”)
Raise your hand if, as a kid, this was your first exposure to The Shining, rather than the iconic Kubrick film or the original Stephen King book. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I know a lot of people, myself included, who saw this segment first. And it’s a testament to how funny and well-written this short is that it still works perfectly even if you’ve never seen the source material.
A haunted elevator pouring out a giant wave of blood on the wrong floor and Mr. Burns commenting on how odd that is, “Usually the blood gets off at the second floor”? Still funny, even if you’ve never glimpsed the original scene.
