The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX
The following Hitchcock references appear in this episode of The Simpsons...
Dial M for Murder (1954)
One of the episodes is titled "Dial M for Murder or press # to return to main menu"
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Opening shot is a close up of shoes...
Bart pursuades Lisa to swap murders ("Criss-cross!")...
Bart establishes his alibi by mooning the spectators at a tennis match...
To the horror of Lisa, Bart carries out his murder of Miss Hoover...
Whilst slicing some paper, Miss Krabappel drops her cigarette lighter...
...and, when Lisa fails to kill Krabappel, Bart reminds her of their deal...
The final showdown takes places on a roundabout...
Vertigo (1958)
When Lisa sees the head of the murdered Miss Hover, the background zooms away from her, mimicing the famous "Vertigo" camera effect...
Lisa chases Bart up a ladder...
North by Northwest (1959)
We hear the famous music from "North by Northwest" as Lisa chases Bart up a ladder...
As Bart tries to escape from Lisa, he accidentally knocks Alfred Hitchcock off the top of Mount Rushmore...
Psycho (1960)
When Lisa sees the head of the murdered Miss Hover, we hear the "Shower Scene" strings from "Pyscho"...
Bart runs past the Bates House...
The Birds (1963)
Bart runs past a jungle gym...
Spellbound (1945)
Lisa chases Bart through a Dali-esque landscape and we then see Bart with the school psychologist...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV)
The episode ends with Hitchcock's famous profile...
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: Strangers on a Train
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: Vertigo
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: Psycho
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: North by Northwest
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: Spellbound
- Hitchcock references in The Simpsons: Alfred Hitchcock Presents