The Raven Narrator

The Raven Narrator is the unnamed narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. He is driven insane by the memory of his deceased wife, Lenore and a demon, The Raven. In "Treehouse of Horror", Homer hears the tale and imagines himself as the narrator.

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"Treehouse of Horror" is the third episode of The Simpsons' second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 25, 1990. The episode was inspired by 1950s horror comics, and begins with a disclaimer that it may be too scary for children. It is the first Treehouse of Horror episode. These episodes do not obey the show's rule of realism and are not treated as canon. The opening disclaimer and a panning shot through a cemetery with humorous tombstones were features that were used sporadically in the Treehouse of Horror series and eventually dropped. This is also the first episode to have the music composed by Alf Clausen, taking over for Danny Elfman who also wrote the show's theme.

Directed by Wesley Archer, Rich Moore, David Silverman. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. The Simpsons move into a cursed house, then are abducted by aliens, before Homer is ensconced in a tale by Edgar Allen Poe.