Review For Treehouse of Horror 24

The Simpson TreeHouse of Horro XXIV. 20th Century Fox. Gracie Films.

With Halloween just around the corner it comes time for another Simpson Halloween special. Thankfully this time it was actually aired before Halloween.

There was a lot going on this special and the opening itself deserves attention by itself. Now I'm sure you've seen your share of couch gags but this one really stood for me. Like most of the Halloween Special's the usual high jinks are Halloween themed but the animation crew really went all out this time. Through the whole opening gag they touched on every horror story ever. I mean ever. I saw references to horror literature from Poe, Lovecraft, and even Stephen King. There were characters and monsters from every horror film I knew like The Fly, The Birds, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, and the Day The Earth Stood Still.  There things like the Walking Dead, Godzilla and even things form past Halloween Specials. There also things like Hellboy and Blade along with monsters from Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. That is to expected since Del Toro's team was the one behind the opening with Del Toro Directing it himself. If you are even barely aware of the horror genre you would still spot something you knew. It was wonderfully done and really in the Halloween setting. If you don't like The Simpsons but like horror you will get a thrill from the opening.

Review For the Pilot of Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow. 20th Century Fox

This Fall Season Fox has premiered a new series by the name of "Sleepy Hollow" based on the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. Today we're going to review the pilot of the series.

The story takes place in the modern day with protagonist Ichabod Crane, whose played by Tom Mison, waking up after two hundred years. Having slept through the end of the American Revolution he's a fish out of water and ends up teaming up with Abbie Mill, played by Nicole Beharie, to solve the mysterious behind everything in that town. The small town of Sleepy Hollow is set to be the backdrop off a battle for the very soul of humanity as during the American Revolution the founding fathers discovered that the war marked the start of the biblical of end of days. Crane was charged with the duty of stopping the first horse man of the apocalypse, and with their first fight their fates were tied together. Chopping off it's head Crane was mortally wounded and sealed their fates together so waking up the horsemen in the modern world woke up Crane too. The small town tied up with the supernatural forced and gives plenty of hints that there are people aware of that fact and are moving behind the scenes.