For this year’s “Treehouse of Horror,” the yearly Halloween episode of The Simpsons, the great Guillermo del Toro was brought in to create the opening sequence.

The result is nearly three minutes of pure awesome, jam-packed with horror references, including some from many of del Toro’s own work such as Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone, Cronos, Hellboy, and Blade II.

You can watch the amazing full opening below, and the full “Treehouse of Horror XXIV” episode of The Simpsons this Sunday night.

Usually when characters die on an animated comedy series, they’re back and perfectly fine by the next episode. But sometimes an animated series kills off a character permanently, whether it be because the actor who voices the character has to leave the show, there’s a dispute between actor and producers, or maybe because the show’s makers just don’t like that character anymore.

The last time The Simpsons killed off a character—or “did it,” as some like to say—was back in the year 2000 when Ned Flanders’ wife Maude fell to her death. Now executive producer Al Jean has revealed that another character will soon meet their demise.

The animated comedy The Simpsons has been a staple on Fox for decades now, and Family Guy, after being revived from cancellation, has joined it for many years now. Now it’s time for the worlds of these two cartoon juggernauts to collide.

Come 2014, an episode titled “The Simpsons Guy” will air in which the Griffin family finds themselves in Springfield, where a stranger named Homer Simpson greets his new “albino” friends.

At the bi-annual Destination D event at Anaheim’s Disneyland Hotel last week, the Disney D23 Official Disney Fan Club hosted a series of events that focused on the legendary history of Disney animated features. Hundreds of Disney fans gathered inside the resort’s convention center to obtain exclusive access to lectures, concerts and footage. Over the coming weeks inside Disney In Depth, I will cover some of those topics featured in the fascinating presentations held at Destination D. As for now, this edition will focus on the exciting future of the division we know as Disney animation.

Walt Disney Animation Studios appears like it is entering that third renaissance we have all been waiting for. With the beautiful The Princess and the Frog and delightful Tangled leading the way, the studio that suffered from creative missteps like Home on the Range is now producing hit films that resonate with audiences and appeal to critics to boot. During “Inside Walt Disney Animation Studios Today,” animator Darrin Butters hosted an appealing round-up of the studio’s newest projects.

Warning: This edition contains some spoilers of details mentioned at the event.

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